Abstract
Muslims remained a distinct community in India and were successful in surviving the attempts of the Hindus to absorb them into the fold of Hinduism. All the religions that entered India before Islam became victim of Indian boa constricta, which had the flexibility to reshape itself, accommodating the new religion into it; thus vanishing the distinct identity of the ’intruding‘ religion. But Islam and the Muslims in the Indian lands did not meet the same fate because of many factors; more important of those was the belief system of Islam as well as the politically dominant position that Muslims enjoyed in India over the centuries.
Keyword(s)
Communal Currents, Fate of Unionist Party, Punjab, India, Muslims