[Reader-list] India state-run banks 'turn away Muslims': BBC

[Javed]

Dear friends
You have the right to respond in the way you all did to my mail. But I
reiterate that by sending this report I do not wish to offend Hindus
(and why should they - its not about them). Profiling of Muslims in
different institutions is a fact which you cannot deny. If you don't
believe BBC, please take a look at this report from India Today:

Muslims face bank profiling barrier (Maneesh Pandey, India Today)
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/106106/India/muslims-face-bank-profiling-barrier.html

A very close freind of mine (a Muslim) who is rich and not illitrate,
got a bank loan some years ago since he was working in an MNC. Later
on he left the job and started his own business. But his residential
address is a Muslim-dominated area of Delhi. The same bank which gave
him a loan years ago, now refuses to give him a credit card and other
services. They don't give any reason, but sheepishly tell him that
there are some "technical" problems. In fact many other companies have
refused credit card to him because of that particualr address. There
are many stories like that. And I agree that banks can refuse you
services if you don't have the proper ID documents. But what about if
you do have all the papers and yet they refuse.

And for someone who made a suggestion for me: I am sorry but I do not
wish to go to Pakistan. This is my country and I have the right to
fight for my rights. If you have a problem with my mails, please
delete them whenever you see my name.

thanks

Javed

On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Rajkamal Goswami
<rajkamalgoswami at gmail.com> wrote:
> I think Javed & co. should be banned from this group. He is just
> indulging circulating news that essentially leads to a heated
> argument. Its diluting the utility of this group.
>
> On 7/26/10, anupam chakravartty <c.anupam at gmail.com> wrote:
>> how convenient is this line of reasoning:
>>
>> filmstars, who are incidentally muslim, do not have trouble in opening a
>> bank account because they are making billions. therefore, any muslim should
>> not have trouble in opening an account. therefore, if someone is citing a
>> report about muslims having difficulties to open a bank because of the bank
>> officials, according to the reasons offered by Mr Taraprakash, are actually
>> creating a 'Pakistan' here.
>>
>> Mr, Taraprakash, this kind of reasoning would surely make us one of the most
>> powerful nations of the world. wouldn't it?
>>
>> Can anyone explain why even nationalised bank executives are asked to line
>> up on the doors of the victims who get relief from the government?
>>
>> regards
>> Anupam
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 2:21 AM, TaraPrakash <taraprakash at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I didn't know a poor Indian who is not a muslim is invited, offered
>>> breakfast and tea along with an easy account. I wonder what religion are
>>> the
>>> bollywood Khans who make billions. Do they have trouble opening bank
>>> accounts?
>>>
>>> It's high time Javed, you start forwarding emails asking for one more
>>> Pakistan. I will be with those who ask for a new country as long as they
>>> promise that every Muslim will be treated equally in that country.
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Javed" <javedmasoo at gmail.com>
>>> To: "sarai list" <reader-list at sarai.net>
>>> Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2010 6:58 AM
>>> Subject: [Reader-list] India state-run banks 'turn away Muslims': BBC
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  India state-run banks 'turn away Muslims'
>>>> By Sanjoy Majumder BBC News, Delhi
>>>>
>>>> State-owned banks in India have been accused of discriminating against
>>>> the country's Muslim minority.
>>>>
>>>> India's minorities watchdog has received a record number of complaints
>>>> from Muslims who say they have been prevented from opening bank
>>>> accounts.
>>>>
>>>> India's Muslim community is among the poorest in the country.
>>>>
>>>> Some bankers say it is not so much their religious background, but
>>>> their economic status that makes it hard for Muslims to get banking
>>>> facilities.
>>>>
>>>> The National Commission of Minorities says that there has been a 100%
>>>> increase in the number of complaints it has received over the past
>>>> year from Muslims who say they are being prevented from opening
>>>> accounts in state-run banks.
>>>>
>>>> Reports say the worst case took place in the southern state of Andhra
>>>> Pradesh, where some 90,000 Muslim students were unable to open
>>>> accounts to deposit scholarship cheques given to them by the
>>>> government.
>>>>
>>>> Official reports frequently put Muslims at the bottom of India's
>>>> social and economic ladder - even beneath than low-caste Hindus.
>>>>
>>>> Their economic status means they are often excluded by private banks,
>>>> which prefer more well-to-do clients.
>>>>
>>>> Already a number of reports have suggested that India's Muslims fare
>>>> poorly when it comes to getting access to quality education or
>>>> employment opportunities.
>>>>
>>>> This latest finding will add more pressure on a government which is
>>>> seen as doing very little for the country's largest minority group.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10718243
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