; Whereas India has historically been a strong and pluralistic democracy, being the birthplace of several of the world’s great religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Jainism; Whereas India’s 1,300,000,000 people include Hindus, who are the majority at 80 percent, 200,000,000 Muslims, which constitute the world’s third largest Muslim population, 40,000,000 Christians, and millions of Sikhs, Jains, Baha’is, Jews, Zoroastrians, and people of innumerable animist and indigenous faiths; Whereas the preamble to the Constitution of India states, in part, We, the people of India, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a Sovereign, Socialist, Secular, Democratic Republic, and to secure to all its citizens: Justice, social, economic and political; Liberty of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship … ; Whereas article 14 of the Constitution of India states, The State shall not deny to any person equality before the law or the equal protection of the laws within the territory of India. ; Whereas article 25 of the Constitution of India states, in part, [a]ll persons are equally entitled to freedom of conscience and the right freely to profess, practice and propagate religion. ; Whereas violence against India’s religious minorities, especially Muslims and Christians, has escalated in the last decade; Whereas such violence against religious minorities has included— (1) public lynchings by vigilante groups; (2) the disruption of prayer services at, and the vandalizing and demolition of, mosques and churches; (3) the demolition of homes and businesses of Muslims without due process by state authorities in retaliation for protesting for their constitutional rights; and (4) arrests of Muslim men for marrying Hindu women in the name of the false theory of Love Jihad