Saeed Naqvi: The Muslims of India

Why the world's second largest Muslim nation has avoided radicalization and what the world can learn

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[bhriguaneja]

@Antisyncretism I am an Indian living in India and I dont think anyone stopped or tried to stop Muslim radicalization. I am yet to encounter a radical Indian muslim in India though. I have no idea what we do different.

[TheAtheistHindu]

Naqvi wasn't much to the point, but said the right things.

[workhardt2]

But hight growth rates are usually due to poverty, illiteracy. Today the worlds highest Birthrates are found in Centeral African nations predominatly Catholic or some African beliefs.

Islamic nations with high living standards have low Fertility rates. Nations like Iran, Turkey, Indonesia, Morroco actually have lower growth rates than India. India's growth rate is at 1.46. 

[workhardt2]

@need4peace

There is alot that is wrong within Islam. Islam, Muslims need to look within. The greatest problem has been that the Muslims, South Asians muslims look toward Saudi Arabia and the Arabs. The Arabs today are the most backward soceity, there is absolutely no free discource, democracy in any of these nations.

[need4peace]

@workhardt2 Islam is the fastest growing religion, I'm told, which muslims also very proudly brag!! This mean that either muslims are breeding like rats or more and more non muslims are converting to islam... In any which case, there would be more and more muslims all around the world including India. Anyways I neither like islam nor hinduism, but a radical muslim is far more dangerous than a radical non muslim...

[workhardt2]

@need4peace

Why do spread false propaganda. U guys have an innate fear of Islam, so much so that u conceive stupid theories. I have a belief, "prejudice, racism is actually the by product of igorance. Today this fear of Muslim has manifested itself in all sorts of stupid, ridiculous, ignorant arguments !

[workhardt2]

@need4peace

With 63 billion Inhabitants in India.

Hindu, Muslim tensions will be the least of our Problems !

Get real man, muslims can never be the dominant religon in India. Not in the next 200 years and in this time, religions may cease to exist.

[workhardt2]

@need4peace

Oneday, which day ?

The Muslim Population which is 170 million, growth rate of 1.5% per year. Muslim population in India will reach 900 million in the year 2125 ! This is with 0% growth rate for the Hindus. If the Hindu Population grows at 1% the muslim population will over take the Hindu population in the year 2360 ! That with both communities continuing to grow at 1% , 1.5%. India's total population with these growth rates in 2360 will be "63 billion "

[need4peace]

@workhardt2 your maths is pretty poor and your stats are ever worse. Muslims are about 18% in India which is the ACTUAL figure. Now even if we agree with your stats and calculate the muslim growth which is 1.5% (that you quoted) and the hindu growth of 1% (which again you quoted), the muslims will obviousl take over hindus one day. Simple maths....I never said within some fixed period muslims will take over...Go read my comment dolt!!

[workhardt2]

@need4peace

This is a lie. The muslims can never become a majority in India. At least in this 2000-3000.

How ? The Muslim growth rate is a mere 1.5 % they are at just 13.4 %

While the Hindus have a growth rate of 1%, and are at 80.5% . Now at a 1.5 % growth rate in the next 100 years, they will still be less than 80 % lot less. Do your calculation !

[need4peace]

mr naqvi is a great man....

[need4peace]

@GeorgiaIsOnMyMind He never said "he has nothing in common with muslims from another part of India" All he said was that there is no such concept like a homogeneous muslim living across India or something!! Where is the question of him contradicting?? He said if there was no partition muslims would have excelled. He never said he cant live with muslims who speak other indian languages? and he said "had we not been partitioned" which is a hypothetical desire which we all know does not exist!