Chapter 7 presents a puzzle regarding Sai Baba's religious affiliation. What specific contradictory details are given that made it impossible to classify him as either Hindu or Muslim?

๐Ÿ“– Chapter 7

Chapter 7 details the profound ambiguity of Sai Baba's religious identity by presenting a series of paradoxes. It notes that if you called Him a Hindu, He looked like a Muslim, but if you called Him a Muslim, He had the noble marks of a Hindu. Physically, it mentions His ears were pierced, a Hindu custom, yet there was evidence of circumcision. He resided in a mosque, a Muslim practice, yet that same mosque housed a constantly burning sacred fire (Dhuni) and was filled with the sounds of bells and conches, which are central to Hindu worship. These contradictions made it impossible to find even an atom's worth of a trace of His origin.


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