Religious Diversity Is Strength

‘Religious diversity is not a weakness, it is a strength’- the most beautiful Canadian value I have observed being an international student.

Happy Diwali to all the Hindu community living in Pakistan! Here is a snap from official Facebook account of Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in which he is seen celebrating Diwali with a bunch of Hindus in a local gathering. No any of Christian cleric demanded Justin to refresh his faith, getting baptized in a church, and God forbid reminded him to renew his religious Christian belief. This is the beauty of pluralism and multiculturalism that it hugs people of all faiths and religious divide and takes them on board to produce a health society in a strengthened democratic system.

Canada is one of the most peaceful countries with minimum racial and religious indifference ratio in the world and guess what, that too carrying immigrants with 49 percentage of total population in its lap. Just imagine, almost half of the country is filled with immigrants and refugees, coming from different parts of the world with various identities and different religious backgrounds, yet the ratio of racial and religious discrimination is touching almost to its minimal level, way less than most of the countries where majority following single faith, Pakistan and Philippines are decent examples. Fascinating and impressive isnt it..

A literature review of Public Opinion Research on Canadian attitudes towards multiculturalism and immigration, 2010-2015