First, your right I just didn't feel like saying, "a religious movement reposing to the tensions between Hindus and Muslims utilizing elements of both in the creation of a new religion to reconcile the other two," but my point still stands. Any combination of Islam and Sikhism will be a form of Islam rather than a new religion. You've even givin it the name Sha'ada which is the statement that defines Islam and iirc is the first of the five pillars. Now on to the rest.



No, just no, almost everything you've said is wrong. First you can't compare Hinduism to Judaism they are nowhere near the same. While tey are both "ethnic religions" (wanna talk about oversimplification) they operate in a completely different way, and it makes me think you don't have a good grasp on these religions nor do you seem to have a good grasp on syncretism or religion in general. A more apt analogy would be to compare Hinduism to the ancient Roman religion which adopted religious beliefs from all over their empire. I'd also say that a religion like Hinduism could become popular in Japan despite the act that it is an ethnic religion.



Second, your scenario for how this religion forms is filled with unlikely events. As society breaks down people will gravitate to the only source of authority left which would either be local authroities like a local sheriff or a religious leader. The reason the western church became so powerful after the fall of Rome is that it was one of the few institutions left. Additionally, people tend to segregate themselves in crises. There are stories of the superdome after Katrina where people seperate based on race; however, religion is just as likely to be the defining trait of a group especially religions like Islam and Christianity who it heavy emphasis on community. They will become further apart rather than closer together. The only religion that could break this trend is Hinduism because of it is much less strict than the other two and is not a convert seeking religion. Additionally, I've also looked up specific stats and found that most Christians in Guyana are Anglicans which is a religion that has a religious hierarchy for people to rally around, (although if you can give me a source on the lack of religious leaders in the region i am interested in reading up on that) and, even if there is no existing leadership left, leader are something that emerge almost organically, so, if the binding aspect of a community is religion and the leadership is vacant, then the leader that will emerge will likely be a religious one or atleast derive his legitimacy from religion. Now, the problem of rural areas isn't an issue as most of the Hindu population is centered in urban coastal areas.



I cannot think of one time Christianity or Islam adopted beliefs from Hinduism which lasted. I recall Akbar attempted something of the sort but it never got off the ground and didn't survive his death. Usually when these religions combine it is Hinduism that they are combined into. This is because Hinduism is an orthopraxic faith while Islam and Christianity are more focused on orthodoxy. Therefore, these religions will more likely convert Hindus to their religion rather than syncretized with it.



Building on that last paragraph, because the religion is more orthopraxic, they will not likely tolerate changing the holidays, but they would tolerate adding new ones. One of the reasons Ancient Rome and Kathmandu had so many festivals is because the rituals were so important that they couldn't just combine them, shorten them, or cut corners in any way. Furthermore, I don't find the new holidays fun. I actually find them rather childish, but I think that's just because they remind me of an episode from an old Nickelodeon cartoon.



Now if I can address a minor problem with your statements on Catholicism, Catholicism typically doesn't adopt the beliefs of other religions. More often a native belief will be masked in Catholic ritual like Santeria or voodoo, or a native belief will be too embedded to remove, and occasionally a belief or practice will be found to be non heretical and continued practice will be tolerated (typically a form of ancestor worship), but in neither case does the church adopt new beliefs based on outside practices.



Also, can you provide a source on the deminished authority of the Brahmin caste in the new world because I'm solely basing this on my own experience with Hindus in the new world.





Because it's difficult and time consuming to make a new religion while lifting one from the vanilla game and altering it aabit is much easier. Considering that the people who design this mod have jobs and their own lives and are doing this for us in their own spare time means we should avoid asking for too much from the team (Something I myself have a bad habit of doing).



And stop using the word orientalism it's kinda racist in a weird meta way.