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KLF: ‘Just because Bollywood has 3 Khans doesn’t mean all Indian Muslims are doing well’

KARACHI:

There are Muslims across the border who choose to live in ghettos despite having heavy pockets. And it’s not because they are following the religion’s ascetic principles.

According to Laurent Gayer, a senior research fellow at the Centre National de la Rescherche Scientifique in New Delhi, Muslims in some of India’s cities choose to segregate themselves because they perceive themselves to be a part of a vulnerable minority. This is one of the very few bleak realities described in the pages of the book ‘Muslims in Indian States: Trajectories of Marginalisation’. The book, a collection of essays edited by Gayer and political scientist Christophe Jaffrelot, is packed with statistics which point to the social, political and economic plight of India’s largest minority.

A book launch was organised at the Karachi Literature Festival on Saturday during which Gayer and Dr Syed Jaffar Ahmed from Karachi University’s Pakistan Study Centre spoke about the socioeconomic difficulties faced by over 150 million Muslims living in the world’s largest democracy.

Columnist Irfan Husain, who moderated the discussion said, “The introduction of the book makes for a very depressing read,” adding that the difficulties faced by Muslims in India are a mirror image of what minorities face in Pakistan.

Ahmed’s introduction on the book’s context was brief but extremely informative. He said that given the difficulties faced by Muslims in the state, the contemporary view of India as a modern democracy was challenged, specifically in the 90s. “Secularism remains a major issue in India. If it takes a backseat, the future will be very bleak

The discussion then drifted towards the historically frigid relationship shared by Pakistan and India and whether this had any implications for Muslims living across the border. “Honestly, I just don’t know. After the Mumbai attack in 2008, there was no backlash against Muslims. Some Muslims clerics even refused to bury the attackers,” said Gayer. “I guess that there is no systematic relationship between interstate relations and marginalisation.”

During the discussion, someone blurted that things surely can’t be that bad for Muslims across the border, given all the Khans in Bollywood. Once the ripple of laughter subsided, Gayer smiled and said that the actors hogging the television aren’t really a true represenative of the opportunities that exist for the rest of the Muslims.

Once the discussion concluded, a book signing session was held.
 
out of 1.2 billion population if 18 crore muslims are poors then do u think rest of the 1 billion are rich?

There must be more hindus who are poor then whole muslims in india but no body talk about them.
There must be sikhs who are poors but no body talk about them

same goes for others ..

@op,

What india do for their muslims or minorities,you guys cant even think to do for your minorities and 18 crore is not a minority at all.
 
Can you give the link of said news..................... i think this news is published from Karachi..............Get concerned about Safety Muslims in Pakistan first.......................
 
out of 1.2 billion population if 18 crore muslims are poors then do u think rest of the 1 billion are rich?

There must be more hindus who are poor then whole muslims in india but no body talk about them.
There must be sikhs who are poors but no body talk about them

same goes for others ..

@op,

What india do for their muslims or minorities,you guys cant even think to do for your minorities and 18 crore is not a minority at all.

But isn't it better to accept they are at the bottom and work to bring them to a better position?
 
But isn't it better to accept they are at the bottom and work to bring them to a better position?

Sorry sir, Govt cant go to random muslims and beg to them to raise themselves.Same policies are used for other minorities and they use them but if muslims dont then its not govt fault.

I am telling you coz i have been in touch with village where 90% are muslims.
so stop blaming govt if you guys are self like this.
 
Havi is hell bent upon proving the same every time .
yess all muslims are not doing well , same as all hindus are not doing well and christians and sikhs vice versa. it should be better counted as how many Indians are not doing well instead of dividing them in Hindu /muslim.

The question is Pakistan being a muslim majority country country how many pakistani mulsims are doing good ? balochis,muhajirs , bangladeshi migrants in pakistan ,pashtouns and Pak Occupied kashmir should not be an exception .

India is a land of oppurtunites u qualify based on ur merits irrespect to which ever religion u belong to .so Those hindu/muslims who keep them self away from education generally suffer alot .
 
upper ashraf caste Muslims are well off. lower ajlaf castes are poorer and dalit Muslims are poorest. this applies to both India and Pakistan. did the esteemed scholars talk about these basic things ?
as for tendency for ghettoisation and feeling of being persecuted minority, it is not unique to India. it happens in almost every country that has significant Muslim population.
 
It's an impossible task for evil Hindu Indians to keep 180 Million Muslim out of the growth loop that India is enjoying for the last 30 odd years. The said expert should also be aware of the fact that even if a major part of muslim community are in backward state there are other issues behind that.
 
many muslims are themself responsible for their poor economic conditions they stupidly always try to view each and every thing from religious angle like rejecting family planning measures and end up creating a cricket team when dont have enough resources to even properly raise two or three childrens making their economic condition even worse, they oppose vaccination, instead of sending their children to proper schools they send them to madrassas and the list goes on
 

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