06-09-2010, 03:07 AM
[quote name='ramana' date='08 June 2010 - 11:43 AM' timestamp='1276014912' post='106798']
SwamyG on the lines of your nexus chart maybe we need an Islam in India chart which shows the various schools and what they stand for?
BTW, your friend must be thinking of the Ashraf-Ajlaf divide. Ashrafs are descended from foreigners and Ajlafs from local converts. And Ashrafs are <5% of total IM population.
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I don't think he knows about the Ashraf-Ajlaf divide. I did not know about it until a few years. Here I was a Kendriya Vidyalaya student living in several cities and went on to College in big city and lived in Hyderabad as well. The history books or sundry do not inform us about all this. Thanks to internet and curiosity I know one or two things. There are plenty who do not have the inclination to know such things. As I was explaining it to him, another friend interjected that sometimes knowing these could cause unnecessary harm to the individual. He thought an individual might not be able to handle the truth and might start hating Muslims. I pointed out that after knowing such history I do not hate the current Muslims for the crimes committed by their ancestors he rationalizes that we can not expect measure, calm or mature response from everyone.
Pandyan, thanks for the link. I think I have seen that one earlier. Will skim that again. I think Wikipedia rates this book by Lal as a controversial one :-)
SwamyG on the lines of your nexus chart maybe we need an Islam in India chart which shows the various schools and what they stand for?
BTW, your friend must be thinking of the Ashraf-Ajlaf divide. Ashrafs are descended from foreigners and Ajlafs from local converts. And Ashrafs are <5% of total IM population.
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I don't think he knows about the Ashraf-Ajlaf divide. I did not know about it until a few years. Here I was a Kendriya Vidyalaya student living in several cities and went on to College in big city and lived in Hyderabad as well. The history books or sundry do not inform us about all this. Thanks to internet and curiosity I know one or two things. There are plenty who do not have the inclination to know such things. As I was explaining it to him, another friend interjected that sometimes knowing these could cause unnecessary harm to the individual. He thought an individual might not be able to handle the truth and might start hating Muslims. I pointed out that after knowing such history I do not hate the current Muslims for the crimes committed by their ancestors he rationalizes that we can not expect measure, calm or mature response from everyone.
Pandyan, thanks for the link. I think I have seen that one earlier. Will skim that again. I think Wikipedia rates this book by Lal as a controversial one :-)