| It's a lot to process, but I'll try to condense my reply. All religions in Norway are treated equally. Yes, there are Tax exemptions and financial support, but all religions, faiths and even humanistic organizations get the same benefit. There is no special treatments. We still have some remnants due to historical and cultural reasons, as is natural (public holidays based on christian traditions), but if you follow a different religion, you have the right to extra days off in addition to the traditional holidays. The only constitutional remnant is that the King should mention "so help me God" in his oath. But the King is strictly symbolic. Let's remember the context for my reply. You stated that you saw no reason why India could not have an official religion, because European countries (Norway) had Christianity as an official religion. My point is what you want is actually a huge difference from what Norway has and it is misleading to include it and many other countries (like Sweden) as examples. Personally, I would be concerned if religion was mixed with politics. History has shown that it often does not work well. |
[..]Early Norwegians, like most Scandinavians, were once adherents of Norse paganism; the Sámi having a shamanistic religion.[13] Norway was gradually Christianized by Christian missionaries between 1000 and 1150. Before the Protestant Reformation in 1536/1537, Norwegians were part of the Catholic Church.[..]
Norwegian pagans lost their ancestors faith. Hindus did not.
As a democracy, Indians have the right to establish a Hindu nation through fair elections.
The colonial Brits left behind a system after The Partition when they departed. Pakistan and Bangladesh were cut off to create the Muslim nations.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_of_India
Most Hindus wants a Uniform Civil Code in India. Not a separate legal system for Muslims(Shariat Law) and another system for the rest of the population.
2. Population of Norway is 5.5 million. Population of India is 1400 million.
3. [..] Religion in Norway is dominated by Lutheran Christianity, with 63.7% of the population belonging to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Norway in 2022.[1][2] The Catholic Church is the next largest Christian church at 3.1%.[3] The unaffiliated make up 18.3% of the population. Islam is followed by 3.4% of the population.[4][..]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Norway
4. Religion in India Hinduism (79.8%) Islam (14.2%) Christianity (2.3%) Sikhism (1.7%) Buddhism (0.7%) Animism/Adivasi (0.5%) Jainism (0.4%) No Religion (0.25%)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_India
5. India does not have a Uniform Civil Code as in there are different laws for different religionists: there is Hindu Personal Law(Buddhists/Jains/Sikhs are included), Christian Personal Law and Muslim Personal Law(Shariat Law) even though the majority of the population are Hindu by faith.
Most Hindus would prefer a Uniform Civil Code.