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Originally Posted by amarsanghera  KDS ji
one logic i can see is diff infertility rates..
hindu fertility rate is 3.2 while muslim is 5.6
so i guess its birth of new ones rather than conversions which is changing demographics..
muslim ratio is increasing in india too..this is because of fertility ratio and not conversions. |
Amar,
This is a suprising fact for me! Please point me to some documents, research, news or documentary which can confirm the fact related to fertility rate issue that you mentioned, I would be shocked if that is true.
I was of the view that the muslim population is increasing because of
- some facist Muslims who are reproducing just for the sake of increasing their population. Most of these people are either illiterate or from the slum areas. Literate Muslims very well understand the population problem of India and they just have 2 kids on an average. Long time back, when yours truly was a student in India, there was huge unrest among the Hindu masses against this thinking of some selected Muslims in India. As a matter of fact, someone made a documentary film which included the interviews from both sides on this issue. (unfortunately, I do not remember the name of the documentary, it was from the DD only times
... long time back) - Another factor is the fact that there is different "Marriage Act" in Indian judicial system for Muslims. Hindus and Sikhs are bundled together in a single "Marriage Act" or law and they (Hindus and Sikh) will be violating the law if they practice polygamy. On the other hand Muslims in India could have multiple wives and their liability in divorce was also very less. Some illiterate Muslims and those from the slums simply married, produced on an average 7-8 kids from one wife and then moved onto the other by simply divorcing the previous wife by saying "talaak hai, talaak hai, talaak hai" This simplicity of divorcing and leway to the Muslim population attributed not only to the increased population of Muslims but also increased the population troubles of India as whole and deteriorated the condition of Muslim women.
Whatever I have typed above is a flashback from my memory from years ago. If the "Marriage Act" is changed now, I am not aware. But I know there were demands from Hindu masses to have single marriage law for all religions in India and not have different laws. The educated Muslims did understand that ( as far as I know) but the illiterate ones were trying to justify polygamy by using Holy Quraan. The muslim women wanted a ban on polygamy as it was ruining there lives.
Let me know if things have changed, I am very curious to know.
Sat Shri Akaal,
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