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Contents 1 cleanup/sourcing/neutrality issues 2 Disagreement with user Itaqallah 3 Islam vs. Hinduism 4 Islam & Hinduism 5 South East Asia? 6 "Has had a checkered history?"

[edit] cleanup/sourcing/neutrality issues

article reads like a personal essay and is virtually unsourced in most areas. furthermore, there are multiple neutrality problems (i.e. "In Islam, Hinduism found a very different concept of god, truth, violence and civic society than it had encountered earlier.", "The zealous Arab invaders...", "The Jaziya tax was imposed on Hindus for the crime of practicing their religion." - and that's only a sample from the first paragraph.) ITAQALLAH 17:09, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Disagreement with user Itaqallah

I agree that the article does not source well. But islamic and hindu viewpoints are very different. hence the conflict. and India there was jaziya applied to non muslims. 72.93.107.15 (talk) 04:25, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Islam vs. Hinduism

I think the main contention is for earlier muslims to define Hindus as either idolaters or monotheists... it cannot be denied that many temples were destroyed for baring 'idols' Under Islam, what rights would Hindus have? The main room for movement and cooperation I feel was done mainly due to Sufi influence, Akbar and Kabir helped to bridge the gap it wasn't all negative though both weren't exactly muslims...Domsta333 (talk) 10:18, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Islam & Hinduism

In South Asia, ie India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan, there have been changes in attitudes and synergistic processes taking place at an acclerating rate.

This may be partly due to the overwhelming desire for more democratic rights for women and the poor. Religion has played a part in both constructs especially in Islam where the poor are recognized and In Hinduism, women are given due respect. So, much of this synergy is as you suggest comes with the intervention of Sufism —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.192.59.97 (talk) 23:36, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

There is no comparison between hinduism and islamic empires of india.. Look at history and how many hindus have been killed during invasions. Islamic emperors destroyed thousands of temples, killed innocent people and slaughtered sacred cows for food. There is no similarity between hinduism and islamic empires . —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.96.165.220 (talk) 07:21, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] South East Asia?

The article talks exclusively about South Asia, but what about the relationship between Islam and Hinduism in South East Asia? The article should mention the history there of the Hindus who converted to Islam and the Hindus who remained Hindu (the Balinese, Tenggerese, Osing, etc). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.121.31.238 (talk) 17:36, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

[edit] "Has had a checkered history?"

WTF. Surely I'm not the only one who notices that that's vehemently inappropriate for an encyclopedia? It's like an essay was being written or something. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.227.159.148 (talk) 20:59, 31 May 2009 (UTC)