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Citizens of the People's Republic of China enjoy freedom of religious belief. No state organ, public organization or individual may compel citizens to believe in, or not to believe in, any religion; nor may they discriminate against citizens who believe in, or do not believe in, any religion. The state protects normal religious activities.
Article 36 of the Chinese constitution explicitly deals with religious affairs. It states: "The People's Republic of China has freedom of faith and religion. No state organization, social group or individual may force a citizen to accept or not to accept a religious faith, nor can they discriminate against either religious or non-religious ...
Although Hinduism is a little-practiced religion in China, it had a significant, but indirect role in influencing Chinese culture through Buddhist beliefs, practices and traditions (which share a common Dharmic root with Hinduism) which diffused and spread to China from India from the 1st or 2nd century CE onwards. [6][7] During this influence ...
The status of religious freedom in Asia varies from country to country. States can differ based on whether or not they guarantee equal treatment under law for followers of different religions, whether they establish a state religion (and the legal implications that this has for both practitioners and non-practitioners), the extent to which religious organizations operating within the country ...
Religion portal. v. t. e. Freedom of religion in India is a fundamental right guaranteed by Article 25-28 of the Constitution of India. [1] Modern India came into existence in 1947 and the Indian constitution 's preamble was amended in 1976, to make India a secular state. [2] Supreme Court of India ruled that India was already a secular state ...
Benzhuism (本主教Běnzhǔjiào, "religion of the patrons") is the indigenous religion of the Bai people, an ethnic group of Yunnan. It consists in the worship of the ngel zex, Bai word for "patrons" or "source lords", rendered as benzhu (本主) in Chinese. They are local gods and deified ancestors of the Bai nation.
Excerpt from Home Minister Sardar Patel's letter to Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, November 7, 1950 India established diplomatic relations with the PRC on 1 April 1950, the first non-communist/socialist nation in Asia to do so. Pakistan continued to recognize the ROC until 1951. The relationship between India and a newly communist China started out on an optimistic note. Jawaharlal Nehru ...
Religion in China (CFPS 2014) [1][2][note 1] Chinese folk religion / unaffiliated (73.56%) Buddhism (15.87%) Other religious organisations, including folk sects and the Taoist Church [note 2] (7.6%) Christianity (2.53%) Islam [note 3] (0.45%) China has the world's largest irreligious population, [3] and the Chinese government and the ruling ...