12-05-2005, 01:49 AM
rajesh, you are of course right in almost everything you say in the above postand granted we make some inroads into the viewpoint that the days of 'exclusively belonging' to any one faith are probably numbered and as a result proselytization might lose some of its sharp edges and that churches may become more ecumenical in nature. Let us assume we accept such a premise. Then what ?
The demographic onslaught will continue. Muslims will reach parity with Hindus in the subcontinent by about 2050 ce. Many districts of India will become majority Muslim. Assam, WBengal and kerala and maybe Hyderabad city may decide to secede from the republic If we go by past experience they will start curtailing the freedom of Hindus in their areas and start induilging in abduction and forcible conversion of women and children. The frequency of rioting will go up. They may decide to impose jizziya on the Hindu population in these areas. You may say this is farfetched. However there is an existence theorem for each of these modes of behavior even in this day and age. The scenario i have sketched is quite likely and has smore than 50% probability of happening. Will themullahs be willing to listen to you and me that allegiance to an exclusive religion is a thing of the past and that in fact the Koran is basically wrong. I am not sanguine about such an outcome (although i am not losing sleep over it)
The demographic onslaught will continue. Muslims will reach parity with Hindus in the subcontinent by about 2050 ce. Many districts of India will become majority Muslim. Assam, WBengal and kerala and maybe Hyderabad city may decide to secede from the republic If we go by past experience they will start curtailing the freedom of Hindus in their areas and start induilging in abduction and forcible conversion of women and children. The frequency of rioting will go up. They may decide to impose jizziya on the Hindu population in these areas. You may say this is farfetched. However there is an existence theorem for each of these modes of behavior even in this day and age. The scenario i have sketched is quite likely and has smore than 50% probability of happening. Will themullahs be willing to listen to you and me that allegiance to an exclusive religion is a thing of the past and that in fact the Koran is basically wrong. I am not sanguine about such an outcome (although i am not losing sleep over it)