[Advaita-l] World Muslim Population Doubling

[Gopal]

Sri Ursekar,

It so happens that I have to re-read Swami Vivekananda's works. Apparently
he would have offended you
as much from what I read in the Vol 4 of the complete works!

-gopal

On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 12:45 PM, Mahesh Ursekar
<mahesh.ursekar at gmail.com>wrote:

> U r right, it has no relevance! But it just curdles my mind when I read
> such
> "old worldly and biased" views (and they do crop up many a time) against
> any
> community. It might be because I take my Guru as Sri Ramakrishna, for whom
> every religion was true and hence throwing aspersions against any one would
> be nothing short of blasphemy! I will gladly make this my last post on this
> topic, having said all that I wanted to...
>
> 2011/1/31 D.V.N.Sarma డి.వి.ఎన్.శర్మ <dvnsarma at gmail.com>
>
> > Is this post relevant to the
> > objectives of this list?
> >
> > regards,
> > Sarma.
> > On 1/31/11, Mahesh Ursekar <mahesh.ursekar at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > So, r u saying only Hindu Brahmins protect dharma? And Muslims don't?
> And
> > > then again, does quantity help your cause? Or do you care about quality
> > > here? And lastly, did u read the full article? It says:
> > >
> > > *"The increase in the last 20 years is greater than what we expect in
> the
> > > next 20 years," he said. Muslim population growth "is a line that's
> > > flattening out. They're increasing, but they're getting closer to the
> > norm,
> > > the average."*
> > > *In other words, Muslims are coming into line with global trends toward
> > > fewer children per woman and an aging population. But, the report
> points
> > > out, because of the existing Muslim "youth bulge," or unusually high
> > > percentage of young people, Muslim population growth has a certain
> > momentum
> > > that will take decades to come into line with world averages - if it
> ever
> > > does"*
> > >
> > > You are likely to jump at the last line, above. But I'm optimistic in
> > that
> > > "if it ever does" will certainly happen as it becomes blatantly
>  evident
> > > that the earth has only limited resources and can't sustain such large
> > > populations..
> > >
> > > In closing, it would be amazing for me to find that Muslim's make
> babies
> > > just to spread their religion. I have Muslim friends, none of who have
> > more
> > > than 2 children. And as far as I know, most Muslims in India with large
> > > families are those at the bottom of the economic & education scale. It
> > would
> > > be more effective to control their population by giving them education
> &
> > > jobs rather than crying murder about their population increasing!
> > >
> > > Best, Mahesh
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 4:57 PM, Venkatesh Murthy
> > > <vmurthy36 at gmail.com>wrote:
> > >
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/27/world-muslim-population-doubling-report-projects/?hpt=Sbin
> > >>
> > >> Muslims are multiplying. But Brahmins/Hindus are obeying Government in
> > >> family planning. They must see how the Govt. of India is decieving us.
> > >> Reducing Brahmin population and increasing the so called minority vote
> > >> bank. Brahmins must stop family planning and have children like our
> > >> Grandfather's generation had. If there is only one child per family
> > >> chance of Dharma surviving is not good. Let Dharma be protected
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Regards
> > >>
> > >> -Venkatesh
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