mohammedan terrorism in india is not because of poverty or oppression, it is simply because of religious bigotry.
mohammedan terrorism in india will diminish by 90% with one simple expedient: close all the 'kashmiri emporia' and deport their owners to kashmir, or if they wish, to pakistan. chances are that every one of these emporia is a terrorist sleeper cell.
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From: Rama
Kerala Muslims are not backward The Sachar Committee report incontrovertibly accepts that the Kerala Muslims are much different from the rest of the Muslims of India. It is true in Kerala several Hindu jatis (castes) are far behind the Muslims. The socio-economic condition of some of the forward Hindu (savarna) jatis, which were accounted as frontward during the Independence time is too pathetic. That political parties came to power since the inception of this State is very particular to impoverish the forward Hindu jatis through various popular measures. Several of the Hindu jatis, whether they are forward or backward, lost the battle because of lack of numerical strength as well as lapse of functioning as vote banks. The best example is the Hindu Vanvasis who are struggling for a piece of land. It is true in India several Hindu castes are in front of Muslims in the case of poverty and socio-economic backwardness. But these are not accounted for by the Sachar Committee.
The first question is, on which parameters the well-being of a community should be assessed?
Whether it is on the basis of a community's share in the scarce government jobs or not?
The share in the government jobs, which falls below one per cent of the total population, is the yardstick to measure the social status of a community?
If the government job is the lone unit of social development, most of the developed countries populations are to be included in the list of backwards. So, it is not so.
Another question comes before this enquiry is
whether the other sources of income and the educational institutions under the ownership of the community should be accounted while evaluating their social standards or not?
Further one is, whether non-monetary units could be considered while measuring the social status of a community?
If all these questions were considered by Paloli Committee in its efforts of enquiry on the Muslim backwardness the picture will be a different one.
The Chief Minister had informed the Legislative Assembly of Kerala during March 2005 that government had 4,86,131 employees. Then government is disbursing Rs.488.35 crores as salary on every month (Malayalam Manorama, daily, Kottayam, dated March 19, 2005).
It is the greatest paradox that aided school and college teachers form the part of government employees of Kerala. Of the total government employees 1,66,119 are aided school teachers (See Keralam 2000, State Language Institute, Trivandrum, pp 908, 909).
Similarly out of the 290 Arts and ScienceColleges, 148 are aided and 104 are un-aided colleges. The government has only 38 colleges. (Economic Review 2004, State Planning Board).
The benefits of the government colleges are open to all irrespective of religious differences.
Ninety percent of the aided educational institutions of Kerala are owned by minority religious groups. The total strength of college lecturers as on 1999 was 14,000 (from 1999 government banned the appointment).
Out of the 14,000 college lecturers 10,620 are hailing from minority communities. The minority colleges had retaining 5,310 as non-teaching staff, which are in the muster rolls of the state exchequer. If one deducts the employees of the aided educational institutions, the exact number of employees whose appointment was made through PSC will be 3,04,082.
If one deducts the number of the aided school and college employees, then the Muslim share in the government service will shoot up to 18.22 per cent. So, the Muslim shortage in the service is 6.48 per cent by ignoring the fact that the Muslim community is one of the chief beneficiaries of aided educational institutions.
The salary of a school teacher in the state service is Rs. 6,269, a Lower Division Clerk is Rs. 6,089 (Kerala Padanam, p 65). Similarly, a last grade employee in the state service is drawing Rs. 4,300. On the other hand a Muslim employed abroad sending Rs. 6,709 per month to his house. Similarly, a Hindu who got employment abroad is sending only Rs. 4,522 to his family and a member hailing from SC community's share is Rs. 3,066 (Kerala Padanam, p 52). It is natural that the more employment opportunities and better salary along with schmaltziness made Gulf Countries first in the priority to the Muslims of Kerala. But at the same time to the Hindus including SCs the job in the state service is in monetary terms better than the Gulf and obviously their first priority would be the same.
Similarly the dalit and Vanvasi community's share in the overseas employment is very negligible as compared to other communities. (Kerala Padanam, p. 50). Of the 8,51,475 ST households only 3.3 per cent have the overseas fortune. According to CDS study in 2004 there were about 18.4 lakh Malayalees secure jobs abroad (Study by K.C. Zachria & S. Irudayarajan sponsored by CDS Trivandrum. See The New Indian Express, Kochi, dated July 16, 2004). Now its number is more. Among the 18.4 lakh 43.7 per cent are Muslims, 31.2 per cent are Hindus and 25.1 per cent are Christians (Economic Review 2004, State Planning Board, February 2005, p. 428). Then how can be a Kerala Muslim become a backward in fiscal terms.
The industrial sectors, 30 per cent and 35 per cent is respectively under the control of the Muslims and Christians. In the agriculture sector, Muslims hold 23 per cent and the Christians' hold is 40 per cent. In trade and commerce sectors Muslims and Christians correspondingly hold 40 per cent and 36 per cent. Conversely the all castes of Hindus hold in the segments such as industrial is 28 per cent, in agriculture is 24 per cent, and trade-commerce is 22 per cent. Don't forget the fact that certain weakest Hindu castes shares in the above sectors may be zero. (K. C. Zachariah, CDS Study, report: The New Indian Express, Cochin, July 16, 2004).
The per household land owning of all Hindus is 69.1 per cent, of Muslims it is 77.1 per cent and in the case of Christians it is 126.4 per cent. (Kerala Padanam, p. 54). The Hindu population of Kerala as per the 2001 census is 56.2 per cent. Of them 5.5 per cent are farmers and 18.3 per cent are farm labourers. The Muslim population as per the latest census is 24.7 per cent and among them 6.1 per cent are farmers and 11.8 per cent are farm labourers. The 19.1 per cent Christians are the most blessed and 12.8 per cent of them are farmers and 11.2 per cent are agricultural labourers. The number of BPL people is too high among Hindu communities. It is 39.3 lakh amongst the Hindus. On the other hand it is 24.7 lakh and 8.2 lakh respectively amongst the Muslims and Christians. Another important disparity between the minorities and the Hindus exits in the case of the possession of habitable houses. 89.7 per cent Muslims are living in habitable and pucca houses. On the other hand in the case of Christians and Hindus it is 80.1 per cent and 83.6 per cent respectively. (Kerala Padanam, p 48). While considering the economic parameters, who can push the Muslims in the dustbin of backwardness?
It is 30.5 per lakh and above the national average of 11.2 per lakh. The main reasons behind most of the suicides are economic difficulties. The main victims of this suicide tempo are the Hindus. Of the total suicides Hindus' share is 92 per cent, Christians' is 6.5 per cent and Muslims' is 1.5 per cent. The suicides and their causes are least affected by the Muslims of Kerala and it is sufficient testimony to the healthy social living of the community.
The highest number of hospitals are located in Muslim majority districts of the state. Malappuram, one of the Muslim majority districts of Kerala, has the highest number (123) of government Allopathic hospitals. In addition to it there are 237 private Allopathic hospitals, 554 Ayurvedic hospitals and 165 Homeopathic hospitals are functioning in this district (Keralam 2000, State Language Institute, Trivandrum, pp 915-18). Lowest numbers (40) of government Allopathic hospitals are functioning at Wayanad district. Kottayam district is one of the well advanced regions in the socio-cultural scenario of Kerala and has only 85 government Allopathic hospitals. Similarly 20.8 per cent of the Muslim students are studying in the English medium schools. On the other hand the Hindu share in this envious educational field is 20.5 per cent (Kerala Padanam, p 96). |
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