• Outside of India, Nepal is home to the greatest number of Hindus in the world. (wikipedia.org)
  • The phrase Dharma Culture is a more accurate descriptor for India, as compared to the 'Indian religion' or 'Hindu religion. (thedailybell.com)
  • Steady Hindu emigration to India and Burma throughout the 1960s accounted for most of the decline. (globalsecurity.org)
  • Until the partition of British India in 1947, Hindus controlled about 80 percent of all large rural holdings, urban real estate, and government jobs in East Bengal and dominated finance, commerce, and the professions. (globalsecurity.org)
  • For instance, reincarnation is a belief held by 40% of Hindus in India. (atomparticles.com)
  • One such instance is the reincarnation belief held by 40% of Hindus in India.Hindu views on death The Hindu faith is based on the idea of reincarnation, which holds that after death, the soul takes on a new form. (atomparticles.com)
  • According to Hindu mythology, the Ganges river of India-the Goddess Ganga-came down to the Earth from the skies. (hinduismtoday.com)
  • Muslim leaders felt that Muslims would be under threat in a Hindu-dominated independent India. (spicewithnice.com)
  • explanation: i just got it right on the test, B. was split into a Hindu India and a Muslim Pakistan. (spicewithnice.com)
  • Hindu nationalists consider Muslims enemies of India and view Islam as a brutal ideology that challenges the ancient ethos and norms of Hinduism, which spans thousands of years. (islamicity.org)
  • Legislation to ban animal sacrifice in Hindu temples is operative in India. (thehindubusinessline.com)
  • A recent Pew survey in India has found that 64% of Hindus see their religious identity and Indian national identity as closely intertwined. (riazhaq.com)
  • Most Muslims across the country (65%), along with an identical share of Hindus (65%), see communal violence in India as a very big national problem. (riazhaq.com)
  • Most Hindus (59%) also link Indian identity with being able to speak Hindi - one of dozens of languages that are widely spoken in India. (riazhaq.com)
  • It arose from the majoritarian tyranny of the Hindu-dominated Indian National Congress after 1937 elections in India. (riazhaq.com)
  • If Indian national indentity was only about being Hindu, then why these non-Hindus living in India make such claims that 'THEY ARE PROUD TO BE INDIANS' irrespective of their religious beliefs? (riazhaq.com)
  • Now one should ask these Indians that if India is truely a secular country, then why are majority of the Hindus living in India try to create a link or connection of Hindu faith with their national identity? (riazhaq.com)
  • Only marginalised Hindu communities can be deemed Scheduled Castes in India, according to The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950. (lotusarise.com)
  • The 2011 Census places the number of scheduled castes in India at 16.6 percent of the total population, or approximately 166,635,700 people. (lotusarise.com)
  • The India-UNDAF 2008-2012 builds on the two cross-cutting priorities of the previ- ous UNDAF based on the 10th Five Year Plan priorities - promoting gender equality and strengthening decentralization - and also addresses implementation issues, with particular attention to the inclusion of the voices of the marginalised groups. (who.int)
  • The overarching goal to halve the population below the poverty line will be achieved globally largely due to the performance of countries like India. (who.int)
  • According to the 2011 census, Sunni Muslims constitute 90 percent of the population and Hindus made up 9.5 percent of a total population of 152.5 million. (globalsecurity.org)
  • After the emigration of the Hindus, Muslims moved quickly into the vacated positions. (globalsecurity.org)
  • Examples included "othering" comments comparing Rohingya to animals, misogynistic statements against Muslim women saying that they were "too ugly to rape," claims that the Rohingya faked their tragedies and that Muslims were seeking to out-populate Buddhists, and direct threats of bloodshed. (prindleinstitute.org)
  • While it is essential to recognize that individuals and groups may hold different opinions and perspectives, claiming that any particular group universally opposes Islam and Muslims would not be accurate. (islamicity.org)
  • Let's look at five influential groups that have a significant track record of opposing Islam and Muslims in various ways. (islamicity.org)
  • Each group has constructed its own narrative against Islam and Muslims. (islamicity.org)
  • They have created a narrative that portrays Muslims as wild, violent hedonists and iconoclasts who have destroyed Hindu temples, killed priests, and raped women. (islamicity.org)
  • Chinese communists see Muslims as the only religious group intent on maintaining their religious identity in a nation that does not believe in religion. (islamicity.org)
  • Sometimes these groups align with each other, while at other times, they act independently against Islam and Muslims. (islamicity.org)
  • The basis of these groups for opposing Islam and Muslims lies partly with Muslims themselves. (islamicity.org)
  • Muslims account for 10 per cent of the 21 million population another 13 per cent of the population are Hindus. (thehindubusinessline.com)
  • Like Hindus, Muslims prefer to live religiously segregated lives - not just when it comes to marriage and friendships, but also in some elements of public life. (riazhaq.com)
  • Catalonia has 7.5 million inhabitants, including an estimated 450,000 Muslims, who account for 6% of the total Catalan population. (gatestoneinstitute.org)
  • In the case of Lérida (spelled Lleida in Catalan), 30,000 Muslims now make up more than 20% of the city's population. (gatestoneinstitute.org)
  • In July 2011, two Islamic groups based in Lérida asked city officials to regulate the presence of dogs in public spaces so they do not "offend Muslims. (gatestoneinstitute.org)
  • As dogs are "unclean" animals in Islamic theology, Muslims demanded that the animals be banned from all forms of public transportation, including all city buses, as well as from all areas frequented by Muslim immigrants. (gatestoneinstitute.org)
  • Royal Order to Jhimuryas of Tukucha-Gumba According to the 2011 census, 81.3% of the Nepalese population is Hindu, 9.0% are Buddhist, 4.4% are Muslim, 3.0% are Kiratist (indigenous ethnic religion), 1.4% are Christian, 0.1% are Sikhs, 0.1% are Jains and 0.7% follow other religions or no religion. (wikipedia.org)
  • This varies from the 2001 census, where 80.62% of Nepalese were Hindu, 10.74% were Buddhist, 4.20% were Muslim, 3.60% were Kirant (an indigenous religion), 0.45% were Christian, and 0.4% were classified as other groups such as Bön. (wikipedia.org)
  • The words of Bengali commentator Mansur Ali succinctly describe the Hindu dominance and Muslim inferiority in virtually all spheres of society in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries: "In Bengal, the landlord is Hindu, the peasant Muslim. (globalsecurity.org)
  • The money lender is Hindu, the client is Muslim. (globalsecurity.org)
  • The jailor is Hindu, the prisoner is Muslim. (globalsecurity.org)
  • The magistrate is Hindu, the accused is Muslim. (globalsecurity.org)
  • Curiously, however, it was Muslim opposition to the extension of representative government--a political stance taken out of fear of Hindu dominance--that helped to reestablish rapport with the British, who by 1900 welcomed any available support against mounting Hindu nationalism. (globalsecurity.org)
  • Buddhist, Christian, Daoist, Hindu, Jewish and Muslim leaders were joined by His Majesty King Harald V of Norway in launching the Interfaith Rainforest Initiative, which was deemed an "unprecedented initiative" to end deforestation and protect our world's tropical rainforests. (globalwarmingisreal.com)
  • Federal and some state offices of the domestic intelligence service continued to monitor the activities of certain Muslim groups and mosques. (state.gov)
  • The Rohingya are mostly Muslim, though a minority of Hindus exist among their number. (prindleinstitute.org)
  • In some Catalan towns and cities, however, the Muslim population now exceeds 40% of the population. (gatestoneinstitute.org)
  • Residents taking their dogs for walks have also been harassed by Muslim immigrants opposed to seeing the animals in public. (gatestoneinstitute.org)
  • In July 2011, the Supreme Court of Catalonia rejected a lawsuit from the Watani Association for Freedom and Justice , a local Muslim group, which had argued that the ban constitutes religious discrimination. (gatestoneinstitute.org)
  • OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to determine whether parenting behaviors vary by religion in a low- and middle-income country between Protestant, Catholic, and Muslim groups. (bvsalud.org)
  • Estimated to make up 18.5 percent of East Pakistan's population in 1961, the Hindu proportion of the population had shrunk to about 13.5 percent by 1971. (globalsecurity.org)
  • Although the Hindu population increased in size after 1971 and had reached 10.6 million by 1981, its relative proportion of the total population continued to decrease [though in 1987 Hindus were estimated to represent nearly 16 percent of the population]. (globalsecurity.org)
  • They will weaken as the last living person who remembers them starts to forget them, and will finally fade away into oblivion as they are forgotten.The revered Hindu texts known as the Vedas claim that all beings are spiritual in nature and have souls. (atomparticles.com)
  • Religious tolerance can be found in royal orders dated Falgun Sudi 12, 1884 V.S. issued by the Hindu Shah monarch Rajendra Bikram Shah under the premiership of Bhimsen Thapa to Buddhist monks in the Kingdom of Nepal: Our father (i.e. (wikipedia.org)
  • Hindu influence was less prominent among the Gurung, Limbu, Bhote, Tamang, and Thakali groups, who continued to employ Buddhist monks for their religious ceremonies. (wikipedia.org)
  • Thus, in line with Buddhist traditions, respect is shown for all living things, including humans and non-human animals. (atomparticles.com)
  • Both religious identities are vastly outnumbered by the 88% Buddhist population of Myanmar. (prindleinstitute.org)
  • Animal sacrifices in Hindu temples in Sri Lanka could be banned after the Cabinet approved a proposal Wednesday to enact laws banning the "primitive" methods of worship, amid calls from the Hindu community to make the ritual a "punishable offence" in the Buddhist-majority country. (thehindubusinessline.com)
  • Although religion can best be understood in a regional context, the caste system, beliefs, rituals, and festivals of the Hindus in Bangladesh -- about 16 percent of the population--are peculiarly Bengali. (globalsecurity.org)
  • The Hindu four-tier caste system, or varna system, forced these communities into work that predominantly involved sanitation, disposal of animal carcasses, cleaning of excreta, and other tasks that involved contact with " unclean " materials. (lotusarise.com)
  • Hindu Cultural Affairs Director Uma Maheswaran was quoted as saying by the government-owned newspaper 'Daily News' that the slaughter of animals such as goats and fowls in Hindu temples would be banned by this legislation. (thehindubusinessline.com)
  • According to the Cabinet Memorandum, animal and bird sacrifices in Hindu Temples or its precincts will be prohibited. (thehindubusinessline.com)
  • Jaffna High Court Judge M Ilancheliyan, delivering a ruling in a case filed by the All Ceylon Hindu Maha Sabha against the killings of animals at the Kavunawatte Narasimmar Kovil festival in October last year, prohibited the slaughter of animals in Hindu temples. (thehindubusinessline.com)
  • Almost all Hindu temples and religious institutions in the country are managed by individuals or management committees elected by people. (thehindubusinessline.com)
  • Religion in Nepal encompasses a wide diversity of groups and beliefs. (wikipedia.org)
  • When considering religions leaders, do we need to consider possible negative results that evolved, such as fundamentalist groups that suppress women, or wars or violence motivated by religion or relgious beliefs? (wisc.edu)
  • Thus, Hindu thought distinguishes itself by strongly encouraging tolerance for different beliefs since temporal systems cannot claim sole understanding of the one transcendental Truth. (academickids.com)
  • One of the most prominent Hindu monists is the saint Ramakrishna , whose preferred form of God is Devi and who reiterated traditional Hindu beliefs that aver devotees can invoke God in whatever form a devotee prefers (termed Ishta Devata , i.e., the preferred form of God) and ask for God's grace in order to attain Moksha , the end of the cycle of rebirth and death. (academickids.com)
  • After all, Swami Vivekananda , a follower of Ramakrishna , along with many others, who brought Hindu beliefs to the West, were all Smarta in belief. (academickids.com)
  • In contrast, non-westernized cultural groups generally have more unified traditions, beliefs, and practices surrounding death, and they more frequently have religious objections to autopsy. (medscape.com)
  • DIRKS: Narendra Modi is India's prime minister and heads its Hindu fundamentalist party. (ktep.org)
  • In 2011, these two religions represented 81.3% and 9.04% of the national population, respectively. (wikipedia.org)
  • Unrecognized groups outside of these recognized religions do not receive government subsidies but may worship freely and openly. (state.gov)
  • Fundamental characteristics of most of the religions are 'Ahimsa' and non-cruelty towards all living being. (thehindubusinessline.com)
  • Additionally, like Jud毭Christian-Islamic religions which believe in angels , Hindus also believe in less powerful entities, such as devas . (academickids.com)
  • This essay by Pervez Hoodbhoy and Zia Mian, Pakistan's leading physicists and anti-nuclear activists, note the fundamental connection between crisis and nuclear weapons in South Asia. (nautilus.org)
  • 5] Hindus believe all organs must be returned to the body. (medscape.com)
  • Additionally, organs from animal sources could be transplanted into patients currently excluded from the human organ transplantation list. (medscape.com)
  • Slaughtering of animals is carried out in public in open courtyard of the temple without considering health and mental harm of the devotees. (thehindubusinessline.com)
  • But there are large concentrations of Jains and Sikhs, two religious groups with long histories of vegetarianism, as well as two-thirds to three-quarters of the population who do not eat meat. (atomparticles.com)
  • The government officially recognizes Catholicism, Protestantism (including evangelicals and Pentecostals), Judaism, Anglicanism (separately from other Protestant groups), Islam, Orthodox (Greek and Russian) Christianity, and secular humanism. (state.gov)
  • The Stars and Stardom in French Cinema: In will master at how Tagore did the responsibility of view, being it away from its deep-rooted project to consider a theme of approx association of which Vishwabharati, involved in the political diplomats of Bengal, had linked as the fundamental articles. (ballroomchicago.com)
  • The well-to-do are uninformed or possessed by the religious fundamentalism - Islamic and Hindu - that is rapidly changing both countries. (nautilus.org)
  • The court said the ban on burqas, a traditional Islamic costume that covers women from head to toe, "constitutes a limitation to the fundamental right to the exercise of the freedom of religion, which is guaranteed by the Spanish Constitution. (gatestoneinstitute.org)
  • The great (or Sanskritic) tradition, sometimes called Brahmanism, developed under the leadership of Hinduism's highest caste group, the Brahmans, who as the traditional priests, teachers, and astrologers enjoy numerous social privileges. (globalsecurity.org)
  • Priests or shamans possessed special knowledge that they demonstrated in carefully staged performances that enabled them to access the immaterial forces and to intervene on behalf of the larger group (cf. (ajaonline.org)
  • Denominations or divisions within the recognized religious groups (Shia Islam, Reform Judaism, or Lutheranism, for example) do not receive support or recognition separate from their parent religious group. (state.gov)
  • The majority of prominent Hindu pilgrimage sites are located in this nation. (wikipedia.org)
  • Leaders also emphasized the tremendous, typically neglected, socioeconomic value tropical rain forests have provided human populations over the course of human existence. (globalwarmingisreal.com)
  • Consciously drawing on a broad range of philosophical traditions -- Continental, Analytic, and non-Western -- it aims to present a comprehensive overview of various theoretical sub-disciplines within philosophy, but also to equip students with the ability to reason and think clearly about the most fundamental questions of human existence. (lancaster.ac.uk)
  • That number is catching up to one of the country's fastest-growing ethnic groups, a lot of whom live in battleground states according to native Texan Chanda Parbhoo, the founder of South Asian American Voter Empowerment or SAAVETX. (ktep.org)
  • Despite their long residence in the area, the Rohingya are not among the eight major ethnic groups recognized by the government. (prindleinstitute.org)
  • A fundamental Hindu belief is reincarnation. (atomparticles.com)
  • The Rational Response Squad is a group of atheist activists who impact society by changing the way we view god belief. (rationalresponders.com)
  • Clearly, something is happening with this group of intellectuals. (edge.org)
  • Nearly all of their sewage-over 1.3 billion liters per day-goes directly into the river, along with thousands of animal carcasses, mainly cattle. (hinduismtoday.com)
  • The members of Parliament representing the Hindu Community and Hindu Association in Sri Lanka are of unanimous view that sacrifices of any living being in the name of Hindu Religion should be banned and made a punishable offence," the memorandum stated. (thehindubusinessline.com)
  • But power is not a simple commodity that one group has exclusively and other groups lack completely. (countercurrents.org)
  • Kiratism is the indigenous religion of the population belonging to the Kirati ethnicity. (wikipedia.org)
  • these are founded and administered by indigenous Shona people instead of missionary groups. (modrzew.biz)
  • Some of the Hindu aspects of God include Devi , Vishnu , Ganesh , and Shiva . (academickids.com)
  • Evidence of animal sacrifice and high-value offerings of vessels, gold, shells, and lapidary stones on a strategically located reef illustrates how power was consolidated in one of the earliest Andean states. (researchgate.net)
  • However, the prevalence of dual-faith practices - particularly among Hindus and Buddhists - complicates statistics on religious groups. (wikipedia.org)
  • Thus Tony Joseph 's new book Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From claims to prove once and for all, with the help of genetics, that a group of pastoral people from steppes east of the Ural mountains entered Bharat during 2000-1000 BCE, bringing with them Indo-European languages and new religious and cultural practices. (hindupost.in)
  • In the 2019 national elections, 60% of Hindu voters who think it is very important to be Hindu and to speak Hindi to be truly Indian cast their vote for the BJP, compared with only a third among Hindu voters who feel less strongly about both these aspects of national identity. (riazhaq.com)
  • That is, "the state government is bound for protecting and fostering Hindu religion" while maintaining "religious" and "cultural" freedom throughout the nation as fundamental rights. (wikipedia.org)
  • Nationalists have sometimes protested against secularism, and many citizens wish to see Nepal as a Hindu-Democratic state. (wikipedia.org)
  • Recently, Nepal's senior minister, Prem Ale, has advocated for declaring Nepal a Hindu state constitutionally. (wikipedia.org)
  • It obligates the state to pay the salaries and pensions of religious clergy (according to law, to qualify these clergy must work in recognized houses of worship and be certified by those religious groups), as well as those of representatives of organizations recognized by the law as providing moral assistance based on a nonconfessional philosophy. (state.gov)
  • There are procedures for individual houses of worship of recognized religious groups to obtain recognition and state subsidies. (state.gov)
  • The court said the burqa ban infringes on the constitutionally protected right to the freedom of religion, and thus it is a constitutional matter that can only be addressed through the Organic Law , the fundamental law of the State. (gatestoneinstitute.org)
  • Prior to the movement for democracy in early 2006 and the sacking of King Gyanendra in 2008, the country was officially a Hindu kingdom, and the constitution still protects and fosters the Hindu religion. (wikipedia.org)
  • The UN ascribed a fundamental role to Facebook for the dissemination of hate and disinformation. (prindleinstitute.org)
  • The federal government provides financial support for officially recognized religious groups. (state.gov)
  • Hindus in Bangladesh in the late 1980s were almost evenly distributed in all regions, with concentrations in Khulna, Jessore, Dinajpur, Faridpur, and Barisal. (globalsecurity.org)
  • Hindu institutions and places of worship received assistance through the Bangladesh Hindu Kalyan Trust (Bangladesh Hindu Welfare Trust), which was sponsored by the Ministry of Religious Affairs. (globalsecurity.org)
  • The subsidies for recognized groups include payment of clergy salaries and for maintenance and equipment for facilities and places of worship, as well as tax exemptions. (state.gov)
  • One of the primitive methods of worship is animal and bird sacrifices, while the majority of Hindus do not accept the practice. (thehindubusinessline.com)
  • Hindu monists see one unity, with the personal Gods, different aspects of only One Supreme Being, like a single beam of light separated into colours by a prism, and are valid to worship. (academickids.com)
  • Nepal is home to the world-famous Pashupatinath Temple, a UNESCO World Heritage Site where Hindus from around the world come for pilgrimage purposes. (wikipedia.org)
  • In contrast, children in Protestant households had higher odds of being hit with an object compared to the other two groups, but only for younger children. (bvsalud.org)
  • It would appear that fundamental religious principles are widespread by 35,000 BC. (mybridal-chamber.org)
  • It is of course the case that such institutions, despite the associated controversy, variously enshrine the voice of God as fundamental defining principles by which a civilization is purportedly governed. (laetusinpraesens.org)
  • Their efforts reached 12 million users (a large chunk of the national population of 51 million). (prindleinstitute.org)
  • This is the most widespread ethnical and linguistic group in North America, comprising most of Alaska and the Canadian Dominion from the Eskimo domain to the Churchhill river north and south, and from the Rocky Mountains to Hudson Bay west and east, besides isolated enclaves in Oregon, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and North Mexico. (academic-genealogy.com)
  • only, the Baptist growth is the outcomes from string and approximately from post-war Church emergence, or more simply from the position of - to which conflict is noted to prevent thought as mainline criticism, that uses, Hindu story individual of any Christian rest. (gerd-breuer.de)
  • For instance, Hindu nationalists have developed strong ties with white supremacist-led Christian evangelicals and Israeli Zionists. (islamicity.org)
  • The country's 16 states exercise considerable autonomy on registration of religious groups and other matters. (state.gov)
  • They represent what Tony Joseph calls "Indus periphery" and since no ancient DNA has been recovered from the Harappan civilization to enable genuine comparison, they stand in as proxy for the entire Harappan population itself. (hindupost.in)
  • The Harappan civilization must have had a population of some millions at its peak. (hindupost.in)
  • Unrecognized religious groups are ineligible for tax benefits. (state.gov)
  • Coaching centres provide TNPSC Model Question Paper for students who are preparing for the TNPSC Group exams. (sulekha.com)
  • Enroll for TNPSC Course and crack TNPSC Group exams to work under the Government of Tamil Nadu directly. (sulekha.com)
  • This leave in the people, during the recreational groups beyond apoptosis cellular outcomes. (jimeflynn.com)
  • European barbarism was not the first instance of one group of people exterminating or exploiting others, of course, but it is the beginning of the modern conception of racism. (countercurrents.org)
  • In our view, frontier markets could offer exciting long-term investment opportunities, given robust fundamentals, including strong economic growth, access to resources and favorable demographic profiles, with additional possible benefits from improvements in technology, infrastructure and standards of governance. (advisorperspectives.com)
  • At the beginning of the 1990s, Hindus made up at least 87% of the population in every region. (wikipedia.org)
  • A religious group seeking official recognition applies to the Ministry of Justice, which then recommends approval or rejection. (state.gov)
  • The Rohingya are a mixed ethno-religious group that have lived in Myanmar's Rakhine province for centuries. (prindleinstitute.org)
  • Following partition, a massive flight of East Bengali Hindus effectively removed the Hindu economic and political elite and cut the territory's ties to Calcutta. (globalsecurity.org)
  • However, disparities exist across states, groups and along rural/ urban lines, as do large variations in the attainment of socio-economic indicators, and many sections of the population remain without access to basic serv- ices. (who.int)
  • The religious group must have a structure or hierarchy, a "sufficient number" of members, and a "long period" of existence in the country. (state.gov)
  • In general, Hindu views are broad and range from monism , dualism , qualified non-dualism , pantheism , panentheism (alternatively called monistic theism by some scholars), strict monotheism , polytheism , and atheism . (academickids.com)
  • The soul is transmigrated into a new child or animal after death so that it can continue to live. (atomparticles.com)
  • Followed by most Hindus, it calls for disinterested right action--the performance of one's caste duties and service to others--without personal involvement in the consequences of action. (globalsecurity.org)
  • Spanking was the most common of the six types of physical punishments across groups with no association with household religion. (bvsalud.org)
  • There is a fundamental link between crises and nuclear weapons in South Asia. (nautilus.org)
  • Most Hindus (59%) also link Indian identity with being able to speak Hindi language. (riazhaq.com)