No Hindus will be left in Bangladesh after 30 years: researcher

[Jugger]

What about Muslims in India ? I heard their number is decreasing at very rapid pace ?

No its actually reverse, the muslim population in India is increasing in a rapid pace.

 

[xyxmt]

There were no crimes against Hindus when India was poor and hungry, now that India is getting richer and stomachs are getting full suddenly all Hindus in Pakistan and Bangladesh are being prosecuted...lo ker lo gal

But even if this is true, is that a problem Bangladesh?

 

[my2cents]

What about Muslims in India ? I heard their number is decreasing at very rapid pace ?

Census data, released by the ministry of home affairs, showed that Hindus declined to 79.8 percent of the country's 1.2 billion people in 2011, from 80.5 percent a decade earlier. Muslims, India's largest minority group, now make up 14.2 percent of the country, up from 13.4 percent in 2001. Christian numbers stayed put at 2.3 percent, while the Sikh population fell to 1.7 percent from 1.9 percent.

Hindus comprises 303.6 million(84.1%) and Muslims were 35.4 million(9.8%) in 1951 census. Now, Hindus are 1 billion people and muslims are about 170 millions.

 

[SarthakGanguly]

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/worl...-in-bangladesh-after-30-years-researcher.html
Dhaka: Eminent Bangladeshi economist and researcher Dr Abul Barkat has estimated that there will be no Hindus left in the country after three decades.

"The rate of exodus over the past 49 years points to that direction," the Dhaka University teacher said in his book "Political economy of reforming agriculture-land-water bodies in Bangladesh" published yesterday.

He said that from 1964 to 2013, around 11.3 million Hindus left Bangladesh due to religious persecution and discrimination, which means on an average 632 Hindus left the country each day and 230,612 annually, reports the Dhaka Tribune.

From his 30-year-long research, Barkat found that the exodus mostly took place during military governments after independence.

Before the Liberation War, the daily rate of migration was 705 while it was 512 during 1971-1981 and 438 during 1981-1991. The number increased to 767 persons each day during 1991-2001 while around 774 persons left the country during 2001-2012, the book says.

Another Professor Ajoy Roy said the government grabbed the properties of the Hindus during the Pakistan regime describing them as enemy property and the same properties were taken by the government after independence as vested property.

According to the book, these two measures made 60 percent of the Hindus landless.

Retired Justice Kazi Ebadul Haque said the minorities and the poor were deprived of their land rights adding that the land management system should be reformed.

Dhaka University Professor Farid Uddin Ahmed said that the government has to ensure that the indigenous people would not be affected or harmed.

It's probably for the better.

I just hope they come to India or other safer places with minimum economic hardships in the future. Rest of the BD population can also feel relieved. All these regular attacks can finally stop.

People migrate for various reasons, and the most typical reason is economics. South Florida/Miami is full of Cubans where everyone off a boat claimed political persecution, when in reality nearly everyone came for better economical opportunities.

The economic difference between USA and Cuba was and remain HUGE.

That between BD and India - not so much. Becoming economic refugee makes no sense - especially since the Hindus and Buddhists who flee to this side have property in BD and can be considered relatively well off. They come here after some distress sale of what they owned there and relocate to poor localities.

But even if this is true, is that a problem Bangladesh?

I don't think so. What do you think?

 

[xyxmt]

I don't think so. What do you think?

I think its good for BD, loosing millions a year in population is good for one of the world's most densely populated country.

 

[SarthakGanguly]

I think its good for BD, loosing millions a year in population is good for one of the world's most densely populated country.

Not only that. It will result in peace and the constant conspiracy theories will come to an end. The paranoia of a Hindu takeover will cease to exist.

 

[RISING SUN]

Dr Barkat needs to point to a source or at least you should include the source for it to be reviewed for the article to carry some weight, absence of that makes this article nothing but a drive by as it is devoid of any credible substance.

People migrate for various reasons, and the most typical reason is economics. South Florida/Miami is full of Cubans where everyone off a boat claimed political persecution, when in reality nearly everyone came for better economical opportunities.

So much so that Cubans will go extinct from Native Cuba? I don't think that is a good logical option.

 

[Hassan Guy]

what is the anti-ISI conspira....oh wait, never mind. We have nothing to do with this.

 

[mb444]

I think its good for BD, loosing millions a year in population is good for one of the world's most densely populated country.

No it is not good. History has made BD a Muslim majority nation. We are a hybrid of many cultures and peoples. Just because Islam is the majority religion does not and should not diminish others. The fabric of BD is composed of threads of many influences, we can not and must not lose any of these or the whole nation will unravel.

Those whose forefathers or themselves choose or found themselves to be in what is now BD in 1947 has inalienable rights as citizens of this country. BD as a nation knows itself enough to preserve this principle. Hindus and other minorities faces issues as all minorities face in other countries. It is not right and as a society we need to work on it. But there is no officially sanctioned programme to marginalise Hindus/xians/buddists in any sphere of society.

 

[xyxmt]

No it is not good. History has made BD a Muslim majority nation. We are a hybrid of many cultures and peoples. Just because Islam is the majority religion does not and should not diminish others. The fabric of BD is composed of threads of many influences, we can not and must not lose any of these or the whole nation will unravel.

Those whose forefathers or themselves choose or found themselves to be in what is now BD in 1947 has inalienable rights as citizens of this country. BD as a nation knows itself enough to preserve this principle. Hindus and other minorities faces issues as all minorities face in other countries. It is not right and as a society we need to work on it. But there is no officially sanctioned programme to marginalise Hindus/xians/buddists in any sphere of society.

there are lots of should nots and would nots, but Hindus are going to India on their free will, you cant give someone rights if they dont want to. Like I said in my previous post has more to do with economic situation than religious freedom or persecution...I should not have left Pakistan but I did and no one should force me to stay or leave.

 

[Ajayk]

there are lots of should nots and would nots, but Hindus are going to India on their free will, you cant give someone rights if they dont want to. Like I said in my previous post has more to do with economic situation than religious freedom or persecution...I should not have left Pakistan but I did and no one should force me to stay or leave.

LOL...What a nice twist to genocide.
Similar thing happened to Pandits...Sindh Hindu population has been decimated.

The genocide of Hindus by Islamist's has resulted in by far the greatest in history in terms of numbers and barbarity.

 

[xyxmt]

LOL...What a nice twist to genocide.
Similar thing happened to Pandits...Sindh Hindu population has been decimated.

The genocide of Hindus by Islamist's has resulted in by far the greatest in history in terms of numbers and barbarity.

like Babri Masjid, Gujarat, and Sikh massacre ? Like whats going on in Kashmir?

But how come they are not running away from their homes?

 

[Ajayk]

like Babri Masjid, Gujarat, and Sikh massacre ? Like whats going on in Kashmir?

You mean Ram mandir, right? You know the one Islamic terrorist Babur destroyed and built a masjid on it's ruins?

Imagine if hindus destroyed macca and built a temple... wonder if muslims would let it pass and tell themselves to let the newly built temple be there.

LOL..Muslim are supporting Palestinians in a war that has been going on longer than the Ram Temple destruction.
Muslim WON'T let go of historical crimes against them BUT they want Hindus to let go the historical crimes against them by muslims.

The double standards and irony is disgusting.

 

[chandrak]

What about Muslims in India ? I heard their number is decreasing at very rapid pace ?

Well better if you ll google and check the population of muslims in india..like others they are also flourishing..yea but now a days due to over population both hindus and muslims are trying to control the population..cant say the same for other peaceful countries..

like Babri Masjid, Gujarat, and Sikh massacre ? Like whats going on in Kashmir?

But how come they are not running away from their homes?

If there is a country ,there must be some rules to follow, those who not follow the rules sud be punished either its india or pak or anyother country in world.and in all the above cases rules were broken.and same is happening in kashmir..

 

[mb444]

there are lots of should nots and would nots, but Hindus are going to India on their free will, you cant give someone rights if they dont want to. Like I said in my previous post has more to do with economic situation than religious freedom or persecution...I should not have left Pakistan but I did and no one should force me to stay or leave.

The infarence was that hindus are being forced out, which is not the case. No one can argue with people who wants to leave, that is their choice and good luck to them.