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the numbers of followers of the christian orthodox, Sikh , Hindu and Muslim religions are all growing,mainly because of high birth rates among families belonging to them . The last of these is by far the largest. Its continued growth is also for another reason . Relative poverty,racial discrimination and occasional conflicts with the authorities have caused people brought up as Muslims to be politi-cized - more so than any other religious group in the country. As a result, young Muslims are less likely to drift away from their religion than the young of other faiths. one example of conflict is the Salman Rushdie affair . another is the question of Muslim schools. There have been both Catholic and Jewish state schools for some time now. the country's Muslims are demanding the same opportunity. finally, it is necessary to mention what are called cults . the beliefs of these groups vary so widely that it is impossible to generalize about them. what they seem to have in common is the style of their belief, involving absolute commitment to and unquestioning obedience of the leader around whom they are centred (it is often only in this sense that they can be called religions ) . cults have a bad reputation for using mind-control techniques. their extremist tendencies are often offensive to most people and, with a few exceptions, each individual cult is tiny. However, it has been estimated that there are between 500 and 700 of them in the country and that, taken together , they have nearly half a million followers .
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