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Jan 1, 2018 · Gandhi thought that India’s Hindus needed to learn more about Islam’s contribution to India’s culture, arguing that India’s Muslims, mainly descended from Hindu converts, were Indian and did not represent a separate nation . In contrast, the League found it difficult to recruit traditional scholars or many Muslim scholars at all ...
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Although Gandhiji opposed the forcible conversion, he did not disapprove of voluntary conversion. If a person desires to convert to faith other than his own, then it should be for his inner satisfaction and growth. When his eldest son Harilal got himself converted to Islam, Gandhiji was very upset. He
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Oct 21, 2004 · This chapter presents an essay which explores Mahatma Gandhi’s religious beliefs. Though Gandhi’s attitude to religion holds the key to the understanding of his life and thought, its nuances and significance have often been missed by his admirers as well as by his critics.
Jun 17, 2020 · In Gandhi’s opinion, the common Hindus and Muslims follow a religion that is far away from the moral teachings of Hinduism and Islam. Therefore, expecting that the reforms in religion would function instrumentally and transform the followers of that religion is an artificial premise.
Gandhi’s use of such words as ‘swaraj’ (self-government), ‘sarvodaya’ (uplift of all), ‘ahimsa’ (non-violence) and ‘satyagraha’ was exploited by the Muslim League to estrange Muslims from the nationalist struggle. The fact is that these expressions when used by Gandhi had little religious significance.
Leaders of the Arya Samaj, such as Swami Shraddhanand, began the Shuddhi movement to welcome communities ‘lost’ to Islam ‘back’ to the Hindu fold. The Arya Samaj brought 1,63,000 Malkana Rajputs back to the Hindu fold through episodes of mass conversion.
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He believed all great religions were fundamentally equal and that there should be innate respect for them, not just mutual tolerance. He felt a person wanting to convert should try to be a good follower of his own faith rather than seek goodness in change of faith.
