ABSTRACT
The two communities seemed to be different to each other in religious thought. The Muslims believed in one God – Allah – whose last messenger was the Prophet. The Hindus believing in unity in diversity believed in many gods and practised image worship. After the ninth century Islam came into contact with the Iranian, Greco-Byzantium and Indian cultures which had older religions. The Chishti saints wanted to improve the condition of the Muslims but they did not make any distinction between the Hindus and the Muslims. The Bhakti movement, a mystic realization of union with God within the individual, can be traced in India long before the arrival of Islam in India. Malik Kabir believed in human equality which led him to attack the hierarchical order and his attacks were directed against the religious leaders of both Hindu and Muslim communities.
