Originally Posted by madame

India is managing its diversity quite well, they have to cope with that. The main religion is Hinduism (80%) which has many more followers there than Islam. The daily morality or sole concept of God, Karma, Dharma, etc. plus the fact that you shall be truly born hinduist have all influence the tolerance for other religions. If you look at the neighbouring Pakistan, with 95% of Muslims, things are getting hotter. Plus we shouldn't forget that after the partition in 1947 Muslims went through the frontier to Pakistan, while India remained Hindu/Sikh shelter (it was a massive migration on both sides, being an effect of years of incresing tension on religious basis).

I agree to what has been already mentioned: religion offers easy answer which some people fear so badly, plus the east is far more "collective" as opposite of western individualism, where some people suffer loneliness. The promises of solutions, eternity, community and support can be tempting.