NEW: The vast majority of Indian adults (81%) follow some restrictions on meat in their diet, including refraining from eating certain meats, not eating meat on certain days, or both. However, most Indians do not abstain from meat altogether https://t.co/jSNMvMbTTS
The latest issue of the (very good) "Anticipating the Unintended" newsletter has a thoughtful discussion of the new @PewReligion report on India https://t.co/Je5rakykXp @pranaykotas@SahgalN
@tweetsofjoji @MeghUpdates@mayurjraut You are referring to the raw sample. We oversampled some groups in order to talk about their attitudes. The survey applies weights to address oversampling. Full methodology here (which also includes the info on regions you asked about) https://t.co/IPvD7YdFSP
More than seven decades after the Indian subcontinent was divided, the predominant view among Indian Muslims is that the partition of the subcontinent was a bad thing for Hindu-Muslim relations (48%). https://t.co/Si7DC45nwQ
Today at 8:30 EST/5:30 PST @HinduAmerican and @DiyaTV will host a discussion of @pewresearch's new report on religion in India. Pew researchers will present the main findings about tolerance, segregation and Hindu identity in India today. https://t.co/hCu7kapbKr
Nearly three-quarters of Hindus (72%) in India say a person cannot be Hindu if they eat beef. That is larger than the shares of Hindus who say a person cannot be Hindu if they do not believe in God (49%) or never go to a temple (48%). https://t.co/Si7DC45nwQ
Join our researchers in conversation with @HinduAmerican to talk about the findings from our survey of 30,000 Indians tomorrow at 8:30 pm ET. You can register for the event here: https://t.co/9RaF5Xsphm
Stay tuned for the penultimate episode of this season of #GrandTamasha. Pew’s new report on religion and identity in India is fascinating. @SahgalN and I have a chance to dive in.
45% of Hindus in India say they are fine with having neighbors of all other religions – be they Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist or Jain – but an identical share say they would not be willing to accept followers of at least one of these groups. https://t.co/9BHNoxYvEH
The majority of Hindus in India see themselves as very different from Muslims (66%), and most Muslims return the sentiment, saying they are very different from Hindus (64%). https://t.co/TjaPgEjWC4
Despite caste's significance in Indian politics and society, there is no consensus on the share of Scheduled Caste members in India. We unpack measuring caste identity in India: https://t.co/7YM7EehGGJ
NEW: India is one of the most religiously diverse nations in the world. Indians say it is important to respect all religions, but major religious groups see little in common and want to live separately
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Released today: The results of a nearly 30,000 respondent survey on religion, national identity and tolerance in India. Read key findings here: https://t.co/OtS0xWUX07
As U.S. Catholic bishops meet to discuss the issue this week, fewer than half of U.S. Catholics (36%) say the bishops have done a good or excellent job responding to recent reports of abuse: https://t.co/LoosOtNYxm