Religion in Indian subcontinent: Difference between revisions

[[Religious nationalism]] has grown in the post-colonial era. Pakistan converted from a secular republic to an [[Islamic Republic]] after Independence,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ziring |first=Lawrence |title=From Islamic Republic to Islamic State in Pakistan |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2644077 |journal=Asian Survey |volume=24 |issue=9 |pages=931–946 |doi=10.2307/2644077 |issn=0004-4687}}</ref> while Bangladesh made Islam the state religion (though while maintaining secularism in the Constitution).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bergman |first=David |title=Bangladesh court upholds Islam as religion of the state |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/3/28/bangladesh-court-upholds-islam-as-religion-of-the-state |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}}</ref> [[Hindutva|Hindu nationalism]] has grown since the 2014 election of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) in India.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Rise of Hindu Nationalism and Its Regional and Global Ramifications |url=https://www.asianstudies.org/publications/eaa/archives/the-rise-of-hindu-nationalism-and-its-regional-and-global-ramifications/ |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=Association for Asian Studies |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Hinduism ===

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