This leads to rise in fears that muslims will outnumber hindus in the next century converting India into an islamic nation ' Note---crore is an Indian word and each crore is equal to 10 millions . So when muslims are counted as 17.22 crore it means 172.2 millions . ---Ashdoc New Delhi, Aug 25: The Muslim community has registered a moderate 0.8 per cent growth to touch 17.22 crore in the 10 year period between 2001 and 2011, up from 13.8 crore, while Hindus population showed a decline by 0.7 per cent at 96.63 crore during the period, according to the latest census data on religion. While the census figure on religion was released today, more than four years after compilation of the data, the caste data is yet to be made public. RJD, JD(U), SP, DMK and some other parties have been asking the government to release the caste census figure. The data on socio economic status of the population was released on July 3. As per the religious census data of 2011, released by the Registrar General and Census Commissioner today, the total population in the country in 2011 was 121.09 crore. Hindu population is 96.63 crores (79.8 per cent); Muslim 17.22 crores (14.2 per cent); Christian 2.78 crores (2.3 per cent); Sikh 2.08 crores (1.7 per cent); Buddhist 0.84 crores (0.7 per cent); Jain 0.45 crores (0.4 per cent), Other religions and persuasions (ORP) 0.79 crores (0.7 per cent) and religion not stated 0.29 crores (0.2 per cent). The proportion of Muslim population to total population has increased by 0.8 percentage point (PP) in 2011, the census data said. The proportion of Hindu population to total population in 2011 has declined by 0.7 PP; the proportion of Sikh population has declined by 0.2 PP and the Buddhist population has declined by 0.1 PP during the decade 2001-2011. There has been no significant change in the proportion of Christians and Jains. As per 2001 census, India's total population was 102 crores of which Hindu population comprised of 82.75 crore (80.45 per cent) and Muslims were 13.8 crore (13.4 per cent). The growth rate of population in the decade 2001-2011 was 17.7 per cent. The growth rate of population of the different religious communities in the same period was as Hindus: 16.8 per cent; Muslim: 24.6 per cent; Christian: 15.5 per cent; Sikh: 8.4 per cent; Buddhist: 6.1 per cent and Jain: 5.4 per cent. The distribution is total population by six major religious communities namely, Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain besides 'Other Religions and Persuasions' and 'Religion not stated'. Read more at: http://www.oneindia.com/india/india...ed-muslims-increased-2011-census-1849201.html
Yes it's not to be taken lightly. The problem is. Islam has always not been our primary concern. We've always had and still have more immediate problems. It's disturbing though. The hindus don't like them much.
See our previous discussion of how Hindus kill MILLIONS of baby girls. This gender based holocaust is what is causing the population to decline. This type of sexist genocide is perfectly OK in their religion. Now imagine the outrage if it was Muslims who did anything like that.
and why no outrage over hindus ?? because hindus dont threaten other countries isn't it ?? and they have no megalomaniac ambitions of ruling the globe---thats why isn't it ??
sounds like hindus need to start having more children, then again this percent is pretty a small number growth rates will always be bigger for a minority, even if they have less children then the majority "Hindus population showed a decline by 0.7 per cent at 96.63" hardly losing their majority .
Islam is more egalitarian than Hinduism. I can see a lot of low caste people seeing the reason to convert.
Exactly. And it makes you wonder - why have forum conservatives who claim they are the most open minded, unprejudiced, and call-it-down-the-middle types anywhere have failed to condemn the genocidal sexism that exists exclusively among Hindus? As always, forum cons are the most hypocritical Pharisees anywhere.
Christians such as Bush who called his campaign a "crusade" and others like him have imperialistic ambitions - the result is war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Thus, if you are to be believed, then everyone has a right to be hostile to Christianity.
they are not bothered about hinduism---it is not on their radar . that is because hindus dont threaten the west in any way .
i frankly challenge this statement . the hindu population was growing till the eighties and the nineties and the slowing of their birth rate is due to success of family planning measures---measures in which muslims refuse to co operate . baby girls used to be killed even in the sixties and seventies when the population of hindus was growing very fast . how come hindu population was growing then ??
i recently read one post where you said you are a woman . how can you say that is egalitarian despite knowing how it treats women ?? do you know the status of women in islam ?? women forced to wear the hijab even in the heat of tropical or desert countries . a woman's testimony is not considered equal to a man's in court . a man can marry four wives .
I do not support Hinduism or Islam or Christianity. All these faiths lead humanity towards violence. In India there are ethnic clashes. Hindus vainly are fighting for their holy shrine in Ayodhya since they think their God Ram was born there. What archaeological evidence is there of Rama Born in Ayodhya other than their mythological stories in the Ramayana, a brainchild of some Balmiki or any other poets who wrote it? Hindus are the most conservative people who believe in millions of God and they have divided people along caste. creeds and the like. Recently there has been an uproar about beef lynching in India.
Female feticide is has always been the norm in India. India was therefore called a country of darkness by Naipaul and Hindus practice it and they call themselves religious. It is a paradox.
at least hinduism is not going on jehad to impose its ideology over other nations . at least hindus are not carrying suicide bombing terror attacks .
naipaul was always more critical of islam and was happy to see the hindutva forces grow as challenge to islam . read here--- http://www.islamawareness.net/AntiMusWriters/Naipaul/naipaul_news002.html