A report from the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India purporting that Muslims will soon outnumber Hindus has intensified political polarisation and anti-Muslim sentiment, despite ...

India’s population spans Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, Jews, and tribal groups. Regional ...

India is a unique country known for its diverse culture, background, religion, language, and ethnicity. People of several religions, practicing different faiths, live together in Delhi and celebrate ...

Islam is currently the fastest-growing religion across the globe. In the past few years, the number of people following Islam has increased rapidly. As a result, the Muslim population is rising ...

The religious composition of the global population is always in flux. For example, the share of Buddhists worldwide is shrinking because of their low average fertility rate, and Christians are ...

Sign up for our Metro US email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox! GUDUTA, India (AP) — The ritual began with a ...

Nirendra Dev analyzes how religious identity has superseded development in Indian politics, citing the BJP's recent Bihar ...

Our 2010 estimates of the size of religious groups differ from the 2010 estimates we published in previous reports, including “The Global Religious Landscape” (2012), “The Future of World Religions: ...

India is home to some 200 million Muslims, one of the world’s largest Muslim populations but a minority in the predominantly Hindu country. Since India’s independence, Muslims have often faced ...

An important distinguishing and defining factor of India is its plurality, and an important unifying theme is its diversity. In this statement lies a self-evident truth about India; everything in ...

India is a multi-ethnic society and a growing economy with a predominantly young population that has aspirations for a bright ...

The FINANCIAL — For years, the percentage of Americans who do not identify with any religion has been rising, a trend similar to what has been happening in much of Europe (including the United Kingdom ...