Clear and Present Danger – Episode 14 – ‘Universal Peace’: Religious tolerance in the Mughal empire
…tion,” Akbar developed a policy of “Universal Peace” repudiating religious compulsion and embracing ecumenical debate. We’ll also discover why the history of the Mughal empire still tests the limits of free speech and tolerance in modern India. Among the questions tackled are: Why, how, and to what extent did Akbar abandon orthodox Islam for religious tolerance? How did religious tolerance in the Mughal empire compare to contemporary Europe? How d…