one of the readers of my blogs said after a perusal of my comments on the hyderabad blasts that i was afraid of naming the muslims as the people responsible for the blasts. here is my rebuttal.
i did not specifically name the muslim community as i am aware that there is no homogenous society by the name of muslims in india or in the world. in fact contrary to what many of our hindu brothers think, muslims are the most heterogenous group seen in the country.
apart from the broad differentiation among shias and sunnis, muslims in india are heavily divided into castes although officially islam does not permit caste systems. so deep is the division of the castes that intermarriages between a dalit muslim and a shiekh or sayyid is almost unthinkable.
muslims of gujarat are mostly buisenessmen not unlike thier state hindu bretherens and muslims at other places also follow the occupation suited to thier place and situation.
what i had accused in the other piece and i reiterate in this piece is that it is the upper caste educated muslims that are responsible for the ideology of hate and separation. they mostly have either themselves or have thier relatives in a gulf country and have brought back the ultra-orthodox wahabi islam to the country.
not only do they fund but also passively and actively encourage the fundamentalists to carry on thier hate filled agendas, and when the things tip over and riots and such things occur it is the muslims at the lowermost rungs of the socioeconomic ladders suffer the most.
the guilt is both of omission as well as commission.
it is all right for them to say that they have been marginalized and discriminated against in the independent india but this claim can be made by almost all significant groupings in this country.
when sachar committee came out with the reports it should also have presented a breakup according to the muslim castes and then and only then the reality would have come out in the open.
i am in favour of the reservation for muslims. let OBC and Dalit Muslims be given quota provisions in the existing framework. you will find an immediate cry against it by upper caste muslims. remember they were the ones totally responsible for the creation of pakistan and even after fifty years of independence pakistan continues to be ruled by fuedalistic lords without even a shred of social reforms. at least in india we had some social changes however dubious they might be.
again i reiterate GIVE THE LEADERSHIP OF MUSLIMS IN THE HANDS OF LOWERCASTE MUSLIMS AND SEE THE CHANGE.
Monday, September 10, 2007
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DIVIDE AND RULE POLICY....Smart Guy!!! very smart indeed!!
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