... was this spirit of religious tolerance that was inculcated in Akbar's mind at a very early age by these thinkers. Thirdly, Akbar himself had a restless and inquisitive mind and a general interest in religious and spiritual matters since a very young age. It was this inquisitiveness, which was clearly reflected in his desire to establish the Ibadat Khana. His exposure philosophical ... by no means original or startling and had been discussed since the beginning of Islam. Till the time the Sunni orthodoxy dominated the court the discussions centered on dominant Islamic topics like Muhamma...

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... may contend that a person is reincarnated, either multiple times or possibly held in waiting for the day of judgement and dispersion. It is rarely that a Jew believes that a soul can be tortured by demons or lost for all eternity in a place such as hell, for that defies the notion of an all-loving god ... or are killed by a wind which will blow for seven days and eight nights. This is to be followed with a blast from a giant horn, and the descent from heaven of Allah, preceded by eight angels bearing his golden throne for him to then judge each and everyone of humanity. The people of are...

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