"I have it on good authority that Kabir's thought is Hindu through and through. The fable that Kabir brought a synthesis between Islam and Hinduism, does not survive a comparison between his works and the Quran. That Kabir was a simple weaver who produced lofty poetry just like that, is another fable for children of socialists : Kabir was well-read and knew his classics. There are hardly any Muslims in the Kabirpanth, and it is only the Hindus who venerate him. The simplest proof that his contribution to Indian culture was un-Islamic, is that he was persecuted for his Kafir ideas by the Muslim ruler Sikandar Lodi."
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Koenraad Elst (1993). Ayodhya and after: Issues before Hindu society. New Delhi: Voice of India.
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Kabir
Kabir (1440–1518) was an Indian poet, mystic and philosopher, and one of the Northern India Sants.
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