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From: velu@eneevax.UUCP (Velu Sinha)
Newsgroups: net.politics,net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: Arab tolerance
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Date: Fri, 29-Nov-85 18:14:21 EST
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>In article <778@sfmag.UUCP> rajeev@sfmag.UUCP (S.Rajeev) writes:
>>Yakim Martillo writes:
>>> 
>>> Muslims over the past millenium have subjected non-Muslims under their
>>> rule to systematic humiliation and degradation which are mandated by
>>> all schools of Islamic jurisprudence.  Further the contempt which  Islam
>>> encourages Muslims to feel toward non-Muslims has caused periodic persecution
>>> and pogroms directed at non-Muslims in all corners of the Islamic world.
>>... and more somewhat extreme anti-Muslim views.


The moghul invaders/rulers of India (read Muslim Invaders) through the time
of the British were mostly quite tolerant to the Hindus, Christians, AND
Jews who lived in their domain. Of course, there were some who were not so
kind, but I believe that was the exception rather than the rule. According
to Romila Thapar, in her two volume book, "A History of India", (Penguin,
1966) the Muslims first major invasion was in 712 in the Sind region. 

However, it was after this time that the Sikh convenants were layed down,
and that much of modern hindu philospohy was established.

The statement that Islamic jurisprudence MANDATES systematic humiliation and
degradation is one which I find very hard to accept. Can you give some
reference to some section of the Koran which contains such contemptutous
remarks about the other races ofthe world?