My Malice and Bias

  A North Indian Farmer Zamindar , in India, a holder or occupier (dār) of land (zamīn). The root words are Persian, and the resulting name was widely used in India as Persian influence spread by the Afghan and the Mughals or dynasties ruling India.  In rural folk of Punjab and Haryana, the term Jimidar or Zimidar is used to define the peasant farmer who owns the agriculral land. The two terms Zamindar  and Zimidar  are used as synonym by the rural population of punjab an Haryana. However these two terms define two different concepts, both associated with centuries of economic expoitation of the peasants. Mughal Zamindari System When Mughal invader Babur conquered India, there were many autonomous and semiautonomous rulers who were known locally as Rai, Raja, Rana, Rao, Rawat, etc. In Persian chronicles they were referred as Marzabans . They were vassals who ruled, mostly hereditarily, over their respective territories. These Marzabans then used their subordinate Zam...

I am not an expert on Islam and in fact I am not even an expert on any religion. But I live in an era when Radical Islamists are waging a war against the Non-Muslims across the globe. And me being the follower of the Sikh religion feel like being a target as an " Infidel " as described by the scriptures of the religion. I have Muslim friends and they are normal people like me. I never felt any animosity from them but I am concerned and intrigued. I am pressed to learn what's the basis of this hate against my people, and other Non-Muslims like Jews, Christians, Buddhists, and Hindus. Multiculturalism and Radical Islam  What is Islam? Islam is a monotheistic and Abrahamic religion articulated by the Qur'an , a holy book considered by its adherents to be the verbatim word of God, and for some sects, also by the teachings and normative example of Prophet Muhammad , considered by them to be the last prophet of God. It is the largest religion in the world with more ...