Hinduism in Pakistan

Followers of Hinduism in Pakistan comprise approximately 1.92% of the country's population. As of 2010, Pakistan had the fifth largest Hindu population in the world and the Pew Research Center predicts that by 2050 Pakistan will have the fourth largest Hindu population in the world. Quotes Invisible walls were also rising among communities, between neighbors, and even within families. The seeds of intolerance had been there at the outset of Pakistan’s creation, though they’d been kept mostly buried. Now, Zia was watering them generously, and the Saudis were adding fertilizer. Mehtab had grown up with Hindu neighbors; they visited each other and played together. Soon, some Sunni Pakistanis refused to even have a Hindu cook in their house, because they considered the food impure. Kim Ghattas Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East (2020) External links