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2006-07-13 India-Pakistan

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Posted by Fred 2006-07-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Neocons?

Posted by gromgoru 2006-07-13 06:16|| 2006-07-13 06:16|| Front Page Top

#2 During partition a large portion of the muslim elite opted for Pakistan. This included a significant proportion of muslim soldiers and officers, the professionals - doctors, lawyers etc, many businessmen.

This has skewed the socio-economic indicators of today's Indian muslims. They are now under-represented in the professions, the army etc, not because of any discrimination, but perhaps because the poorer muslims have not filled the vacancies left when their richer cousins migrated.

This hasn't stopped muslims from rising in the army (several Generals), or the professions, or business - the second richest Indian is Azam Premji, the founder of the Outsourcing IT company Wipro. The grandson of Jinnah is an Indian citizen, a wealthy industrialist in Bombay.

But it must have affected communities when the positive role models (like Musharraf's family) left.

Posted by john 2006-07-13 06:31|| 2006-07-13 06:31|| Front Page Top

#3 The lack of muslim interest in conventional education, the reliance on madrassas for boys, the non-education of girls, has severly affected their employment chances.
A school leaving certificate is needed for entry to the army for enlisted men. Indian universities are very competitive - it is easier to get into an Ivy league US college than one of the Indian IITs.

This lack of education is not India specific. Statistics from the UK show that muslims are at the bottom of all educational rankings (right below afro-carribean boys). If third generation muslim immigrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and India are all failing at school while their classmates from the same parts of India - but Hindu and Sikh - are topping the class then where is the problem?

Posted by john 2006-07-13 06:39|| 2006-07-13 06:39|| Front Page Top

#4 Pakistan hand in Mumbai blasts

Exclusive information available with NDTV indicates that National Security Advisor told Cabinet Ministers that Pakistan's involvement was definite.

Investigators are searching for two men - Zabiuddin and Mohammad Faiyaz believed to be the masterminds in the attacks. The third suspect Rahil, an expert in forging passports was said to be running a travel agency on Grant Road in Mumbai.

Posted by john 2006-07-13 15:00|| 2006-07-13 15:00|| Front Page Top

Image released by Indian Police today of a man identified as Sayyad Zabiuddin. Indian authorities named two men as the first suspects in this week's train bombings

Posted by john 2006-07-13 15:08|| 2006-07-13 15:08|| Front Page Top

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