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What Was the Critical Feature of Akbar?s New Religion, the Din-I-Ilahi

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What was the critical feature of Akbar?s new religion, the Din-i-Ilahi?


A) It attempted to blend elements of the many faiths with which he was familiar as a means of reconciling Hindus and Muslims.
B) It sought to purify the Islamic faith and remove Hindu influences by adopting many of the Sufi teachings already extant in India.
C) Like the Safavids to whom early members of the Mughal dynasty fled in exile, Akbar adopted militant Shi?ism.
D) Although it retained the formal appearance of Islam, the popular aspects of the new religion were almost entirely Buddhist.

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