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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Hindu jokes''' are a class of [[ethnic joke]]s based on the lifestyle of the [[Hindu]]s and some of the common religious beliefs in [[Hinduism]].<br />
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Some of the most common characteristics of these jokes include satire on the priests and ascetics, and jokes on [[Brahmin]]s that stereotype their defects, ritualism and conceits. <ref name=Awadhesh><br />
{{cite book<br />
| last = Singh<br />
| first = Awadhesh<br />
| title = Timeless Jokes - Ageless Wisdom<br />
| publisher = The Aatmic Science Foundation<br />
| location = Allahbad<br />
| year = 2014<br />
| isbn = 978-81-925300-6-2<br />
}}</ref><br />
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Tolerance and respect are key element of [[Indian religions|Indian-origin religions]] (also called [[Dharma|Dharma religions]]). [[Hinduism]], [[Buddhism]] and [[Jainism]], have [[blasphemy#Hindu|no concept of blasphemy]]. In contrast, in [[West Asia]] - birth place of Abrahamic religions (such as [[Islam_and_blasphemy#Death|Islam]] and [[Blasphemy#Punishment_in_Christianity|Christianity]], there was no room for such tolerance and respect for dissent where heretics and blasphemers had to [[Blasphemy#Lae|pay with their lives]].<ref name="NoBigotry1">[https://www.rediff.com/news/column/why-hinduism-never-developed-a-concept-of-blasphemy/20150204.htm Why Hinduism never developed a concept of blasphemy], Rediff.com, 4 February , 2015.</ref> [[Āstika and nāstika|Nāstika]], meaning ''atheist'' or ''atheism'', are valid and accepted streams of in Indian origin religions where Buddhism, Jainism, as well as [[Samkhya]], [[Cārvāka]] and [[Ājīvika]] are considered atheist school of philosophy in the Indian religions.<ref>For [http://www.iheu.org/node/185 instance], the Atheist Society of India produces a monthly publications ''Nastika Yuga'', which it translates as 'The Age of Atheism'. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070418105244/http://www.iheu.org/node/185|date=18 April 2007}}.</ref><ref name="andrew">Nicholson, Andrew J. 2013. [[Unifying Hinduism|''Unifying Hinduism: Philosophy and Identity in Indian Intellectual History'']]. [[Columbia University Press]]. {{ISBN|978-0231149877}}. ch. 9.</ref><ref>{{cite book|ref=none |author=Francis Clooney |chapter=Restoring 'Hindu Theology' as a category in Indian intellectual discourse |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SKBxa-MNqA8C |title=The Blackwell Companion to Hinduism |publisher=Blackwell Academic |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-470-99868-7 |editor=Gavin Flood |pages=451–455}} "By {{IAST|Sāṃkhya}} reasoning, the material principle itself simply evolves into complex forms, and there is no need to hold that some spiritual power governs the material principle or its ultimate source."</ref><ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Flood |editor-first=Gavin |author-link= Gavin Flood|title=Blackwell companion to Hinduism |publisher=[[Blackwell Publishing]] |year=2003 |isbn=0-631-21535-2 |author=Francis Clooney}}, pp=82, 224–49.</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[Blasphemy laws]]<br />
** [[Christianity and blasphemy]]<br />
** [[Islam_and_blasphemy#Death|Islam and blasphemy]]<br />
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* [[Ethnic joke|Religious and ethnic jokes]]<br />
** [[Flying Spaghetti Monster]]<br />
** [[Parody religion]]<br />
** [[Pathan joke]]<br />
** [[Sardarji joke]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Ethnic jokes]]<br />
[[Category:Indian humour]]<br />
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[[Category:Criticism of Hinduism]]</div>UpdateBot