‘UNITED IN VIEW’: IT IS IMPORTANT FOR INDIANS TO RESPECT ALL RELIGIONS

  • 01/07/2021

The Pew Research Centre conducted a large study on India that found 84 percent of Indians say respecting all religions is very important if you want to be ‘truly Indian’. 29.99% of adults in India were surveyed, and the study determined that all of them believe respecting other faiths is a very important aspect of living.

Six major religious groups claimed that they were ‘free to practice their faith’ as well as people of other religions. Research was conducted in 2019 and in early 2020 before the Coronavirus pandemic. One-third of Buddhists said that they do not believe in God, while nearly 97 per cent of Indians believe in God and 80 per cent of people across religious groups believe that God exists.

Interestingly, Pew research found that India’s religious groups share a number of religious practices and beliefs. Sikhs make up 29 percent of the population, 22 percent of Christian women, and 18 percent of Muslim women wear bindis (markings on the forehead of married women), although they are Hindu symbols, with Muslims, Hindus, and Christians believing in Karma. Additionally, several Hindus who are members of the majority believe that Muslims and Christians celebrate festivals on the same days. 

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