Fazlu
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Conversion and prosetelyzing is a very sensitive and sore issue in our country. As an Indian you would appreciate that.
I have studied in a missionary school. I have seen the subtle and insidious ways it is done. Especially amongst the impoverished.
I personally have a problem with that.
It denotes a lack of respect for another faith when you allude and preach the superiority of your own.
Christians and Muslims need to chill off on the conversion thing.
They should grow organically and concentrate on betering the lot of the numbers they already have and the nation at large.
This numbers game is never going to go down well here.
That is the reality.
Me personally, I don't have a problem with it. My faith is my moral guide. I couldn't care less what someone else chooses to follow.
Every religious group claims their superiority over the other. If you want examples from Hinduism, you can take instances where they come in large groups to tribal villages and announce everyone needs to bow down to a deity they dictate.
For an example from history, you can take MS Gowalkar among others; who were insistent on Hindu superiority over all else.
Its everywhere and it will continue to prevail so long as religious groups believe they are in a "competition".