Dear MEL School’s Topic Readers,
Religion in India
bubbles over into politics
Of the population
of 1.3 billion, a little over 80% is Hindu and 13% is Muslim. This proportion
is just about the opposite of its eastern neighbor, Bangladesh whose population
is slightly over 150 million. In its western neighbor, Pakistan, nearly the
entire population of 200 million is Muslim.
The newly elected
PM, Narendra Modi, is known as a strong believer and supporter of Hindu. As of
2014, The Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP (Indian People's Party), is the
country's largest political party in the national parliament and state
assemblies. The BJP is a right-wing party with close ideological and
organizational links to the Hindu nationalist. For Modi to realize his
political objectives, he can’t be away from this religiously motivated power in
the parliament. And the party members don’t seem to hesitate to show off the
power of the card. It is reported that they are trying to press Muslims and
Christians to convert their faiths to Hindu.
Enjoy reading and
learning about the religious challenge in this soon-to-be the most populous
country.
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