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Punjabi Christians are adherents of Christianity who identify ethnically, linguistically, culturally, and genealogically as Punjabis. They are mainly found in the Pakistani province of Punjab , forming the largest religious minority.
The proportion of Christians among Singaporeans has increased in the last few decades: 9.9% in 1980; 12.7% in 1990; 14.6% in 2000 and 18.9% in 2020. [5] [6] Christianity has flourished in present-day Singapore, and a growing number of Singaporeans are converting to the faith or were born into Christian families. [7] [8] [9]
Among Christian Singapore Residents, about 5.8% were Indian, with most of the remainder being Chinese (86%), including small Malay (0.4%) and other ethnicity (7.8%). Within the Christian community, Indians formed 10.3% of Roman Catholics (including Kristangs of part-Indian descent), and 3.9% of Non-Catholic Christians (mainly Protestants ).
Prince was born in Singapore, the son of a Sikh priest of Indian origin and a Chinese mother. [3] He converted to Christianity at age 12. Prince studied at Commonwealth Secondary School and completed his A levels at a private school, Our Lady of Lourdes.
Punjabi Christians, on the other hand, were always treated with contempt due to their caste and their dark skin. [8] Within the three major Christian branches in South Asia, there were historically and are currently different levels of caste acceptance.
A court in Pakistan sentenced a Christian man to death for sharing what it said was hateful content against Muslims on social media after one of the worst mob attacks on Christians in the eastern ...
The list of religious populations article provides a comprehensive overview of the distribution and size of religious groups around the world. This article aims to present statistical information on the number of adherents to various religions, including major faiths such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and others, as well as smaller religious communities.
The Singapore government has since adopted a policy of promoting religious tolerance in Singapore. [ citation needed ] However, some religions or denominations are officially banned by the government, as they are deemed as cults , such as Jehovah's Witnesses and the Unification Church , although their followers practised in secrecy in the 2010s.