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western view on hinduism

Why western view on Hinduism. Either put Hinduism view on Christianity and islam (described in ved, purans) in wikipedia or remove western view from Hinduism. This is double standard. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.241.127.1 (talk) 14:02, 19 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

See, for example, Criticism of Christianity#Criticism by other religions. Criticism of Islam is also much larger than the equivalent for Hinduism. Rwessel (talk) 15:27, 19 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Repeats itself

This article, in a number of places, repeats verbatim. Additionally the citations are so numerous that they distract and so many are unlikely to be necessary.Abitslow (talk) 19:09, 13 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Go through the history of this article, and you'll see that many points were disputed; therefor, there are so many references. Quite a lot of editors on this article are only familiar with traditional views on Hinduism, not with contemporary scholarly insights. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 06:56, 14 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sanatana Dharma again

The term "Sanatana Dharma" is already in the lead. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 04:12, 18 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

And in a properly nuanced way. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 04:15, 18 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Conversion

In this section of the article, "Islamic rule and sects of Hinduism (c. 1100-1850 CE)", there is a sentence, "During this period Buddhism declined rapidly and large number of Hindus converted to Islam" - please change that to "During this period Buddhism declined rapidly and a large number of Hindus were forcibly converted to Islam", because people were forcibly converted to Islam.-Raam2 (talk) 15:09, 21 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Raam2: What sources do you have to back up that statement? --NeilN ^{talk to me} 16:34, 21 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

One source for forced conversion is, "Dalit's Inheritance in Hindu Religion", by Mahendra Singh, found at http://books.google.co.in/books?id=7CoelGoA6l8C&pg=PA126&lpg=PA126&dq=forced+conversion+aurangzeb&source=bl&ots=vgIv6_rEtA&sig=l3qhDFgLBMiHPff-qF8i6hOr4tI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=oYzKU4vqLYv48QWJ2oLADw&ved=0CFAQ6AEwCDgK#v=onepage&q=forced%20conversion%20aurangzeb&f=false and another is at http://www.infinityfoundation.com/mandala/h_es/h_es_malfuzat_frameset.htm –Raam2 (talk) 16:45, 21 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Another is http://www.class.uidaho.edu/ngier/mm.htm –Raam2 (talk) 16:46, 21 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]