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Book review of The Population Myth: Islam, Family Planning and Politics in India

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Muslims | population | S Y Quraishi

Devangshu Datta  |  New Delhi 

Former Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi takes a calm, reasonable approach to debunking a core Hindutva thesis: Namely, the Muslim population is growing so fast it will overtake the Hindu population. The trope is buttressed with allusions to polygamy (along with the “love jihad” corollary) and assertions of Muslims driven by religious fervour to have many children.

To put it mildly, this is a politically explosive subject. The author has tackled this squarely and taken the logic apart. Population growth (and decline) is driven by biological and socio-economic imperatives ...

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First Published: Thu, February 18 2021. 23:54 IST
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