Report showing 24% growth in Muslims from 2001-2011

Census data vindicate our call for more births: VHP





Even though the data on religion-based census is yet to be released officially, right wing Hindu groups are already up in arms over the TOI report showing 24% growth in Muslims from 2001-2011.VHP said its stand has been vindicated and it would make a fresh appeal to Hindus to have more children. It would also begin an agitation to press government to enforce uniform civil code. Muslim scholars have, however, countered this fear-mongering by saying that the high growth rate of Muslims is owing to their poor socio-economic status, which stands with those of Dalits and the resultant lack of education. They say the census report should wake up the government to the poor state of Muslims.
VHP joint general secretary Surendra Jain told TOI, “Muslims are trying to over take Hindu population through infiltration and love jihad apart from reproduction. So Hindus reproducing more is a good option to challenge this...“
President of the All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat Dr Zafar-ul-Islam Khan said, “It has been proven through various studies that people of a certain strata of society, irrespective of their faith, have similar social behaviour which is reflected in their growth rate.“
Blaming it on politics of religion perpetrated by parties of all hues, Islam said, “It is sad that citizens of this country are not being viewed as people but Hindus and Muslims.“