Idol Worship
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South Asian Muslim ancestors were idolaters!
Razib Khan argues that rather than debate whether South Asian Muslims’ ancestors were ‘Hindus’, a term of shifting meaning, Muslims should simply accept they descend from idolaters, whether Buddhist, caste…
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Calvinism, atheism, and Hinduism
Prompted by an NPR journalist’s remarks on Hinduism, the author argues that mockery of Hindu gods by some secular South Asian Muslims reflects an Abrahamic view of other gods as…
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Idolatry runs wild
A report on posters portraying Chief Minister Jayalalithaa as Goddess Lakshmi, which the poster contrasts with the Dravidian movement’s history of breaking Ganesha idols.
