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

[Pawan Durani]

Dear Rakesh ,

A muslim not finding a house in Mumbai and that too famous
personalities like Saif or Shabana is a media created TRP sourcing
news item. There are enough examples where people do not get homes.

1. Most of Gujarati society do not rent out / sell of appartments to
Non Gujaratis.

2. Try buying a flat or renting out a flat in Jogeshwari from a Muslim
society .... No Hindu can get one.

3. Vegeterian society do not allow non vegetarian in.

4. Bachelors have the biggest problem in getting a space .

It's been two years and I personally have been unable to get a flat
out on rent , as people renting out want me to have my family here as
well and consider me a bachelor.

These are facts ... Please dont make it a muslim problem.

Similarly in banking there are 'areas' which are shortlisted where
loans / credit cards are not given . Who knows what the problem may
be.

In so called Islamic way of banking , the procedure is the same ....as
far as I know . The only thing is that the 'Interest" is being called
"Munafa" ..means "Profit".... ;-)

Pawan



On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 6:58 PM, Rakesh Iyer <rakesh.rnbdj at gmail.com> wrote:
> @ Kshamendra jee: What a good series of questions.
>
> @ Rajkamal jee: The problem is not the arguments being heated. Some heat
> will be there. What we lack on this forum mostly, as one of my friends once
> stated, is the combination of light, warmth and heat. (With heat being the
> last thing which should be there).
>
> @ Rajen jee: Even Saif Ali Khan found it tough to get a house because he was
> a Muslim. And he is a famous personality.
>
> @ Malik jee: In the video-documentary named 'Final Solution' made by Rakesh
> Sharma, the Muslims of Gujarat state that even before the pogrom of 2002,
> Muslims who were educated would not get jobs because they were Muslims and
> not Hindus.
>
> Going further, I went to Bihar (Araria specifically) for working with an
> organization which was organizing the social audits for NREGA with the help
> of Bihar administration. One Muslim who had not got a job (surprisingly for
> a panchayat which was having 90% Muslims) said to me:
>
> 'Humein kaam nahi milta baar baar maangne ke baad bhi. Ab kya Pakistan jaana
> padega kaam maangne ke liye.' (Translation: Even after asking repeatedly, we
> don't get work. Would we have to go to Pakistan now to get work/employment?)
>
>
> Yes Muslims are doing badly in this nation, to be compared along with
> Scheduled Castes. Only the Scheduled Tribes are worse off than them.  But
> the Muslims have to keep on proving again and again that they are Indian. A
> Rajen, A Bipin, a Rakesh and a Shuddha are never asked to prove that they
> are loyal to this country, but a Javed, a Sheikh, a Sayeed, a Nizam is. The
> entire Sangh Parivar treats them as anti-nationals or Pakistanis, so also
> many other people who may not believe in the Sangh Parivar but fear the
> Muslims.
>
> The Muhammad Ali Jinnah Road in Mumbai is also termed 'mini Pakistan', as
> are Muslim dominated areas of Ahmedabad or even Hyderabad. What more should
> I say?
>
> Having said that, we need to know who all in each and every case are denied
> loans and why, and each case should be investigated. Each case may not be
> that of discrimination against Muslims, and yet some cases would be like
> that. It's imperative upon us to end this discrimination.
>
> @ Pawan ji: I think there is something called Islamic banking also. Let
> Muslims explain this point though. But from what I know, you can't accept or
> pay interest as per Islamic banking.
>
> If we want to end this cycle of suspicion, we need to break the
> communication gap between the people. This has got to do with the fact that
> Muslims may not have that much of a participation in the upper middle class
> unlike say the Hindus. How it is to be broken, there are simple ways of
> doing it, like a common education and healthcare system, better discussions
> and debates among people and so on.
>
> Rakesh
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