As someone who has been to India multiple times, India does have freedom of religion, a great deal in fact, and arguably more so then most nations.
The entire population is not Hindu, its overwhelmingly hindu, but its also got muslims (unfortunatly they make up 10% of the population, which ironically makes India the nation with the most muslims in the world) along with several other religions (sikh, Buddhist, zoroastrian, etc).
Saying India has no freedom of religion, is akin to saying Texas has no vegetables.
India has nominal freedom of religion, but Christians are still persecuted. I must admit that India is much freer in that regard than Pakistan or any other Muslim nation.
Indonesia has the most Muslims in the world, though India has more than Pakistan (10% of a billion+ people is still a lot). Pakistan has never forgotten that India broke them in half by sending troops to help Bangladesh (East Pakistan) leave “West Pakistan”. They did the same thing with the Sihks and in Sri Lanka, and Indira Ghandi and her son Rajiv (no relation to the Mahatma) died for it.
As long as Americans think of India as a country, they will never understand it - though not geographically, it is a continent.
Actually Indonesia has the most muslims in the world. I believe India is 2nd.
Hellbender: India has nominal freedom of religion
have you BEEN there to make this statement?
your statement is wrong. Christians are persecuted in some places, but this is not government sanctioned and is condemned by nearly all Hindus (Hindus can't get themselves to hate Christians, since they study in Christian schools, have Christian friends etc. --> hating Moslems on the other hand is something that many Hindus can do....)