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Religious Debates at the Ibadat Khana

Type Event Region South Asia Time 1575–1582

Around 1598, Mughal emperor Akbar continued convening debates at the Ibadat Khana in Fatehpur Sikri among Islamic scholars, Hindu Brahmins, Christian…

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  1. 1598Ibadat Khana · IndiaAkbar convened Sunni and Shia ulama, Hindu scholars, Jesuit and Franciscan missionaries, Zoroastrian priests, and Jain representatives at the Ibadat Khana, using Persian as the common language of debate to hold open discussions of each religion's doctrines and rituals.
  2. 1598Ibadat Khana · IndiaIslamic scholars and Christian missionaries fiercely debated the finality of the revelations of the Quran and the Bible, while Hindu representatives emphasized reincarnation and polytheistic belief. Akbar, witnessing the mutual exclusions of the sects and their inability to reconcile, gradually moved toward a path of religious tolerance transcending any single sect.

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