Edited sentence: (An alternative view follows).(please see wikipedia article.Additionally, Sikhs are not idolators either as they have similarities with Abrahmanic religions as their religion has both Muslim and Hindu influences even though Sikhism is a separate and independent religion.All paths to God are different but equivalent.As the Vedas state, "Truth is one, the wise call by different names.From a Hindu point of view, Hindus would consider the Abrahmanic God (Yahweh) to be the same as Narayana.Furthermore, Muslims, Christians and Jews all supposedly worship the same God yet Jews wouldn't consider Allah to be equivalent to Yahweh even though Muslims believe that Yahweh and Allah are the same God.Hinduism is the only religion that does not scare its devotees (if you aren't bapatized you will go to hell), and maybe it has a point, for it is the 4th largest religion in the world and has survived for thousands of years.Many Brahmins find it offensive to teach such a sacred mantra to outsiders and such a mantra phrase change would less offend their sensibilities.Many also considered the teaching of the Gayatri mantra to outside the Brahmin community to be prohibited.Many in fact state that Sikhism is an Abrahmanic religion and Sikhs would be offended to be labeled idolators.Oddly, Hinduism, sometimes (wrongly) considered a pagan religion, is the only one that is old enough to realize that acceptance is better than holy wars.So the conclusion is that the feeling for others' beliefs is mutual and perhaps nationalistic.Such a thinking may have led Chaitanya for reversing the words, Hare Rama, Hare Krishna to Hare Krishna, Hara Rama, when he taught the mantra to non-Hindus.The Chrisians are getting there, but the Muslim have still to learn a Jihad isn't the answer.The same goes with Christians and Jews.These views can be a minority viewpoint but it is important to note that bigotry and intolerance are widespread throughout the world