i have heard of them. they differ from country to country. in bengal the upperclass are muslim, the farmers hindu but the hindus are allowed there religion to a point. they are allowed to sing there holy songs and they have some saddhu, but the local muslims will sometimes sacrifice cows.
it wasnt that long ago that in england at least we went through enforced monotheism. and i think that as we slowly became liberal after the translation of the bible into english so will muslim nations as the koran becomes translated. just at the moment a lot of clerics stick to the rule that it should only be read in arabic. of course they do. that way they can twist its content to an illiterate clergy. just like the catholics used to.
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