QUestions by the Hindus

Part 3: FAQs by Hindus

1. The Hindu Pundits and Scholars agree that the Vedas and other Hindu religious scriptures prohibit idol worship, but initially because the mind may not be matured, an idol is required for concentration while worshipping. After the mind reaches higher consciousness, the idol is not required for concentration.

2. Water is called by different names in different languages: in English as water, in Hindi as paani, in Tamil as tanni. Similarly if God is called either Allah, Ram or Jesus, is it not one and the same?

3. Hinduism is the oldest of all the religions and thus the, most pure, authentic and best of all the religions of the world.

4. "Allah" is the most appropriate name for God in the Qur’an. Is this name "Allah" mentioned in other religious scriptures besides the Qur’an?

5. Why do Muslims bury dead bodies instead of cremating them, i.e. burning them?

6. Why do the Muslim married women not put bindi or tika on the forehead and wear Mangalsutra, like Hindu married women?

7. Why do Muslims take the name of Emperor Akbar while calling people to pray?

8. When Muslims in India insist on having a separate Muslim Personal Law for themselves, why don’t they also insist on implementing the Islamic Criminal Law for the Muslims; for example implementing the rule that the robber’s hands should be chopped off if a Muslim robs?

9. If according to Islam, messengers or prophets were sent to each and every nation of the world, then which prophet was sent to India? Can we consider Ram and Krishna to be messengers of God?

10. If Allah has sent His books and revelations in every period, then which revelation was sent to India? Can we consider the Vedas and other Hindu scriptures to be the word of God?

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