Multiple choice

Many lower-caste Hindues converted to Islam because:

  1. Islam taught all believers were equal

  2. Muslim sultans killed those who did not convert

  3. they wanted government jobs

  4. they wanted to escape the tax on Hindus
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Explanation

The egalitarian message of Islam, which emphasized that all believers are equal before God, was highly attractive to those in the rigid, hierarchical caste system of India.

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