Akbar The Great: Heretic or Saint?

Muslims have mixed feelings about Mughal Emperor Jodhaa Akbar. As a conqueror who expanded the Islamic world by conquering most of what is now present day India, he's an exalted hero. As a man who was more spiritual than a fervently religious Islamic, he was a heretic.

Among other efforts, he tried to establish a religion that would unite rather than divide. He was antithetical to religious fundamentalists who are unenlightened and incapable of the higher order thinking that is required to truly begin understanding the Godly intent of their own religion's spirituality....

"The Dīn-i Ilāhī (Persian: دین الهی‎ lit. "Religion of God") was a syncretic religion propounded by the Mughal emperor Akbar the Great in 1582 AD, intending to merge the best elements of the religions of his empire, and thereby reconcile the differences that divided his subjects. The elements were primarily drawn from Islam and Hinduism, but some others were also taken from Christianity, Jainism and Zoroastrianism".

Watch Movie: "Jodhaa Akbar"
 https://youtu.be/ePEVqAN7cWQ

Movie review:
 http://mobile.nytimes.com/2008/02/16/movies/16akba.html?referrer=&_r=0

Note: Mariam-uz-Zamani (1542 – 1623) was a wife of the Mughal emperor Akbar. She has also been referred to by several other names, including “Jodha Bai”, the name used in the movie.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariam-uz-Zamani