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1. I think it is wrong to compare Norway with India.

[..]Early Norwegians, like most Scandinavians, were once adherents of Norse paganism; the Sámi having a shamanistic religion.[13] Norway was gradually Christianized by Christian missionaries between 1000 and 1150. Before the Protestant Reformation in 1536/1537, Norwegians were part of the Catholic Church.[..]

Norwegian pagans lost their ancestors faith. Hindus did not.

As a democracy, Indians have the right to establish a Hindu nation through fair elections.

The colonial Brits left behind a system after The Partition when they departed. Pakistan and Bangladesh were cut off to create the Muslim nations.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_of_India

Most Hindus wants a Uniform Civil Code in India. Not a separate legal system for Muslims(Shariat Law) and another system for the rest of the population.

2. Population of Norway is 5.5 million. Population of India is 1400 million.

3. [..] Religion in Norway is dominated by Lutheran Christianity, with 63.7% of the population belonging to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Norway in 2022.[1][2] The Catholic Church is the next largest Christian church at 3.1%.[3] The unaffiliated make up 18.3% of the population. Islam is followed by 3.4% of the population.[4][..]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Norway

4. Religion in India Hinduism (79.8%) Islam (14.2%) Christianity (2.3%) Sikhism (1.7%) Buddhism (0.7%) Animism/Adivasi (0.5%) Jainism (0.4%) No Religion (0.25%)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_India

5. India does not have a Uniform Civil Code as in there are different laws for different religionists: there is Hindu Personal Law(Buddhists/Jains/Sikhs are included), Christian Personal Law and Muslim Personal Law(Shariat Law) even though the majority of the population are Hindu by faith.

Most Hindus would prefer a Uniform Civil Code.



>Most Hindus wants a Uniform Civil Code in India. Not a separate legal system for Muslims(Shariat Law) and another system for the rest of the population.

Sources? Not just a thousand sampled survey, but something asked with nearly 1billion of the population?

Why a personal law of one be the point of contest with the other? Care to explain?

>Hinduism (79.8%)

Here is the problem, the different tribes and sects which were not explicitly belonging to other religions are classified as Hinduism. While the customs and laws were different. Also a large part of the said population were considered as untouchable and subhuman by the agrarian elite of the same. They only categorise all as Hindus for power, but not willing to share any of the resources without a fight. The agrarian elite wants to control everything on behalf of Hindus. And the constitution is in their way. That's the only explanation for the hate the Secular notion gets from these section of the society.


It can be put for a vote. Your assumptions are as good as mine. India is still a democracy.




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