A grievance

I am an ardent reader of the Shashi Tharoor Column and admire the man and his work but I have a grievance. I am afraid that his oft-repeated belief that Hinduism is the only major religion in the world that does not claim to be the only true religion is not an accurate fact (‘Engagement with India’ by C. T. Kurien in The Hindu). Here I quote from the Koran (Chapter 2, ‘The Cow,’ Verse 62) – “Those who believe (in the Qur'an), and those who follow the Jewish (scriptures), and the Christians and the Sabians,- any who believe in God and the Last Day, and work righteousness, shall have their reward with their Lord; on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.” Thus Islam too recognizes the truth in other religions.