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Bhutan

Population: 742,737 and happens to be the 165th nation of the world in terms of population.   No official data on the status of demography in Bhutan.   Ngalops and… More »

Sachar Committee Report: A Report on the Social, Economic and Educational Status of the Muslim Community in India.

In March 2005, a high level committee was notified by the Prime Minister’s office for preparing a report on the “Social, Economic and Educational Status” of the Muslim community of… More »

Religious Minority Communities in India

Followers of all the religions except Hinduism are considered as religious minorities in India. Here is a list of all religious minorities of the country and what percentage of the… More »

Observations and Recommendations of RanganathMisra Commission Report: Religious and Linguistic Minorities of India

The commission under the chairmanship of Justice RanganathMisra, constituted by the Ministry of Minority Affairs in October 2004 gave specific recommendations to the government in upgrading the social and economic… More »

Muslim Vote and the Big Influence

At this point of time, the Lok Sabha election campaign seems to have assigned a higher value to the Muslim vote than their actual numbers in the Indian population—about 15%… More »

Myth and the Mystery about Indian Muslims — By Tanweer Alam

It’s absolutely untrue that benefits of economic development have bypassed India’s largest minority   At this point of time, the Lok Sabha election campaign seems to have assigned a higher… More »

Religion cannot set restrictions for parents of adopted children: Supreme Court »

A remarkable Supreme Court judgment of February 19th, 2014 allows Muslim parents the “right to adopt” and the kids the “right to be adopted”. Hearing the writ petition filed by… More »

Rights Organizations Demand Religious Freedom for Minorities in Sri Lanka

http://www.persecution.org/2014/01/23/rights-organizations-demand-sri-lanka-protect-its-religious-minorities/

Spree of violence against minorities in Bangladesh and ironically religious leaders play the lead role

http://thediplomat.com/2014/01/islamic-fundamentalists-terrorize-minorities-in-bangladesh/

Myanmar

Population: 60,584,650   Myanmar government recognizes eight major national ethnic races that comprise 135 distinctethnic groups. These include the Bamar (68%), Shan (9%), Kayin (7%), Rakhine (4%), Mon (2%), Kayah,… More »