The Hindus criticise the Mahomedans for having spread their religion by the use of the sword. They also ridicule Christianity on the score of the Inquisition. But really speaking, who is better and more worthy of our respect–the Mahomedans and Christians who attempted to thrust down the throats of unwilling persons what they regarded as necessary for their salvation, or the Hindu who would not spread the light, who would endeavour to keep others in darkness, who would not consent to share his intellectual and social inheritance with those who are ready and willing to make it a part of their own make-up? I have no hesitation in saying that if the Mahomedan has been cruel, the Hindu has been mean; and meanness is worse than cruelty. B.R. Ambedkar
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The Mahomedans tried to convert people to their religion by force or threat of force. The Hindu are not against religion, but they are against the way of spreading it through violence. They believe that everyone should be able to choose what religion he wants to follow, regardless of the religion that others follow. The Hindu refuses to spread his culture, religion or knowledge to those who are not ready or willing to do the same for themselves.

Source: The Annihilation Of Caste

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