Demographic danger! Why Muslim population growth is alarming

Source: Niticentral.com

Kiran Kumar S

Recently, I had a discussion on the religious demographics in India. One obvious question that came up was why the UPA Government hasn’t made the religious demographics data from 2011 census public yet?

It’s been three years since 2011 census data is available with the Government. Is three years’ time not long enough for any Government to make public; one of the most crucial part of the census? The religious demographics data shows religious populations by proportion. There are lots of theories around as to why this key data is not made public.

This made me curious about reviewing the prior census data more carefully.

This, below, is the only Hindu-Muslim demographics data from 2001 census that I could gather from India’s census website.

The two things which need to be highlighted are:-

» In 2001, 18.7 per cent of the Muslim population was in the 0-6 age-group. By 2014, they will be in their 13-19 age-group. For Hindus, it is 15.6 per cent which means that Muslims, on an average, have three more teenagers than the Hindus for every 100 people in their community. Within a few years, this group will be into their reproductive age.

» Female literacy rate in the Hindus was just 3.1 per cent more than that in the Muslims.

When talking about the number of children in a family, the female literacy rate is very important factor. There is not much difference between female literacy rates in the Hindus and in the Muslims. Then why the Total Fertility Rate (TFR), which is a universal scale to measure growth/decline rate of a particular community, is more in the Muslims than in the Hindus? 2001 census says that the Muslims had a TFR of 4.1, while the Hindus had 3.1. It means that in 2001, an average Muslim woman gave birth to four children and an average Hindu woman gave birth to three. One child more per family means; the Muslims on an average produced 32.26 per cent more children than the Hindus. To keep this article purely based on data, I am not including Sachhar Committee report, Uniform Civil Code, conversions, reservations, food habits and other such topics.

While studying this data, I came across a few more key questions. All data tend to indicate that, clearly, there is a religious reason for the Muslims to produce more children than other religious communities. This is a strong conclusion, but I couldn’t find anything else that can explain such significantly high population growth rate.

Why is Census 2011 silent on religious data?

If you don’t agree with me, and still believe that there is not much of a difference between the Muslim population growth rate and the Hindu population growth rate or if some committees made you believe that this difference is due to their educational or economic reasons, then the following questions are for you.

Key questions on the Hindu-Muslim population growth rate in India:

Q1: Between 1991 and 2001, India’s Muslim population grew at around 36 per cent and that of the Hindus at around 20 per cent. When there is not much difference between literacy rates and per capita incomes of the Hindus and the Muslims, then why there is this big difference in their respective population growth rate?

Q2: What can be the reason as to why the UPA Government has not released religious census details since 2011? Is it mainly because the psychological point of the Hindus constituting 80 per cent of our country’s population would have disappeared?

Q3: Azam Khan with Mulayam Singh Yadav called for a separate Muslim Pradesh in India’s largest State (UP), a few years back. Why do you think he is so confident of even calling for something as unconstitutional as this? Imam Bukhari, Akbaruddin Owaisi and many others keep talking about 20, 25 and 30 crore Muslims. Do they know something that a common man doesn’t know? By the way, the Samajwady Party and the MIM are still considered secular by Indian standards.

Owaisi clan’s provocative speeches

Q4: Two well-known professional demographers, late PN Mari Bhat and AJ Francis Zavier, had concluded that the fertility of the Muslims, which was about 10 per cent higher than that of the Hindus before independence, became 25 to 30 per cent higher than the Hindu rate by the end of 20th century. Taking the analysis further, the current Muslim population could be growing at a rate nearly 35 to 45 percent higher than that of the Hindus. The exact percentage can be contested; but the fact that it is a huge differential compared to the Hindu rate, can’t be snubbed. Why is this big difference?

Q5: Many claim that the higher Muslim fertility rate has been because of their poverty and illiteracy. But, close to 36 per cent of Indian Muslims live in urban areas; while only 26 per cent of Hindus do so. Also, the Muslims have a higher life expectancy at birth than the Hindus. Life expectancy is 68 years for the Muslims as against only 65 years for the Hindus, as revealed by National Family Health Survey (NFHS) of 2005-2006. But despite all this, the fertility rate of the Muslims continues to be higher than that of the Hindus. Why?

Q6: Take Kerala, for example, which is India’s most literate State. According to the National Family Health Survey 2 of 1998-99, the literacy level of the Hindus and the Muslims in Kerala was almost equal. The Muslims, there, are better off than the Hindus economically because of big remittances from Gulf countries. Still, the population growth rate of the Muslims has remained higher than that of the Hindus by 45 per cent. Why?

Q7: In Kerala, in 2001, the TFR for the Hindus was at 1.64 which is below the replacement level of 2.1. The State of Kerala has witnessed a massive increase in the Muslim population which rose from approximately 2375000 in 1951 to 7864000 in 2001. During the same period, the population of the Hindus grew from 8348000 to 1792000, and that of the Christians increased from 2826000 to 6057000. During the same period, the Hindus percentage in Kerala‘s population declined from 61.61 to 56.28, while that of the Muslims increased from 17.53 to 24.70. Interestingly the Christians, another minority group, saw their population percentage decline from 20.86 in 1951 to 19.02 in 2001. There’s a very good chance that in 2014, the population of Kerala’s Hindus (including HINOs – Hindus in Name only) would be below 50 per cent. Why?

Q8: A simple analysis of census 2001 shows that on an average, every Muslim woman is giving birth to at least one more child than a Hindu woman. The NFHS-3 (2005- 06) data shows that the prevalence of modern contraception like sterilisation, pills, IUD and condom is low among the Muslims at 36 per cent usage rate, compared to that in the Hindus at 50 per cent. So, growth rate in the Muslim population, in the next few decades, is likely to increase unless they start family planning. Is there any other reason to explain this significant one child difference between the two communities, other than religious?

Q9: An analysis of the 0-6 year age-group data from 2001 census reveals that out of 35 States and Union Territories, the percentage of the Muslims in that age-group was higher than that of the Hindus in as many as 31 States and Union Territories. While the percentage of the Hindus in that age-group was marginally higher than the Muslims only in two States of Sikkim, Madhya Pradesh and two Union Territories of Daman & Diu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands. It proves that in the coming decades, the Muslim population will grow at a higher rate than that of the Hindus in 31 States and Union Territories of India. Maybe, already it is happening as the data is 14-15 years old. Why there is such alarming difference in 31 out of the 35 States and Union Territories?

Q10: In India, in 2001, 15.6 per cent of the Hindus’ population was in 0-6 age group, while for the Muslims it was much higher at 18.7 per cent. There is a possibility that population of the Muslims in 0-6 age-group can be much higher than reported due to large scale illegal immigration of Bangladeshis to India (which Asom’s CM will deny for obvious political reasons). Hence today, the Muslims, for sure, have more children producing population within their community when compared to other groups. So, you can relatively expect more percentage growth of the Muslims in 2021 and 2031 census.

Q11: Let’s have a look at the States where the Muslims had better literacy rate than that of the Hindus in 2001. As per 2001 census, in Andhra Pradesh, the Hindu male and female literacy rate was 69.5 per cent and 49.2 per cent respectively, while that of the Muslim male and female was 76.5 per cent and 59.1 per cent respectively. But still, in 2001, the Total Fertility Rate for the Muslims was 0.5 higher than that of the Hindus. Why?

Similarly, in Gujarat, the Hindu male and female literacy rate was 79.1 per cent and 56.7 per cent respectively, while that of the Muslim male and female was 84.1 per cent and 71.2 per cent respectively. Even with such lead in literacy rate, the Muslim’s TFR was 0.2 above that of the Hindus. Why?

Q12: If you take a look at a State where Muslim literacy rate is lesser than that of the Hindus, the difference in TFR is alarming. In Haryana, in 2001, the Muslims had 35 per cent less literacy rate than that of the Hindus. But the TFR was 3.2 above that of the Hindus. The Muslims were producing 3 babies per woman more than the Hindus. Why?

Q13: In every region of India, the difference is stark and uniform. According to the 2001 census, in the North East, the Muslims produced more than 5 children on an average in 30 districts whereas the Hindus produced more than 5 children only in 2 districts (Thanks to illegal immigrants from Bangladesh). In Eastern part of India, the Muslims produced more than 5 babies in 35 districts as against the Hindus doing so only in 5 districts. In the west, the Muslims produced more than 5 babies in 8 districts as against the Hindus doing so only in 2 districts. In the North-West, the Muslims produced more than 5 babies in 31 districts as against the Hindus doing so only in 6 districts. In the south, the Muslims produced more than 3 babies per family in 24 districts whereas the Hindus produced more than 3 babies per family only in 5 districts. Overall in India, the Muslims produced more than 5 children on an average in 104 districts whereas the Hindus produced more than 5 children on an average only in just 15 districts.

Also, the Hindus produced less than 2 kids on an average in 79 districts of India whereas Muslims produced less than 2 kids on an average in just 26 districts of India. These differences may be much more striking in 2011 census, considering various factors discussed till now. This alarming difference must be explained. How do you explain this, friends?

Q14: In the year 1900, the Muslims constituted only 12 per cent of the world population; they grew to 18 per cent in 1992-93 (when Huntington published his first thesis on the clash of civilizations). Today, the Muslims constitute nearly 24 per cent of the world population. Don’t you see a pattern across the world, when it comes to relative population growth of all the religious groups?

160 crore Muslims in the world: Dainik Siyasat

Enough questions for now! These questions are just to initiate academic discussions and debates based on facts and figures instead of emotions and ideologies. It looks amply clear that religion is the prime reason because of which the Muslim population in India is growing way faster than that of the Hindus (and other groups). All other reasons look trivial.

But you can prove me wrong. Go ahead!

Anyone, with a correction or a question about the data produced above, is welcome.

PS: I have collated this data from various presentations and graphs that are all available on the internet. Since the numbers are from different researchers such as S Irudaya Rajan, Ram Kumar Ohri, A Surya Prakash and Aariz Mohammed, there might be small differences. You can contest or correct the facts.

Ban 'On Hinudism', another book by Wendy doniger

Shiksha Bachao Andolan Samiti last week demanded that the Aleph Book Company stop sales and pulp all remaining copies of Doniger's book, "On Hinduism," published in 2013. 

Dina Nath Batra, who led the charge against Doniger's previous book, claimed the contents of "On Hinduism" were, like the previous work, "malicious and offending.”

"She has used derogatory terms for Hindu deities, which hurts the sentiments of devotees," Batra charged. 

"It is part of a conspiracy hatched by the children of (Karl) Marx and (Thomas) Macaulay to tarnish the image of Hindu culture. There are certain pseudo-secularists who are behind this conspiracy," he added.

Doniger's 2009 book, " The Hindus: An Alternative History," was pulped by Penguin following a row over its contents. She was accused by SBAS of using "derogatory” content that is “offending to Hinduism" besides misrepresentation of facts. 

Atul Kothari, co-convener of SBAS, claimed the publisher had agreed to pulp “On Hinduism,” and that the group would take legal recourse if the book was not withdrawn.

"We have been given an oral assurance by the publishers that the sales of the book will be stalled. The publishers have been given a week's time to provide an assurance in writing, failing which, SBAS would... move the judiciary," Kothari said. 

The publisher, when contacted, however, declined to comment on the issue. 

Read more at http://www.indiawest.com/news/17303-second-doniger-group-faces-threat.html#7lJDM71S91ar2Fo5.99

Beware of Valentine's Day - A cultural conversion of Hindus !

HJS call youth to oust 'Valentine's Day'

Focussing their attention on only materialistic development while dreaming about making Bharat a 'Super Power', the so called Secular rulers have completely neglected our culture. As a result of this, youth of this country is keen on following the western culture like 'Valentine's Day' forgetting great Bharatiya culture. Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (HJS) is calling upon the youth to oust Western 'Valentine's Day' which ruins their morality and be proud of their own mother tongue, Nation and Dharma. This call is given by HJS in order to dissuade the youth from celebrating the 'Valentine's Day' on 14th February.

1. Introduction

        14^th February is popularly known as 'Valentine's Day'. Adolescent girls and boys express their love for each other by exchanging flowers and gifts as a token of love on this day. Most of the times, these adolescents indulge in immoral acts under the pretext of 'Valentine's Day'. Does real love require this superficial display and can it be confined to just one day? 'Valentine's Day' is responsible for the propagation of western culture and incitement of youth towards unrestrained behaviour. It is the western custom to put parents in old age homes and then celebrate flashy Mother's Day and Father's Day love which is put on display for just one day ! Now this madness is taking root in our beloved Hindustan which has the richest and most sublime culture in the world.

        Is love only limited to physical attraction ? Love is present in sacred relationships such as the Guru and the disciple, brothers and sisters, mothers and fathers and even towards ones motherland. If young revolutionaries, such as Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev, Madan Lal Dhingra and Chapekar who sacrificed their lives in their youth, had spent their days celebrating days such as Valentine's days then we would never be able to enjoy freedom today. What pain their souls must be suffering in seeing their dreams being shattered in this way !

        Shivaji Maharaj took the vow of establishing Hindavi Swarajya at a tender age of sixteen and went on to unite the Mawala youth of his age and thus sowed the seeds of Swarajya (self governance) and pride in Dharma. Why don't we look at these great people as our ideal? Do you really think that the so called 'Saint Valentine' who directs the youth towards the wrong path of allurement of woman is superior to the above mentioned Great men?

        It is said that love can conquer the world; then why couldn't we win Kashmir with love? If the love of 'Valentine' is so powerful then why can't his love change the hearts of terrorists creating havoc in Kashmir and killing innumerable innocent brethren of ours in rest of Hindustan? In today's times when 10 young terrorists from Pakistan attack our country with an intention to destroy it, why should our young generation in contrast get trapped in the celebration of 'Valentine's Day' ? Therefore this is a call to harness the power of our youth to turn them towards the defence of the Nation and Dharma...

O, Hindu Youth, Why fall for the trap of 'Valentine's Day'? Instead get ready to fight the calamities befalling the Nation and Hindu Dharma!

2. The History of Christian Saint (?) Valentine

        In the olden days Rome had the culture of Idol-worship. In those days, the period between February 13 to 15, used to be celebrated as the 'Reproduction Festival' and was called 'Lupercalia'. However to destroy their culture of idol worship and their Christianisation, Pope Galasis (First) connected Valentine with 14^th February and started the practice of celebrating 'Valentine's Day'. There was no connection between 'Valentine's Day' and 'Love' until the fourteenth century.

        Similarly according to some, in third century AD, Saint Claudius (2nd) was a king of Rome. With a view to strengthen his army he gave a call to all the youth to join the army. He even made it compulsory for them to join the army, thinking that if they marry then they would be busy with their household and that would obstruct their love and duty towards their country; so he forced them not to marry. The people of the country did not appreciate this decision much. One of them was Christian priest, 'Saint Valentine'. He rebelled against the king's order. He instigated the youth against the king. Finally the king imprisoned him and gave a punishment to hang him. While in jail he was in love with the jailor's daughter. Valentine who had renounced all worldly things to become a priest, was himself got lured by the young daughter of the jailor. 'Valentine's Day' is celebrated in his memory. What benefit are Hindus going to derive by remembering such sinful Valentine?

3. 'Valentine's Day' (14^th February) is not celebrated in many of the western countries!

        Bharatiyas feel great by celebrating averse western days like 'Valentine's Day' due to slavery to westerners. The fact is that in many western countries 'Valentine's Day' is not celebrated at all. Not only this, but while publishing the revised calendar of the Roman Catholic Saints in general, 'Valentine's Day' is omitted in it. If this is so then why should it be given so much importance in Bharat? Religious festivals, vowed religious observances (Vrat-Vaikalye) which have originated through Bharat's glorious culture have no parallel.

        There is science behind each festival. The sages and mendicants have written down in scriptures, how to celebrate each festival, what are its physical, mental and spiritual benefits etc. Many have attained glory by celebrating them even now. By following our culture we enhance good qualities and at the same time remove our personality defects. We imbibe Values. On the whole Bharatiya culture, celebration of these festivals are beneficial to whole humanity. The youth should keep before them Hindu National leaders as their ideal and they should try to celebrate their Birth and Death Anniversaries, thereby imbibing their qualities. It is everyone's duty to protect our culture and Nation from such western perverse attacks.

4. What is the harm in celebrating 'Valentine's Day' ?

There is no scientific or cultural basis to celebrating this day. Valentine the 'saint' himself was involved in the anti-national acts during his time, then how one can get any benefit by celebrating this day in his name ? On this day young girls and boys come together at pubs, sea shores, hotels, colleges etc and indulge in indecent acts. A common person finds it difficult to even go around such places at this time. Some organisations organize such programs where the young boys and girls can stay together. The young students of schools and colleges are falling prey to this alien cultural influence and express their 'love' for each other by way of exchanging greeting cards. In reality what they experience at this tender and immature age is not love but a mere superficial attraction to the opposite sex. Psychiatrists can site several cases of people who have 'proposed' on 'Valentine's day' due to various shades of mental turmoil. Women who have been duped or lured by them and have married them have had to suffer great mental and physical torture. This practice is damaging as it results in a long lasting negative effect on any youth's career and also on society. The seeds of immorality which are planted on this day, later cause the destabilization of society through a general fall in morality. We can recognize a direct attack from an enemy outside but this cultural invasion is insidious and very difficult to recognize and so it is difficult to defend ourselves from its evil results. Cultural derailment always results in society heading towards destruction. This is what we are experiencing today in our Bharat (India). Many western countries do not celebrate this day. The Calendar of Roman Catholic Saints' was prepared in 1969, 'Valentines Day' was omitted from the general Roman calendar. If this is so, then why should we honour this day in our Hindustan? Western culture provides for placing parents in 'old age homes' and then superficially celebrates Mother's Day' and Father's Day' for just one day ! Can real love be limited to just a day ? Indian culture has a number of festivals that express love towards each other and these deep rooted bonds of love are an intrinsic part of our lifestyle.

5. The detrimental effects of 'Valentine's Day'!

Today we are blindly following the western culture under the name of 'Valentines Day'. The young students of schools and colleges are falling prey to such culture and express their love to each other by way of exchanging greeting cards. But actually speaking it is not love but a mere attraction to the opposite sex at a tender and immature age. During my practice of over 15 years I have seen several such mentally ill patients who have stuck to their mental illness by 'proposing' on 'Valentine's Day'. Following are some live examples -

1. One day one couple came to the Panchakarma Department of 'Yerala Ayurved College' for undergoing Pancha Karma treatment and health consultation. The woman was a Maharashtrian and the man was from Punjab. They had done inter-caste marriage. Both of them were studying at a private college. They were classmates. They had proposed to each other by way of exchanging love in the form of a greeting card on a Valentines Day function in the college. After the marriage however the man was found to be a sadist. The different nature and environment affected her emotional, mental and spiritual development and her condition deteriorated into a grave mental illness.

2. In a second case, a couple visited the 'Keraliya Ayurved Centre' at Panvel for psychological treatment. The husband was a Malyali and his wife a Maharashtrian. They got acquainted with each other while working in the office. They got married on Valentine's Day by going to a church. However after marriage she came to realize the huge difference between their culture, language, customs and in their intellectual level of functioning. This made a huge impact on the woman and lead to her health deteriorating. - Dr. Rajiv Bhosekar, Psychiatrist, Hyderabad, AP, Bharat.

6. 'Valentine's Day' confers no spiritual benefit !

1. In case of festivals and celebrations as per the Hindu Dharma, humans benefit from the divine frequencies transmitted from the Universe on these days. On the contrary, there is no such benefit in case of 'Valentine's Day.'

2. Various days of the likes of 'Valentine's Day' that have originated from the blind emulation of the western culture are based on materialism. A person who follows them acquires the raja-tama (raja-passion, tama-inertia and ignorance) pre-dominant state due to degradation of values and decency. On the contrary, regular practise of values, festivals, traditions and religious observances as per the Hindu culture helps one acquire a sattvik (pious) state of mind and makes one happy, content and balanced.

7. Bharatiya youth, do not blindly ape the Western culture but follow our age-old traditions and values!         When someone extends a helping hand, a Westerner will acknowledge it by offering 'thanks' and walk away; whereas an Indian will never forget a good deed or a favour bestowed upon him by someone. Parents relentlessly toil for our happiness since our birth and it is next to impossible to repay this debt. That is the precise reason why the parents have been treated as Guru in Indian culture. Indian culture encourages the youth to express their love and respect for their parents by bowing and seeking their blessings everyday. We do not celebrate 'Father's or Mother's day' like Westerners. Present Indian young generation is blindly following Western culture by celebrating 'Friendship Day', 'Valentine's Day', 'Rose Day', 'Jeans's Day' etc. Such celebrations do not exhibit true love and gratitude but is an excuse for enjoyment and is just a formality without any meaning. The love shown through such celebration is restricted to a day. Today's youth should realize that what one owes to his parents can not be repaid by 'cutting cake', 'presenting a greetings card' or by celebrating a 'Day'; but the real repayment would be to become an ideal son or an ideal daughter i.e. to become an ideal citizen, to look after them like the great devotee 'Bhakta Prahlad'.

8. An appeal to devout and patriotic citizens for Protection of Culture!

• Meet Principals, Professors, the Board of Directors and Representatives of Students' organizations by going to Schools, Colleges and Private tuitions and request them to educate the youth against the observation of 'Valentine's Day' !
• Create awareness in this regard amongst friends and contacts.
• Distribute pamphlets such as this to prevent the celebration of 'Valentine's Day' !
• Display the banners or boards in your area with such contents !
• Lodge protests with those companies manufacturing greeting cards meant for canvassing 'Valentine's Day'!
• Lodge protests with such colleges who silently give consent for celebrating 'Valentine's Day' by way of actual visits, telephone calls or other constitutional ways !

9. Remember the National Heroes for the protection of Nation and Dharma!

        The time has come when all the people including the young generation have to be explained about the depth in the divine meaning of Love. It is the need of the hour that those national heroes who have sacrificed so much for the love of this Hindu land ought to be remembered not only for the benefit of the young generation but also for the whole population to get ready for the protection of our languages, our Nation and our Dharma. Therefore do celebrate the following remembrance day programmes in February !

1. Death Anniversary of Revolutionary Vasudev Balwant Phadke (17^th February)
2. Birth Anniversary of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (19^th February)
3. Death Anniversary of Swatantryaveer V.D.Sawarkar (26^th February)
4. Martyrdom Day of Chandrashekhar Azad (27^th February)

On these occasions we can arrange image worship and lectures in schools, colleges, Chowks and educate the people about the current state of our languages, our nation and our Dharma.

Prevent the intellectual and cultural proselytization ( conversion) of Hindus on 'Valentine's Day'!

Source: http://www.hindujagruti.org/

Endangered heritage : Pak Hindus struggles to protect its temples

For around 5,000 Hindus living in Rawalpindi, Krishna Mandir is the only place of worship left. The temple is built on a four marla plot which is not enough to accommodate the community’s growing numbers during religious ceremonies. But the fact that this temple remains is also nothing short of an achievement. There was a time when its future was also bleak and even today’s there are challenges to its daily existence.

Its not just about religious intolerance, which many remember from amongst the community here. The attacking and burning of temples and statues of Hindu deities in 1993 are still fresh in the mind of 79 year old Mahesh. “We [the Hindus] condemned the attack on Babri Mosque just like our Muslim brothers did. We even held protests but were not spared,” he recalls.

Read more at:

http://www.hindujagruti.org/news/18999_endangered-heritage-temples-in-pakistan.html

Anti-Hindu gesture of ‘Lions Club Of Pune Maitree’ on the occasion of Mahashivaratri !

Flex charts with a message inviting devotees saying, ‘Instead of doing abhishek (Consecration by ritualistic bathing with water, milk etc.) give that milk to orphans’, were put outside the Shivamandir on behalf of ‘Lions Club Of Pune Maitree’. (Will this organisation dare to tell Muslims that, instead of offering the sheet (Chadar) at Durgah which happens to be their ritual, offer it to poor ? Public has to go without food because of the Government’s vileness. Such organisations which, instead of taking Government officers to task, advising Hindus to restrain from following their religious rituals, are to be opposed constitutionally by Hindus ! – Editor, Dainik Snatan Prabhat)
http://www.hindujagruti.org/news/19000.html

Respect- Hindu-Americans aren’t writing off Sanskrit just yet

On a Wednesday night, Arshya Gurbani reaches into a white cabinet and wakes a couple Hindu gods from their slumber. She carefully lays out statues of Ganesh and Shiva on a table in preparation for aarti, a worship ritual that reminds Hindus to stay humble and give thanks for good fortune.

But Gurbani, 21, and the other members of the Hindu Student Organization at USC put their own modern spin on this ancient practice during their weekly meetings. They play the devotional song "Om Jai Jagdish Hare" on YouTube as they sing off computer printouts. And coupled with the Hindi songs are verses in Sanskrit, spelled out phonetically so anyone can follow along.

Read more at:

http://www.scpr.org/news/2014/02/28/42526/religion-and-culture-hindu-americans-aren-t-writin/

Finally progress!! Polio vaccination does not violate Sharia

The ulemas of Islamic Advisory Council (IAC) have declared the anti-polio drives in conformity with Sharia and violence against polio workers un-Islamic.

Read more at:

http://www.geo.tv/article-139436-Polio-vaccination-does-not-violate-Sharia-IAC