17. POPULATION JIHAD IN INDIA & WEST BENGAL

Jihad is a duty for a faithful Muslim. It means war against untruth. The problem is with the definition of untruth. For a Muslim Islam is true path to worship God. All other religions are categorized between religions deviated from true path, of idol worshipers, of devil’s worshipers and atheists. Quran repeatedly declares that all people who did not follow true path will be punished by God in hell and it is pious duty of every Muslim to bring people to true path i.e. Islam to save them from hellish afterlife. But Quran suggests force rather than convincing to bring people to Islam. And not satisfied with God’s prerogative of giving punishment in afterlife, Muslims are advised to meet out punishment to unbelievers in this world itself. Quran advises true Muslims to catch and kill infidels and establish a kingdom of faithfuls. This is Jihad. Jihad should be continued till whole earth is under control of Muslims and all human beings are converted to Islam. History is proof that Muslim followed Quran and carried out Jihad against unsuspecting, friendly and peaceful communities. Jihad was stopped only when another religious group or otherwise mustered strength and oppose Islamic army by application of force.

In today’s world, war is not acceptable. Muslims cannot carry out Jihad in a Non-Muslim country. They can do it in a country where they are in majority and control political power. Everybody knows how a non-Muslim treated in a Muslim country. Blasphemy law and right to carry out Jihad make life of a non-Muslim in Muslim country worse than a slave. Even Muslims are not spared. Purification of faith by killing those who indicates any show of moderation is every day incidence. Jihad is a continuous process in a Muslim country even after achieving 100% Muslim population. This Jihad is a violent Jihad and results in slow annihilation of differing faiths and finally moderate opinions or lifestyle. But in a non-Muslim country Jihad takes a different shape. There stress is given to capturing power. Power can be grabbed by majority vote in a democracy. So Muslims in a non-Muslim country adopts breeding as a method of Jihad. India is subjected to population Jihad.

In the first ever census in India, Muslim population was found to be about 18%, largely concentrated in the North-West of India and present day Bangladesh. Muslim population steadily grew in British period. In 1941, undivided India had 25% Muslim population. This increase is totally due to population growth by breeding. There was practically no conversion during British period. Muslims of India wanted separate homeland and secured Pakistan. But after partition a large proportion of Muslims stayed back in India. In the first census of independent India in 1951 Muslims were only 8% of total population. Even though Pakistan and Bangladesh treated their Hindu minority very badly and slowly drove them away, Muslims in India were never treated as aliens. Muslims are not only safe but privileged citizen in India. The result can be seen from increasing population of Muslims. Muslim population has ever since growing in alarming rate. In 2011, Muslim population in India was 13 %. A 60% increase over a base of 8% in 60 years.

Now Muslim population of undivided India that is of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh combined is considered. It is a staggering 35% in 2011 A.D. from 18% in 1901. Muslims could have become majority in undivided India by twenty-second century. Partition has actually saved us from becoming minority and then slow annihilation. But partition has only delayed not eliminated that possibility. Growth of Muslim population if remained unchecked will overtake Hindu and other population by a couple of centuries i.e. by twenty-third century. At present, we are safe but our children are not. It is our duty to make India safe for Indians for at least a millennium. India should remain secular and home for all including Hindus. India will remain secular and peaceful only if Muslim population is kept under check. It should never cross 10% of population.

 Proportion of Religious Communities to Total Population of India*, 1961-2001 (Table – 1)

                                                           

Year       Hindus   Muslims               Christians            Sikhs      Buddhists             Jains      Others

1961      84.4       9.9                         2.4                       1.8           0.7                      0.5            0.3

1971      83.5       10.4                       2.6                       1.9           0.7                      0.5             0.3

1981      83.1       10.9                       2.5                       2.0           0.7                      0.5             0.4

1991      82.4       11.7                       2.3                       2.0           0.8                      0.4             0.4

2001      81.4       12.4                       2.3                       1.9           0.8                      0.4             0.7

2011      80.9       13.0                       2.3                        1.9         0.8                        0.4             0.8

Note: * Excludes Jammu and Kashmir and Assam for all decades from 1961 to 2001.

Source:: Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India (2004): Census of India 2001,

The reasons of growing Muslim population are actually two :-

•             Rejection of family-planning measures by the Muslims;

•             Uncontrolled influx of illegal Bangladeshi Muslim infiltrators through the porous Indo-Bangladesh border; and,

Illegal Bangladeshi intruders are not affecting West Bengal alone, but are also fast altering the demography of the neighbouring states of Bihar and Assam. According to an estimate nearly 30 million Bangladeshi Muslims have entered West Bengal, Bihar and Assam. As a result, three bordering districts of Bihar, namely Kishanganj, Araria and Katihar, and seven districts of Assam, namely Dhubri, Goalpara, Barpeta, Naogaon, Morigaon, Hailakandi and Karimganj, and several  districts of West Bengal have turned into Muslim-majority districts. If these Bangladeshi Muslims can be sent back to Bangladesh, then Muslim population may come back to a manageable 10% level.

Population Jihad has reached a decisive stage in West Bengal. It is a result of a blunder committed in 1947. Total population transfer had taken place in West Pakistan. Almost 10 million Hindus and Sikhs fled to India and about same number of Muslims took refuge in Pakistan. But in Bangladesh, which was then East Pakistan population transfer did not take place. Only about 5 million Hindus shifted in 1947 while only about a million Muslims went to East Pakistan. This left behind a large Hindu population in East Pakistan and vice versa. In 1951, East Pakistan had 25% Hindu population while West Bengal had 19% Muslim population. It was an incomplete job.

A minority in a Muslim country has no rights over his life, property and dignity.  East Pakistan once again proved that.  Repeated state sponsored riots and massacres slowly drove Hindus away from their ancestral home. Over last sixty years 3 million Hindus were murdered in present day Bangladesh and unknown number of women were raped or abducted and forced converted. These  violent persecutions drove away  30 million Hindu and Buddhists. Most took shelter in West Bengal. But no harm came to the lives of Muslims in West Bengal. In fact Muslim population started growing in West Bengal.

It is a paradox of a situation. In Bangladesh Hindu population dropped from 30% to 25% in 1951, then to 20% in 1961 and finally to 9% in 2011. But Hindu population was also dropping in West Bengal despite influx of large number of Hindu persecuted refugees. Hindu population declined in West Bengal from 80% to 70 % in sixty years. It is beyond any logic but if you look around reason will show by itself. The reason is combined effect of population explosion in Bangladesh and subsequent Illegal migration of Muslim population from Bangladesh for better economic life in India. But why?

Hindus were more prosperous in present day Bangladesh. In fact they owned lion’s share of land and other property including industry in Bangladesh. Hindus were also leader of the Bengali society economically, culturally and politically. Subsequent to partition, Bengali Muslim suddenly became rich by looting land and property of Hindus but had no direction. West Pakistani Muslims filled the void but could not direct Bangladesh to prosperity. The only easy thing uneducated devout Bengali Muslim with surplus land could do was breeding. This led to a population explosion in Bangladesh. Excessive population growth ate away all the advantages of ill-gotten riches. Bangladeshi Muslims became poor again. Bangladesh acquired the dubious name of “International bread basket”. Thereafter the surplus population started migrating to India.

Apart from infiltration, Muslim population of West Bengal is also rising because of higher rate of breeding by Muslims in West Bengal also. This is evident from 2001 census where percentage of total population as well as percentage of 0-6 year old children is given. There is a clear cut 3-4% jump in children age group. Another twenty years these children will replace elderlies. This indicates Muslim population is growing by about 4 % every 20 years.  This is elaborated in case of West Bengal districts. But it is true for all India. 

District-wise Hindu and Muslim Population in West Bengal  (Table – 2)                                                           

District               Religion         Percentage of Population               Percentage of Population of Children

                                                                                                               (0-6 yr old)

Darjeeling            Hindu        76.92                                                       76.19

                             Muslim     05.31                                                       08.26

Jalpaiguri             Hindu          83.30                                                       80.45

                              Muslim     10.85                                                       13.81

Coochbihar         Hindu         75.50                                                       69.82

                              Muslim     24.24                                                        29.98

North Dinajpur   Hindu         55.93                                                         51.72

                              Muslim     43.19                                                        47.36

South Dinajpur   Hindu         74.01                                                                 69.40

                               Muslim     24.02                                                                 28.35

Maldah              Hindu         49.28                                                                   43.01

                             Muslim     49.72                                                                  56.08

Murshidabad      Hindu        35.92                                                                    29.35

                              Muslim    63.67                                                                    70.27

Birbhum               Hindu        64.49                                                                     58.42

                              Muslim   35.08                                                                     41.15

Bardhaman         Hindu        78.89                                                                     75.03

                              Muslim   19.78                                                                        23.62

              

Nadia                    Hindu      73.75                                                                       66.71

                               Muslim   25.41                                                                      32.55

North 24 Parganas      Hindu          75.23                                                           65.52

                                        Muslim     24.22                                                           34.01

South 24 Parganas            Hindu     65.86                                                          55.41

                                            Muslim   33.24                                                         43.85

Hooghly                  Hindu         83.63                                                                    78.94

                                 Muslim     15.14                                                                    19.53

Bankura                   Hindu        84.35                                                                         81.83

                                  Muslim     07.51                                                                         10.09

Purulia                    Hindu       83.42                                                                            81.62

                                 Muslim    07.12                                                                           09.26

Medinipur                Hindu      85.58                                                                            81.36

                                  Muslim   11.33                                                                            15.36

Howrah                    Hindu      74.98                                                                            64.81

                                  Muslim    24.44                                                                           34.68

Kolkata                    Hindu       77.68                                                                           70.24

                                   Muslim    20.27                                                                           27.81

West Bengal            Hindu       72.47                                                                           64.61

                                   Muslim    25.25                                                                           33.17

(Source: Census Report, 2001)

Higher breeding and infiltration together will make West Bengal a Muslim majority state sooner than later. It is needless to say that, as soon as the Muslim population would rise to 40% or so by 2050 or sooner, it would be difficult for the Hindus to live in peace in the state. In the districts of West Bengal, bordering Islamic Bangladesh, where Muslims have gained majority, violence against Hindus have already begun. It is becoming, day by day, difficult for the Hindus to live peacefully in those areas. Their life and property are becoming unsafe. Forceful eviction of the Hindus, looting their properties, raping and molestation of their women folk are becoming a daily occurrences.

Such incidents are not confined to the border districts alone, but also in isolated pockets of other districts, where Muslims may have gained majority. In the districts of North and South 24 Parganas, there are many such pockets where the Muslims have unleashed their jihadi activities against the Hindus.  Soon Muslims will claim another partition of Bengal, demanding the land on the eastern side of River Hooghly as an Islamic state or a part of greater Bangladesh. In such a situation, there will remain two options before the Hindus of Bengal: either to accept Islam or to become refugee again and flee their homes to other parts of India to save their lives, dignity and religious faith.

 It should be pointed out here that the swelling of Muslim population is not confined to West Bengal and Assam alone, but is an all-India affair. Table 3 shows how the Hindu populations are declining and Muslim populations rising throughout India. If continue unchecked, entire India may turn into a Muslim-dominant country in 5 to 6 decades. So, what the 800-year Muslim rule could not achieve with the help of sword would be achieved simply through unrestrained breeding, i.e. using the wombs of Muslim women as the weapon. Table 4 presents the state-wise Muslim populations of India. Table 5, below, shows the state-wise increase of Muslim and Hindu populations during the decade 1991-2001.

Religious Composition of India’s Population, 1991–2001, (Table 3)                                     

Year       Hindu                    Muslim       Christian

1901      86.64                     12.21            1.15

1941      84.44                     13.38            2.18

1951      87.24                    10.43            2.33

1991      85.01                      12.59           2.32

2001      81.40                      13.00            2.42

Muslim population in Indian states (Table 4).                                                                                            

State                                       Population                                    Percentage

Lakshadweep                                57,903                                        95.47

Jammu & Kashmir                     6,793,240                                       66.97

Assam                                        8,240,611                                       30.92

West Bengal                            20,240,543                                      25.25

Kerala                                          7,863,842                                      24.70

Uttar Pradesh                          30,740,158                                      18.49

Bihar                                          13,722,048                                       16.53

Jharkhand                                    3,731,308                                      13.85

Karnataka                                                   6,463,127                                       12.23

Uttaranchal                                                1,012,141                                      11.92

Delhi                                                             1,623,520                        11.72

Maharastra                                                10,270,485                        10.60

Andhra Pradesh                                           6,986,856                                    09.17

Gujarat                                                         4,592,854                          09.06

Manipur                                                           190,939                                      08.81

Rajasthan                                                     4,788,227                          08.47

Andaman & Nicobar Islands                          29,265                                          08.22

Tripura                                                            254,442                            07.95

Daman & Diu                                                     12,281                          07.76

Goa                                                                     92,210                            06.84

Madhya Pradesh                                          3,841,449                                         06.37

Pondicherry                                                       59.358                            06.09

Haryana                                                         1,222,916                                          05.78

Tamil Nadu                                                   3,470,647                                          05.56

Meghalaya                                                         99,169                             04.28

Chandigarh                                                         35,548                              03.95

Dadra & Nagar Haveli                                         6,524                                           02.96

Orissa                                                                761,985                              02.07

Chhattisgarh                                                         409,615                                        01.97

Himachal Pradesh                                                 119,512                                       01.97

Arunachal Pradesh                                                20,675                                        01.88

Nagaland                                                                 35,005                                        01.76

Punjab                                                                   382,045                                        01.57

Sikkim                                                                          7,693                                        01.42

               (Source: Census Report, 2001)

Increase of Hindu and Muslim Population, 1991 to 2001 (Table 5)

State                                      Hindu (%)                   Muslim (%)

West Bengal                             14.2                                25.9

Assam                                       14.9                  29.3

Bihar (including Jhharkhand)         23.4                       36.5

Delhi                                           44.1                                82.5

Haryana                                     27.0                                60.1

Punjab                                        28.7                                59.6

Rajasthan                                   27.8                               35.8

Himachal Pradesh                      17.0                              32.9

Jammu & Kashmir                      24.7                              29.5

Uttar Pradesh (including Uttarakhand)      24.2       31.7

Madhya Pradesh                             21.7                         29.5

Gujarat                                             22.1                          27.3

Maharastra                                     21.6                          34.6

Orissa                                               15.9                          31.9

Karnataka                                         15.3                         23.5

Andhra Pradesh                               14.4                         17.9

Tamilnadu                                        11.0                         13.7

Kerala                                                07.3                         15.8

India                                                  19.3                         29.5

(Source: Economic & Political Weekly, September 25. 2004)

India had always sheltered distressed people of the world. Persecuted Jews & Parsees received refuge here. Christianity was first propagated in India by Saint Thomas within few years of Jesus’ Crucification. Early Christians stayed with local Hindu population for two thousand years without conflict. Hundreds of new religions and sects have evolved in this land. Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism are major religions but there are many other religions which sustain their existence from this pious land. In India all people have lived peacefully irrespective of their religious belief from time immemorial. This peace was devastated by Islam which does not believe in co-existence. Islam only pushes its frontiers continuously by all possible methods and stops at destruction of all dissents. It is a religion of Satan, if there is one. For the survival of humanity, for the survival of free thinking and for the survival of democracy Muslim population must be contained. It is for the benefit of humanity as well as for the Muslims themselves as Muslims suffer the most in a Muslim country. This is being played out in the open in so many Muslim countries. We need to take lesson.

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