<b>The Capture of Maryam-uz-ZamAni's Ship: Mughal Women and European Traders</b>, Ellison B. Findly, <i>Journal of the American Oriental Society</i>, Vol. 108, No. 2. (Apr. - Jun., 1988), pp. 227-238.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Finally, and most troubling, the Portuguese used their trading activities as a vehicle to carry out an extensive missionary front amongst both Hindu and Muslim Indians. The real reason for their presence was, at least ideologically, a zeal for Christian converts, and their proselytizing vigor was nowhere more obvious than in a <b>1594 papal bull commanding the forcible conversion of all Hindus. </b>This missionary agenda was, in fact, set forth by Albuquerque himself upon his arrival in India in 1509 when he called for, among other things, the expulsion of Islam from India.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->That last bit on Albuquerque calling for "among other things, the expulsion of Islam from India" is a laugh. Europe barely managed to get rid of the islamics in their own lands, and that too after several crusades, the involvement of <i>many</i> European countries and the deaths of millions.
In the India of that time (which included today's TSP, Afghanistan, Bangladesh) there were <i>way way WAY</i> more islamis than they could have dreamt up in their worst nightmare. I mean, we're talking about people who had Arabia for appetiser, Afghanistan for a snack and Persia for lunch.
Would have made for an 'interesting' sight no doubt, had the christo-colonial tyrants from Portugal tried throwing themselves at islam - if one could ever call the sight of a mass-murderer throwing himself in front of an oncoming train 'interesting'.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Finally, and most troubling, the Portuguese used their trading activities as a vehicle to carry out an extensive missionary front amongst both Hindu and Muslim Indians. The real reason for their presence was, at least ideologically, a zeal for Christian converts, and their proselytizing vigor was nowhere more obvious than in a <b>1594 papal bull commanding the forcible conversion of all Hindus. </b>This missionary agenda was, in fact, set forth by Albuquerque himself upon his arrival in India in 1509 when he called for, among other things, the expulsion of Islam from India.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->That last bit on Albuquerque calling for "among other things, the expulsion of Islam from India" is a laugh. Europe barely managed to get rid of the islamics in their own lands, and that too after several crusades, the involvement of <i>many</i> European countries and the deaths of millions.
In the India of that time (which included today's TSP, Afghanistan, Bangladesh) there were <i>way way WAY</i> more islamis than they could have dreamt up in their worst nightmare. I mean, we're talking about people who had Arabia for appetiser, Afghanistan for a snack and Persia for lunch.
Would have made for an 'interesting' sight no doubt, had the christo-colonial tyrants from Portugal tried throwing themselves at islam - if one could ever call the sight of a mass-murderer throwing himself in front of an oncoming train 'interesting'.