What were the conflicting physical attributes and living habits of Sai Baba that made it impossible to label him as strictly Hindu or Muslim?

Chapter 7 delves into the paradoxes surrounding Sai Baba's identity. If he was called a Hindu, he resembled a Yavana (Muslim), but if called a Yavana, he bore the noble marks of a Hindu. More concretely, the text from Chapter 7 points out that while he had pierced ears, a Hindu custom, his circumcision was also evident. He lived in a mosque, a Muslim practice, yet maintained a sacred fire (Dhuni), allowed the ringing of bells and conches, and had Brahmins worship him there. These contradictions made it so that 'not an atom’s worth of trace could be found' of whether he belonged to either caste.