Editing Dayananda Saraswati (section)

== Views on other religions ==

He considered the prevalent religions to have either immoral stories, or badly practised, or some of them have sufficiently moved away from the Vedas.<ref>{{Cite book |author=Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati |title=Satyarth Prakash |publisher=Arsha Sahitya Prachara Trust |year=1875 |location=Delhi, India |language=Hindi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-QqeB6P9jsHVFhYMjlwVGF5aGs/edit?resourcekey=0-_-VWT7jCgYWn3TYK_HABsw&usp=embed_facebook|title=Light_Of_Truth (Satyarth-Prakash) - English.pdf|website=Google Docs}}</ref> In his book Satyarth Prakash, Maharshi Dayanand has analysed critically current form of [[Hinduism]], [[Jainism]], [[Buddhism]], [[Christianity]] and [[Islam]].

===Islam===
{{see also|Criticism of Islam}}

He viewed Islam to be waging wars and immorality. He doubted that Islam had anything to do with the God, and questioned why a God would hate every non-believer, allowing the slaughter of animals, and command [[Muhammad]] to slaughter innocent people.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research|volume=1|issue=1|publisher=ICPR|year=2002|page=73|title=Rationalization of the Life-World}}</ref>

He further described Muhammad as "imposter", and one who held out "a bait to men and women, in the name of God, to compass his own selfish needs." He regarded Quran as "Not the Word of God. It is a human work. Hence it cannot be believed in."<ref>{{cite book |last=Saraswati |first=Dayanand |title=Satyarth Prakash (The Light of Truth) |publisher=Star Press |year=1875 |location=Varanasi, India |pages=672–683 |chapter=An Examination of the Doctrine of Islam |access-date=2 April 2012 |chapter-url=http://www.aryasamajjamnagar.org/chapterfourteen.htm}}</ref>

===Christianity===
{{see also|Criticism of Christianity|Criticism of Jesus#Dayanand Saraswati}}

His analysis of the [[Bible]] was based on an attempt to compare it with scientific evidence, morality, and other properties. His analysis claimed that the Bible contains many stories and precepts that are immoral, praising cruelty, deceit and that encourage sin.<ref>{{cite book |author=J. T. F. Jordens |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3ysKAQAAMAAJ |title=Dayānanda Sarasvatī, His Life and Ideas |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1978 |isbn=9780195609950 |page=267}}</ref> One commentary notes many alleged discrepancies and fallacies of logic in the Bible e.g. that God fearing Adam eating the fruit of life and becoming his equal displays jealousy. His critique attempts to show logical fallacies in the Bible, and throughout he asserts that the events depicted in the Bible portray God as a man rather than an omniscient, omnipotent or complete being.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

He opposed the [[perpetual virginity of Mary]], adding that such doctrines are simply against the nature of law, and that God would never break his own law because God is omniscient and infallible.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

===Sikhism===
{{see also|Criticism of Sikhism}}

He regarded [[Guru Nanak]] as "rogue", who was quite ignorant about Vedas, Sanskrit, Shashtra, and otherwise Nanak wouldn't be mistaken with words.<ref>{{cite book|doi=10.4135/9788132108412.n19|title=Reduced to Ashes |title-link=Reduced to Ashes (book)|volume=1|page= 15|isbn= 978-99933-53-57-7|chapter=Reduced to Ashes: The Insurgency and Human Rights in Punjab |year=2009 |last1=Kumar |first1=Ram Narayan }}</ref> He further said that followers of Sikhism are to be blamed for making up stories that Nanak possessed miraculous powers and met God. He criticized Guru Gobind Singh and other Sikh Gurus, saying they "invented fictitious stories", although he also recognized Gobind Singh to be "indeed a very brave man."<ref>{{cite book|author=V. S. Godbole|title=God Save India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m9UtAAAAMAAJ|year=1987|publisher=Swatantraveer Savarkar Sahitya Abhyas Mandal|page=9}}</ref>

===Jainism===
{{see also|Criticism of Jainism}}

He regarded Jainism as "a most dreadful religion", writing that Jains were intolerant and hostile towards the non-Jains.<ref name=Panicker/>

===Buddhism===
{{Main|Criticism of Buddhism}}

Dayanand described Buddhism as "anti-vedic" and "atheistic." He noted that the type of "salvation" Buddhism prescribes, is attainable even to dogs and donkeys. He further criticized the [[Buddhist cosmology]] which says that earth was not created.<ref>{{cite book|title=Hindu Nationalists of Modern India: A Critical Study of the Intellectual Genealogy of Hindutva|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O2XXAAAAMAAJ&q=Hindu+Nationalists+of+Modern+India|page=14|author=Jose Kuruvachira|year=2006| publisher=Rawat Publications |isbn = 9788170339953}}</ref>