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from where the hell should i provide u link??There isn't a link for price of land
Its my city its a fact its there & its a fact that each Jhugii is on land worth 1.5 million..
India has certain problems within it and so do Pakistan and comparing with Indian defense spendings and economy Pakistan creates problem for itself....
Why do Indian Muslims lag behind?
By Soutik Biswas
BBC News
Muslims make up India's largest religious minority
As historians tell it, during India's first election in 1952, Jawaharlal Nehru was already worrying about the feeble representation of Muslims in the country's positions of authority.
Many more Muslims had stayed back in India than the millions who migrated to newly-born Pakistan after the partition just five years before.
India's first prime minister's concerns about the country's second largest religious group and the largest religious minority were eminently justified.
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"There were hardly any Muslims left in the defence service, and not many in the secretariat," says historian Ramachandra Guha.
Little change
Next year, in 1953, a group of intellectuals met to discuss forming a political party for the Muslims and spoke about the low representation of Muslims in political positions and bureaucracy.
More than half century later, on India's 60th anniversary of independence, very little has changed.
(Indian Muslims) carry a double burden of being labelled as 'anti-national' and as being 'appeased' at the same time
Staying behind in India
Today, at over 138 million, Muslims constitute over 13% of India 's billion-strong population, and in sheer numbers are exceeded only by Indonesia's and Pakistan's Muslim community.
The country has had three Muslim presidents - a largely ceremonial role. Bollywood and cricket, two secular pan-Indian obsessions, continue to have their fair share of Muslim stars - the ruling heroes in Mumbai films are Shah Rukh, Aamir and Salman Khan, and the star of India's current English cricket tour is pace bowler Zaheer Khan. Not long ago, the national team was led by the stylish Mohammed Azharuddin.
That's where the good news essentially ends.
Muslims are a 'vulnerable' community
Muslims comprise only 5% of employees in India's big government, a recent study found. The figure for Indian Railways, the country's biggest employer, is only 4.5%.
The community continues to have a paltry representation in the bureaucracy and police - 3% in the powerful Indian Civil Service, 1.8% in foreign service and only 4% in the Indian Police Service. And Muslims account for only 7.8% of the people working in the judiciary.
Indian Muslims are also largely illiterate and poor.
At just under 60%, the community's literacy rate is lower than the national average of 65%. Only half of Muslim women can read and write. As many as a quarter of Muslim children in the age-group 6-14 have either never attended school or dropped out.
They are also poor - 31% of Muslims are below the country's poverty line, just a notch above the lowest castes and tribes who remain the poorest of the poor.
Identity card
To add to the community's woes are myriad problems relating to, as one expert says, "identity, security and equity".
"They carry a double burden of being labelled as 'anti-national' and as being 'appeased' at the same time," says a recent report on the state of Indian Muslims.
Historians say it is ironic that many Indians bought the Hindu nationalist bogey of 'Muslim appeasement' when it had not translated into any major socio-economic gain for the community.
So why has the lot of Indian Muslims remained miserable after six decades of independence?
Half of Muslim women in India cannot read or write
For one, it is the sheer apathy and ineptitude of the Indian state which has failed to provide equality of opportunity in health, education and employment.
This has hurt the poor - including the Muslim poor who comprise the majority of the community - most.
There is also the relatively recent trend of political bias against the community when Hindu nationalist governments have ruled in Delhi and the states.
Also, the lack of credible middle class leadership among the Muslims has hobbled the community's vision and progress.
Consequently, rabble rousers claiming to represent the community have thrust themselves to the fore.
To be true, mass migration during partition robbed the community of potential leaders - most Muslim civil servants, teachers, doctors and professionals crossed over.
But the failure to throw up credible leaders has meant low community participation in the political processes and government - of the 543 MPs in India's lower house of parliament, only 36 are Muslims.
Also, as Ramachandra Guha says, the "vicissitudes of India-Pakistan relations and Pakistan's treatment of its minorities" ensured that Muslims remained a "vulnerable" community.
Regional disparities
The plight of Indian Muslims also has a lot to do with the appalling quality of governance, unequal social order and lack of equality of opportunity in northern India where most of the community lives.
Populous Uttar Pradesh is home to nearly a fifth of Muslims (31 million) living in India, while Bihar has more than 10 million community members.
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"Southern India is a different picture. Larger cultural and social movements have made education more accessible and self employment more lucrative benefiting a large number of Muslims," says historian Mahesh Rangarajan.
In Andhra Pradesh state, for example, 68% of Muslims are literate, higher than the state and national average. School enrolment rates for Muslim children are above 90% in Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
Mahesh Rangarajan says poverty and "absence of ameliorative policies" has hurt India's Muslims most.
If India was to be "a secular, stable and strong state," Nehru once said, "then our first consideration must be to give absolute fair play to our minority".
BBC NEWS | South Asia | Why do Indian Muslims lag behind?
The Muslim population is like a Cancer to India: Bal Thakray
Pune, India: The extremist Hindu group Shiv Sena’s chief, Bal Thackeray, termed the Muslims of India, a cancer.
Shiv Sena, the extremist Hindu group is a close ally of the BJP (Bhartia Janta Party), moreover, Bal Thakray added that India is the country of Hindus and the Muslims of India are the strength of Pakistan.
Shiv Sena is a powerful group that believes in armed struggle and there are many unfortunate incidents where it emerged as a terrorist group likewise the demolition of Babri mosque, Samjhota train attacks and Malegaon bombings.
However, India has been beating the drum of secularism and democracy for a long time but the unfortunate face of the country is behind the veil that is very ugly and dark.
The Muslim population is like a Cancer to India: Bal Thakray | GroundReport
why dont you people take a look around before bringing religion into evrything ??
Sikh homes razed after they refused to pay 'Jazia'
Amir Mir
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Islamabad: In May, dozens of Sikhs living in the Orakzai agency were forced to move out after the Taliban demanded Rs50 million as jazia, or security tax, from them. Locals said the families were impoverished and left the area to avoid any Taliban action.
Less than a month later, the tax net has spread wider, to the Khyber agency tribal area. The Sikhs, Hindus, and Christians there have been told by the Taliban-backed Lashkar-e-Islam (LeI) to pay jazia in exchange for ensuring their security in the area.
Having already imposed the security tax on non-Muslims in the Orakzai agency in the tribal belt on the Afghanistan border, the Taliban forces in this area have empowered the LeI to charge the tax on their behalf, Khyber agency sources said.
The LeI commander has publicly announced that Sikhs and Hindus will be free to live anywhere in the area after paying this protection tax.
Reports suggest that most of the minority community members in the region have agreed to pay the tax instead of leaving the area, having lived there for decades.
Sources said several jirgas (meetings of elders) were held to settle the issue. One such meeting held last week, attended by the leaders and elders of the Sikh, Hindu, and Christian communities at Tirah Valley, resulted in the decision to pay up rather than move out.
Women, children, and handicapped persons have been exempted from paying the tax, which amounts to Rs1,000 per head annually.
The LeI militants have already started collecting jazia in Bara, Chora, Karamna, Bazaar Zakhakhel, and Tirah Valley of Khyber agency. Those refusing to pay, or not in a position to pay, are being forced to leave.
why dont you people take a look around before bringing religion into everything ??
Muslim Extremists burn Churches and 56 Christian homes in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Six people were killed in Pakistan on Saturday when Muslim demonstrators set fire to houses in a Christian enclave and fighting broke out, local police said.
Police said Muslims were enraged over an alleged desecration of pages in the Quran at a Christian wedding last Saturday, and held a rally to protest. The Quran is the Muslim sacred text.
The Muslims went to the Christian community in Gojra City, 160 kilometers (100 miles) southwest of Lahore, and burned 40 to 50 houses. Muslims and Christians exchanged gunfire.
Police said efforts to settle the concerns with dialogue so far have failed.
On Thursday, 15 Christian houses in the region were also torched.
Pakistan is predominantly Muslim but has a small Christian community.
Meanwhile, police in Islamabad reported Friday that an al Qaeda member thought to be involved in several attacks was arrested.
Bin Yamin, a senior police official in Islamabad, identified the suspect as Rao Shakir Ali.
Police believe he was involved in strikes on targets such as the Danish Embassy, a rally of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chauhdary, police, and a hotel.
The suspect is a resident of Sargodha, which is 165 kilometers (about 100 miles) northwest of Lahore and has a house in Rawalpindi that has been used to facilitate insurgent acts, police said.
6 killed in Pakistan as Muslims burn Christian homes - CNN.com
cant u read the first para???? Taliban threat in these areas is 100% eliminated, keep urself updated plz
& btw they are already accommodated in Hassan Abdal & will be payed by gov & returning soon..
''The extremist Hindu group Shiv Sena’s chief, Bal Thackeray''
Did you read the first para of the article you posted ??
That doesnt mean all Indians have the same opinion !
And what's your expert opinion on the second article ??
Is Bal Thackrey eliminated from the Indian equation??There are ppl who openly talk about killing of minorities in India & they are doing their job, tell me how is Narinder Modi?
Is there any Guarantee that Bal Thackery wont continue & his thugs will stop their activity has GoI put a effective check on their activities How easily u have eliminated him from equation??