I have no problems with opinions of the people, they may interpret as they may wish or understand, but their opinions are not always acceptable for me.
If it was the case Quran would have mentioned Zoroastrian religion, but it doesn't, whereas Christianity and Judaism are mentioned and called as people of book ........... for me that is the test.
And as regards to me being religious, well lala its more like my way of life, I am comfortable with the principles and guidelines Quran provides ............ why I am comfortable because I feel them to be just, straight forward and lawful.
I repeat. The individual differences in the three come mainly from the people it was meant for. And came from.
There is a degree of hate Arabs have for Persians, and disdain Persians have for Arabs, which is difficult if not impossible for us in this part of the world to appreciate.
Persia is and always was Islam's main and only prize.
The rest of the world was simply imperialistic overrun.
Let me also put something out here, which I probably might have mentioned before. Might not.
The Parsis came to India not when all was lost, but when hope still burned about a fightback and reversal.
The original ships had no able bodied fighting men. Only women, children, the elderly and wise, and the priests. ALL armed for war.
India was a temporary move only to save the texts and the holy fire. While the men fought on.
Which they did. But the tide had turned. And eventually Persia fully converted only 300 years later by around 1000 AD.
And the Indian line of the Parsis now knew that there was no going back. They fled when Persia fell militarily. They stayed when Persia fell in a way there was no return from. Or to.
Forget back. They were to pick up arms once more 500 years later and fight the same ideology. Only this time their own half cousins, the by then Turkified Persian invaders who hit and occupied India.
Having to hide and save the holy Atash once more. For another 300 years. In the caves and forests of Gujarat.
So I repeat our favourite old line. This is an ancient enmity. Of blood and faith.
And I believe it is still to play out fully.
Cheers, Doc
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