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The war is on, although in a muted fashion till date. The recent pogroms in Iraq, Afghanistan and North African countries are a stark pointer to that. Whether we cite “weapons of mass destruction” or “fight against terrorism” as the reason, we all know the underlying raison d'être – it is not only a war but a battle to decide who will rule the world in the next century.

It has moved away from continents and has narrowed down to religions. It is a fight between Christianity and Islam for the throne to rule the world.

While Christianity is facing a decreasing population and also a decimation of global dominance due to emerging power of China and India (both countries who are non participating agents), Islam is gaining ground by shear rise in population and also power through their control of petroleum resources.

By definition of the constitution of the country we, Indians, are secular. But the grave question that surrounds us today is the fact how long we can remain secular. Another 50 years at the maximum? Once the parity in the population mix is destroyed can we maintain our secular credentials?

Noted journalist Mr. M.J.Akbar stated that “minorities” is independent of the state. Simply put, during the Moughal Empire the minorities were not Hindus, but the ruling classes themselves. Similarly in spite of ruling India for two hundred years, the British were a minority in the country they ruled. ⁽¹⁾

The Muslims who are considered to be the biggest minority in this country as per the 2001 census ⁽²⁾ constitute around 13.4% of the population and are growing at one and half times faster than the rate of growth of the Hindus. Between India, Pakistan and Bangladesh the Muslim community shares around 30% of the world Muslim population.

Of the 48 fastest growing countries by population today, 28 are majority Muslim or have Muslim minorities of 33% or more. ⁽³⁾

China has more Muslims than Syria, while Russia is home to more Muslims than Jordan and Libya combined. ⁽⁴⁾

Between 1961 and 2001, in absolute numbers, the Hindu population has grown from 366 million to 827 million - a growth of 126% while the Muslim population in the same period grew from 47 million to 138 million - a growth of 193%. The Muslim population growth was consistent at about 50% higher than the Hindu population. What is more alarming is that Hindu population growth rate has declined from 25% in the previous decades to about 20% in the decade preceding the Census while the Muslim population growth, if not increased, as the initial data had indicated, it has almost remained constant, and if declined, only marginally so. It is still a high of around 30%.

Secularists argue that margilisation of the Muslims and lack of education has caused insecurity leading to the growth, but they conveniently forget that the same does not hold true for other minorities like Christians, Jains etc.

Sustenance of such a huge population (India is going to surpass China in population by 2050) in a country like India is not possible, but our politicians knowingly suppress the facts for their own benefit. The politicians are interested in their vote banks and they need spin doctors or change agents to spread their ideas. They have them handy and in plenty in terms of columnists, media and national newspapers and a bunch of pseudo secularists.

Europe and America has already realized the threat they are facing by their reducing population. That is why in spite of being secular; countries like France and Switzerland have started adhering to stricter laws (banning headscarf’s in educational institutions is one of them).

In 1905 the French government passed a law stipulating "the separation of churches and the state," thus enshrining secularism as a national principle (laïcité). The law, which barred the state from officially recognizing, funding or endorsing religious groups, represented a major shift in church-state relations in France. It has recently come under increased scrutiny in connection with the integration of Muslim and other religious minority groups in French society. ⁽⁵⁾

We are afraid to face the imminent truth or shy away from our own religion or in a show of embracing modernity we put up a brave face of “secularism” to subvert the truth. But facts cannot be shoved under the carpet for a long time.

“High Muslim population growth is in fact a part of a greater global plan to make Islam the dominant religion in the world by sheer demographics. In all fairness to Muslims, their religious leaders and the rank and file are quite open about why the Muslims want to increase their population at a faster rate. As many Muslim leaders have pointed out they are not interested in "quality of life" -- they are interested in "the quantity of the Muslim population". ⁽⁶⁾

The North African countries are a stark pointer to this fact. Even after centuries of being a colony to either France or Dutch they have shunned all forms of modernity and embraced the Islamic way of life.”

We have started seeing the effects of the Muslim growth in some parts of India, mostly in the bordering states of north and north east like in Assam where the Muslims have formed a separate party (AUDF) and act as the kingmaker. The Muslims where ever have outgrown the 33% population has formed their own party (Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, J&K) and have never ever bothered to join the mainstream politics. They try to create an identity of their own and they succeed as they have a coherency within themselves, unlike the Hindus.

Who will get a visa to visit the country is not decided by the GOI but by religious organisations (the Salman Rushdie issue). ⁽⁷⁾

We can shed as much of crocodile tears for our Muslim brethren, take out candle light processions when they are “oppressed” but it needs to be seen when the table turns after 50 years what treatment are the majorities of today mated with?

The ball is in the court of the pseudo secularists and the so called secular columnists of the Republic of India.

Source:

1. ⁽¹⁾ CNN-IBN
2. ⁽²⁾ Census of India, 2001
3. ⁽³⁾ Times of India – articles by Gautam Adhikari
4. ^{(4) & (5)}The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
5. ⁽⁶⁾ The Kashmir Herald
6. ⁽⁷⁾ The Times of India (04.01.2010)
7. An Independent Social Magazine
8. Wikipedia – general information