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I thought this question was asked before on meta. but couldn't find a link. So, I am asking it.

Is it on-topic to ask for differences/relation by comparing other religion similar topics?

Something like:

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  • It should be on topic , else then what is the use of the tag "Buddhism"?
    – Kiran RS
    Commented Jul 10, 2014 at 12:53
  • I don't think that the question specified should be off-topic. It is just asking how Hindu concept of Moksha differs from the Buddhist Niravana concept. Questions asking about Hinduism's explanation of a concept found in other religion (which may or may not be same) should be on-topic.
    – TheLoneKing
    Commented Jul 10, 2014 at 13:00
  • @Dharmaputhiran please post it as answer.. we will see. :)
    – Mr_Green
    Commented Jul 10, 2014 at 13:03
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    Brief thought: I think that comparisons with the religions that grew out of Hinduism (i.e. Buddhism, Jainism) should definitely be on-topic. I'm ambivalent about comparisons to other religions (e.g. Christianity, Islam). I'll write a longer answer once I've thought about this more.
    – senshin Mod
    Commented Jul 10, 2014 at 14:11

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I don't think that the question specified should be off-topic. It is just asking how Hindu concept of Moksha differs from the Buddhist Niravana concept. Questions asking about Hinduism's explanation of a concept found in other religion (which may or may not be same) should be on-topic.

For example, Ramayana is accepted in Jainism and Buddhism also, but in a slightly different version. There are also Thai, Cambodian, Indonesian and Malaysian versions of it. If someone asks a question regarding a particular difference between two such versions, it would definitely be on-topic.

The question mentioned in this post is similar to the above example and is perfectly on-topic.

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