Deplorable Conditions of Muslims in India
By guestwriter at 4 December, 2009, 3:34 am
Written by Fatima Syed India is vigorously pursuing to obtain observer status in the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) on the basis of large Muslim population.
Recently, Forum on Religion and Public life of Pew Research Center, a US based organization, has prepared a report according to which India has the third largest number of Muslims at over 160 million. This Muslim community in India is living as minority. The question that whether India is eligible to have an observer status in OIC depends not only on the number of Muslims but also their status. Although the number of Muslims living in India are far greater than some Muslim countries but their plight is worst than the minority communities living in these Muslim countries.
The Indian Muslims inherited the legacy of social injustice from the British and this trait continued even after independence. A Minorities Commission was set up as late as in 1978 to evaluate the minorities’ status in India by a non-Congress government. After coming into power in 1980 Congress government side lined this Commission and appointed a separate ‘ high powered panel’, which eventually came to be known as Gopal Singh Committee. The purpose of this committee was to study the status of minorities and other backward classes as beneficiaries of government’s fiscal policies and welfare schemes. On 14th June 1983, this panel submitted a 118-page ‘Report on Minorities’ containing extensive data on the participation and performance of minorities in education and employment. Painting a dismal picture of the position of Muslims, the panel made a large number of recommendations for its improvement through various short term and long term measures. For an unduly long period this report remained a closely guarded secret despite demands for its release. And when this report was made public even then no action was ever taken on any of its recommendations.
In 1995 the National Minorities Commission collected data on the share of minorities in police and para-military services and, found that their presence, especially of the Muslims, in that sector was “deplorably disproportionate to their population in various states”. The Commission submitted its report on 6 May 1996 and highlighted that the representation of Muslims in the State and all-India services was very low as compared to their population and there were no purposeful action to remedy this imbalance. In its 1998-99 report the Commission specifically recommended that “in all public employment under central government there must be at least 10 per cent representation of Muslims and this should be ensured by adopting suitable measures. Both these reports of National Minorities Commission had met same fate as that of the Gopal Singh Panel and still awaiting appropriate response from those who matter.
In March 2005 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appointed another high powered committee, generally known as the Sachar Committee, chaired by a former judge Rajinder Sacher, to evaluate afresh the educational and socio-economic status of Muslims. When the committee sought data on the Muslims in armed forces the anti-Muslim elements raise a great hue and cry. Initially given a time span of fifteen months, the Sachar committee was later given some extensions and placed under the newly created Ministry of Minority Affairs.
The Sachar Committee prepared its report in November 2006 and presented it to the parliament on 30 November 2006. The report highlighted miserable socio-economic conditions of Muslims in the fields of education, employment, access to credit, infrastructural facilities and political representation and made a strong case for improving the socio-economic situation of Muslims. The data gathered by Sachar Committee shows that Muslims now constitute India’s ‘new underclass’. In some respects such as public services, education, income, social mobility and landholding, Muslims’ position is even worse than Dalits (Officially called Scheduled Castes). For instance only 80 percent of urban Muslim boys are enrolled in schools, as compared to 90 percent of Dalits and 95 percent of others.
Mostly, Muslims live in areas deprived of basic necessities such as electricity, roads and municipal services. In some states such as Maharashtra banks denied loans to Muslim businessmen. Muslims face worse discrimination in respect of jobs. The Sachar Committee data from 12 states where Muslim share in total population is 15.4 percent shows that their representation in government jobs is only 5.7 percent. In police, administrative and diplomatic services their representation varies from 1.6 to 3.4 percent. Muslims are poorly represented in judiciary and military. From the beginning the Muslims are under-represented in the armed forces. The Indian leaders also accepted this fact. Nehru said in 1953 that in our defence services, there are hardly any Muslims left. The Muslims are totally absent from intelligence agencies such as Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and National Security Guard (NSG) as they are mistrusted.
The prejudice towards Muslims is also reflected at political level. Muslims have consistently been under-represented in the Lok Sabha and all State Assemblies since independence. In India, only half as many, or fewer, Muslims get elected as legislator as their population share. Ironically, there is one place where Muslims are over-represented that is in prisons. Rajiv Bhargava, a political theorist attached to the Centre for Study of Developing Societies in Delhi said, “The pain, bitter truth is that Muslims’ have long been the target of systematic exclusion and discrimination. They face institutionalized religious prejudice, just as ethnic minorities from the former colonies face institutionalize racism in Western Europe, or blacks do in the United States”.
The Government of India has failed to implement the recommendations of Justice Rajinder Sachar Committee Report even after the passage of three years since the submission of the report. It is trying to delay its implementation like the earlier reports. The recommendation for the creation of ‘Equal Opportunity Commission’ is a technique in this regard, to delay the implementation. As it is widely said that an Equal Opportunity Commission is to be set up to look into the recommendations of the Sachar Report and check the feasibility of its implementation. The Central and the State governments have been only making statements and assuring the community to implement report’s recommendations but no solid step has been taken so far. The need is to take concrete action rather than making mere statements in this regard. Giving due respect to the feelings of Muslim community, the government must implement the Sachar Committee recommendations forthwith. Muslims are troubled with the hollow promises from the government on the one hand and the Hindu communal forces challenges on the other.
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This is is India’s “freedom of expression” & “human rights”
everyone knows india is the worst and most cruel enemy of its minorities.
i am Indian hindu but .. i condemn any kind of Hindu Muslims Sikhs and Cristions Violence &mass killing..!!
Muslims do not need to go to pakistan but they need to carve out their own homeland called ‘Mughalistan’ in the north and Hyderabad in the south. India is such a poor pathetic country even the tamils of sri lanka boat away to far places like Indonesia and australia but not to tamil nadu across and near by. Freedom for Mughalistan
Ah i am sick of these dirty indian slumdogs.
Someone please civilize these hindu morons..
These pig worshipers and elephant wankers shud grow up and live like a human..
Filthy hindu sick mother fuckers..
SLUMDOGS
INDIA IS EPICENTER OF TERROR – WORLD PLEASE GROW UP AND SEE FOR YOURSELF WHAT THESE HINDU TERRORISTS DOING. RECENTLY A MASS GRAVE OF 29,000 (TWENTY NINE THOUSAND) PEOPLE WAS FOUND IN KASHMIR. THAT’S MAKES INDIA ONE OF THE BIGGEST TERRORISTS IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND. THE GENOCIDE INDIA HAS BEEN COMMITTING IS WORST THAN BALKANS WAR. LIKE BALKANS CULPRITS INDIA SHOULD ALSO BE TRIED IN THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE FOR CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY. THEIR NUCLEAR ASSETS SHOULD BE CEASED AS THEY POSE A VERY BIG THREAT TO THE WORLD WHY?? BECAUSE WHEN THEIR OWN PEOPLE LIVING IN INDIA ARE NOT SAFE FROM THE INHUMAN TERRORIST ACTIVITIES OF INDIA HOW ON EARTH ANYBODY ELSE WILL BE SAFE FROM THESE EVIL MINDED DIRTY ROTTEN INDIA. BESIDE INDIA IS A THIEF OF PAKISTAN’S WATER AND SHOULD KICKED OUT OF KASHMIR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO BRING PEACE AND STABILITY IN THE REGION.
PEOPLE OF WORLD COME FORWARD AND SAVE THE WORLD FROM THESE EXTREMIST HINDU STATE OF INDIA WHICH HAS TURN THE WHOLE REGION IN HELL. IF YOU DO NOT BELEIVE CHECK OUT ALL THE COUNTRIES IN THE REGION SUCH AS CHINA, SRI LANKA, BANGLADESH, PAKISTAN, BHUTAN AND NEPAL IF THEY ARE HAPPY WITH THIS TERRORIST INDIA THE ANSWER IS BIG NO NO NO!!!
@UN don’t give me bullshit look at the realities I don’t give a damn to your shithole india and yourself go to hell you idiot – INDIA IS EPICENTRE OF TERROR – THE WORLD WILL REALISE – LOOK AT 29000 MASS GRAVES MY GOD THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED – YOUR SHITHOLE COUNTRY SHOULD BE TRIED IN INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE – SHAME ON YOU HINDU TERRORISTS YOUR TIME IS UP!!!
@UN GS What’s ur actual purpose for being here on a Pakistani Website? was it to have a peaceful decent participation in discussions here or just to stir up trouble like a typical Indian by insulting the feelings of a “Certain Nation” with whom u Indians always have insecurity issues nd whose ppl come here to express their opinions on current affairs? if it really bothers you why dont u select any indian website and throw ur hatred there rather than wasting time in proving Pakistanies as terrorists….Now dont let ppl start on revealing the extremism nd Barbarism of Hindus in nd outside of India because then it would hurt u to an extent that perhaps you wouldn’t find a word to defend yourself…the history of Hindu terrorism in Kashmir is enough for you to ponder that if ur establishment had done a fair treatment to Kashmiris over the past half century there? do you call it a Peaceful Act? What had extremists like Narinder Modi done with Muslims deadbodies in Gujrat? wasn’t it Inhumane? A muslim who is even found playing a positive role in indian society cant buy a house in Mumbai? Now what would u call it ? A Racism? Fact is India is the only Terrorist State in Asia possesed with all sorta society ills that have even effected its neighbouring countries on a large level that it has become impossible for them to live peacefully with India….Sadly the International Zionist Control Media is too lazy to show brutality of their Indian friends but are too busy to portray Pakistanies as terrorists….
Just watch the following video till the end posted on this website nd feel good because these kinda tyrannical acts on muslims give u indians a pleasant feeling aint it?
http://thecurrentaffairs.com/islam-pakistan-and-india.html
ArghhHHhh Astagfirullah it was sooOOOooo hard to watch those burned Dead bodies of muslims in the last moments of the video nd especially that kid narrating the story of Hindu cruelty on his family was tooOOOoo much!!! IGnOraNtss!
jitni gandagi india may hey or kissi mulk mey nahi.is mulk ko hemesha key lia khatam ho jana chaey
Hindustan mey sarey muslims ko india chor key kaheeen or shift ho jana chaey kuon k wahan rahney ka koi faeda nahi
Hell with India and hindus
I am a Muslim and Pakistani. Yes after what happened in Gujrat, babri masjid incident, golden temple incident, continuous communal tensions, killing and conversion of christians etc, one can say that the minorities in India may be vunerable. But we as Pakistani muslims who made our separate country are also responsible for it. We and almost all Indians dont realize that by making Pakistan we gave hindus a BIG favour in the long run and made lives of indian muslims like hell. Now please listen carefully what I have to say because it may seem very unconventional thinking but if you technically and impartially analyze this it will make sense.
Now consider if Pakistan wasnt made (which means Bangladesh wasnt made as well) then the population of India would have been 1.4 billion( one billion current indian population + forty crore Pakistani and bangladeshi muslims). Which means 60 CRORE population of India would have been MUSLIM.(Including 20 crore current muslim population of India). So out 80 crore remaining population 70 crore would have been hindus and rest of 10 crores are other minorities(Sikhs,christians,budhists,parsis etc).
Now it we exclude lower cast hindus from 70 crore hindus who are themselves a minority then MUSLIMS WOULD HAVE NUMERICAL SUPERIORITY OVER MAIN STREAM HINDUS.That means Hindus of india have lost the political and stretigical edge which they enjoy today. Back in 1947 25 to 30 percent of sub-continent population was muslim. Now the muslim population of subcontinent(india,pakistan,bangladesh) is 40+ percent. There is an surprising increase of about 10 percent. Which means the birth rate among muslims is very high in comparison with hindu birth rate. So I mean if Pakistan wasnt made then in the next 50 years this GREATER INDIA would have been more or less an Islamic state. Now the Indians who think bad about Jinnah should have a re-assessment of their views and ask themselves a questions that by making pakistan who benefitted most Hindus or Muslims? and pakistan would have been made would india of today would have been an emerging power or a country engulfed in civil wars? also if pakistan would have not been made which party would have been the biggest oposition party BJP or Muslim league? Could Babery Masjid could have been demolished if there were 60 crore muslims in India? What have millions of Baluchis,Pathans,Punjabis each carrying an ak47 would have done to Delhi,Agra,Mumbai in return of what hindus did in gujrat? And most importantly if Paksitan would have never been made Jihadis could have never defeated russians in afghanistan which means we would have still living in cold war with russian navy patroling persian gulf and had trade passages through friendly indian ports. The western world and indian Hindus owe too much to Pakistan all we get in return are two words not well done but ‘do more’.
Indian government should keep hold of all those ediots who spread terrerisom in any part of the world.Wheather it is india or any of or countries in the whole world .and put them on fire in front of the whole nation