59. Why is it called Islam religion despite having Hindu deities? A question might arise in the minds of many people that;

1) Even though Satpanth has Islamic elements, it also mentions Hindu gods like Ram, Krishna, Brahma, Vishnu, Mahadev etc. So then can we say concretely that Satpanth is a part of Islam religion?

2) Why is Satpanth not a part of Hindu religion?

3) Islam does not accept any slight alteration regarding its religion. But in Satpanth, plentiful mention of Hindu deities is seen. Islam would never accept this, so then how did this happen?

4) Etcetera, etcetera.

Satpanth contains Hindu elements and also Muslim elements. If someone openly states that Satpanth is a Muslim religion, then pointing towards the Hindu elements it is said that “We are Hindus…, look we believe in Ram, Krishna, Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh, keeping everyone together. You are wrongly defaming us, you are breaking the society.” Due to such points, an unknown person easily gets confused. Therefore, it is necessary to know the answers to such questions.

60. Aga Khan Case 1866: A very good answer to such questions is given in the judgment of a court case of the year 1866 by the Bombay High Court [88:Page 116]. This court case is also known as the Khoja Case or Aga Khan Case Judgement (Khoja Case or Aga Khan Case Judgement) [25].

A book providing detailed information about this case has been published by Harvard University in the year 2012 written by Teena Purohit, named “The Aga Khan Case” [141]. (The Aga Khan Case by Teena Purohit, 2012, Harvard University) [141]. Important pages of this book are also attached in the book Satpanth Chhodo [27:Page 280, 320, 457 to 491].

The fact of this case is that..

1) Question: The question before the Bombay High Court was, is Satpanth a Hindu religion or a Muslim religion?

2) Claim of Hindu side: The argument of those calling it Hindu religion was that Hindu gods are worshipped in Satpanth. Therefore Satpanth is Hindu religion.

3) Claim of Muslim side: The argument of Muslims was that Satpanth is full of Islamic elements. The founders of Satpanth are Syed Pir Sadruddin and Syed Imamshah Bava, who are Muslims. There are Islamic Kalmas also, Ali is worshipped in this. Therefore Satpanth is Islam religion.

4) Consensus on one matter: When both sides were heard, the British Judge/Justice Arnold realized that although there is a difference of opinion in both sides, there is consensus on one matter in both sides and that is about Satpanth Dasavatar scripture.

5) Importance of Dasavatar: Satpanth Dasavatar is such a scripture that both sides accept. Both sides consider Dasavatar as their main religious scripture. At the time of someone’s death, near the deathbed, for their liberation, Dasavatar scripture is read.

6) Study of Dasavatar Scripture: Therefore the Judge took the main support of Dasavatar scripture. Studied Dasavatar scriptures written by both Sadruddin and Imamshah. In that too, especially the big Dasavatar scripture written by Imamshah, in which the incarnations of Hindu gods are described in detail, that scripture was specially studied.

7) Court’s Conclusion: After studying the Dasavatar scripture, the Judge reaches the conclusion that..

a) In the Dasavatar scripture, out of total 10, the first 9 avatars are of Hindu God Vishnu and after that the 10th avatar is of Murtaza Ali Talib who is called Naklanki or Nishkalanki Narayan.

b) Although the first 9 avatars in Dasavatar scripture are Hindu, but all those avatars have been used only to attract Hindus towards Islam. All those avatars have been cancelled. They are only to be bowed to, not to be worshipped.

c) The last and original avatar i.e. the 10th avatar is of Ali. Who is to be worshipped. This avatar is in Kaliyuga i.e. the avatar of the present time.

d) As written in the 10th avatar, the previous 9 avatars and Hindu religion’s Vedas and scriptures, Brahmins, 68 pilgrimage sites, river Ganga, cow, other religious beliefs, customs, traditions etc., are considered cancelled in Kaliyuga. So it does not have any special importance.

e) In the 10th avatar, it is stated to believe only in the main deity of Shia Islam, Ali Talib, and to worship him.

f) Just so that the mind of Hindus who feel hesitation with the name Ali can easily accept Ali, and can save themselves from criticism of other Hindu people, Ali has been given the Hindu name, “Naklanki Narayan”.

g) Therefore Satpanth is not a Hindu religion. Satpanth is a part of Shia Islam religion, Bombay High Court stated in its verdict.

61. 2 (Two) main points of the case: While arriving at this decision, the judge had to deal with the 2 main points mentioned below. There is detailed discussion on these points in the book Aga Khan Case written by Teena Purohit, but in brief summary these points are also discussed in a good article Khoja Case of 1866 – A Paraphrase [52:Page 5 and 6]. Those points are as follows.

61.1. Takiyya / Takiyya / Takiah: Takiyya is an Islamic strategy/tactic. A person practicing Takiyya is allowed to hide his religion and is also allowed to pretend to have adopted a religion other than Islam.

While spreading and defending Islam, a person observing Takiyya gets permission to do all things/acts prohibited in Islam religion. While doing this, Takiyya also gives permission to do all wrong thoughts and dirty deeds coming into a man’s mind.

Things that are beyond the intellect and imagination of common religion-loving and moral-believing people, such as kidnapping, murder, lying, betraying, cheating, rape, giving false assurance, talking false things, misleading etc., Takiyya gives permission to do in the name of religion. This matter is beyond the understanding of a common man because actually religion works to keep people away from such things. Then religion would not give permission to do all those acts. So a common man cannot even imagine this. People think that no person can do wrong to such an extent in the name of religion and God, it is impossible. But Takiyya gives permission to do all this. For more information on Takiyya see book Satpanth Chhodo [27:Page 222 to 225, 321 to 341, 354 to 359.]

In this case, the court judge said that this Takiyya has been heavily used behind including Hindu avatars in Satpanth religion. In Satpanth, for the spread of Islam religion, Hindu gods have been used in its scriptures to attract Hindus towards Satpanth. The main i.e. Ishta Dev of Satpanth is Ali Talib. So because Islam is at its center, it finally takes the Hindu followers of Satpanth into Islam religion.

61.2. Formula of Conversion / Conversion Formula: The second issue that the High Court had to face was the formula of conversion. As stated earlier in point (‎34), preachers of Islam religion propagated Satpanth religion by taking support of the faith, religious beliefs, principles etc. of the religion of the masses.

For example, when Islam preachers want to convert a Hindu;

a) By becoming a Hindu Sadhu,

b) Propagate Hindu religion (not Islam religion).

c) Talk at length about the rigidity of Hindus and show Muslims as ignorant. (To win trust)

d) While doing this, take support of central principles of Hindu religion. Where the principles of Hindu religion are compatible with Islam, change the interpretation of those principles and then with the help of such changed meanings show the religion as compatible with Islam.

(With the intention to prepare people’s mind to accept Islam by giving a message that all religions are one.)

e) And indirectly, slowly give a message that the true essence of religion is something else. (Pre-preparation to cut ties with Hindu religion)

f) Going forward it is said that Brahmins have made a mistake in understanding the true essence of Hindu religion. If one wants to understand the true essence of religion, one has to follow Satpanth religion.

(To alienate from Hindu religion.)

This book Satpanth Chhodo provides very good information on this subject, with evidence, referencing works/articles of domestic and foreign researchers and intellectuals in a systematic way [27:Page 278 to 280].

61.3. Bridge of Conversion: The conversion formula of Satpanth religion preachers can be easily understood through the image/chart given below. To transport a Hindu from one bank named Hindu religion to the other bank named Islam religion, a one-way²³ bridge has been prepared. That bridge is built on the foundation of Takiyya. For which the avatars of Hindu gods have been used as follows.

a) Through the medium of Krishna Avatar, Hindus are brought to that bridge.

b) After that through the medium of Buddha Avatar, aversion towards Hindu religion is created. Love-unity-harmony-organization, God is one, only forms are different, talking such things, the firmness in people’s mind regarding Hindu religion is weakened and that man is pushed forward slowly on the bridge.

c) And finally, through the medium of Niklanki / Nishkalanki Avatar, changing that man’s heart, he is made a Muslim.

63. For more analysis see Satpanth Chhodo: Analysis on the points mentioned above and many such points like that “Maa Uma no Aadesh Satpanth Chhodo” [27] in short will be found in “Satpanth Chhodo” book. Many proofs proving that Satpanth is Islam religion have been included in it. No book better than Satpanth Chhodo book has been seen for such proofs. It is requested to study it for more information. In the Bibliography / Reference List chapter of this book you will also find the link to this book.

64. Brief information about the content given in the Satpanth Chhodo[27] book is as follows.