MUSLIMS IN

TELANGANA
PROBLEMS & EXPECTATIONS

Ather Moin
Senior Journalist
Hyderabad.Telangana

CONJUCTIVE PROBLEMS
Lack of Security

Sense of Insecurity
One of the major problems of Indian
Muslims is lack of security. Riots,
communal violence have become a
sad reality of Indias life and the
majority of the victims ofriots in
India are Muslims. They face double
edged torture of victimization at the
hands of rioters and later by police.

POLICE REFORMS
Police reform is an age-old demand of civil society.
Police still functions under the laws and rules laid
down by the British colonial rulers. The Police is one of
the most brutal and corrupt forces. Torture,
kidnapping, encounter, murder in custody and
corruption have besmirched the face of this force. The
fast worsening situation demands a quick re-look at
the problems of the Police and how to turn it into a
force in service of the people. It is high time various
past recommendations about recruitment of minorities
in the police force and ensuring a composite
representation in police stations is seriously
implemented.

LESSER REPRESENTATION
IN GOVT. JOBS
Another major problem is lack of proportionate
representation in public jobs e.g. law enforcing agencies,
administrative set ups and policy making. The political
milieu just after the partition was such that made Muslims
feel so demoralized that they could not dare ask the
question as to why the doors of govt. jobs were barred to
them after the independence. The Muslim civil servants
similarly were not to be appointed on sensitive posts and
extra caution had to be used for issuing even passports to
them. The trend still continues but with slight variations.
The strength of Muslims in thepolice and state
paramilitary forces was deliberately reduced to the extent
that their representation is very low.

LOW INCOME AND LACK OF

MECHANISM OF FINANCIAL HELP
Another problem of Muslim community is its low income.
Although the economic and social situation of Muslims is
not the same throughout India, one cannot deny the fact
that poverty and lack of genuine financial recourses are
hampering
socio-educational
development
of
the
community at every step. In modern Industries and trades,
except for some isolated instances, Muslims had nor owned
large scale industries or business and are found lacking in
high entrepreneurial traits. In a group of 2832 Industrial
houses each with the sales of 50 million and more the
Muslims have only four units. The houses allotted to
Muslims by Government to middle and lower income
groups the percentage of Muslim allottee is barely 2.%.

EDUCATIONAL BACKWARDNESS
Muslim minority constituting 15% of the entire population
and is educationally the worst off. Any democratic society
where such a large number of people are steeped in
illiteracy, poverty and backwardness is doomed to disaster.
Such a large percentage of backward people will be a
milestone round the neck of the nation and their
backwardness will impede progress of all. This fact of
educational and economic backwardness of the Muslims has
been conclusively established in several reports and
surveys. The Gopal Singh Report, the Reports of 43rd
Round and the 55th Round of the National Sample Survey
and the Programme for Action under the New Education
Policy of 1986 clearly show that the Muslim minority is
educationally most backward segment of the nation.

LITERACY LEVEL

DISTRIBUTION OF ENROLED MUSLIM

CHILDREN

MUSLIMS IN CIVIL SERVICES

CIRCULAR IMPACT
Backwardness is circular in nature. If a community is
educationally backward, it also becomes economically
backward and the economic backwardness leads to
social backwardness which in turn reinforces
educational backwardness. And so this circular motion
goes on throwing the community in pitiless poverty. In
the world today, educational progress aims at
establishment of a knowledge society which creates
what may be called knowledge economy where the
human brain is the capital Muslim backwardness in
education keeps them away from knowledge economy
and further pushes them in the abyss of poverty.

LACK OF SYMPATHY TOWARDS

RELIGIOUS PRACTICES OF MUSLIMS
There are Muslims cultural and identity crises,
including those fear-psycho cases among Muslims
themselves and the factual ones. From physical
look, dress code, religiouspractices and even
language like Urdu (which was wrongly taken to be
Muslim exclusive) there appears a confrontation
among majority and minority communities in the
country. There is also the more sinister danger of
actual history being changed orimportant
chapters being omitted and Muslim culture, period
of rule being depicted in official textbooks as
barbaric and communal.

BIAS OF MEDIA TOWARDS

MUSLIMS AND NO ACTION
TAKEN BY STATE

We learn of the most compelling stories of injustice and

brutality as Muslims struggle for self-dignity and
identity. A few of the images that are shown on
television and the reports in the press confirm for us
the plight of the Muslims . Regularly it is the practice to
show a terrorist branding a gun and a mosque or any
other religious symbol in the background so that the
normal viewer/reader can easily identify the man as a
Muslim, and hence to start cursing the Muslims in
general. There are no serious efforts undertaken ever
by the State to curb such subtle communal projections
in print and electronic Media by means of legislation or
model code.

SUGGESTIONS

POLICY MAKING

ADIVISORY COMMITTEE ON
MINORITIES
Constitute
an
Advisory
Committee
comprising
of
Eminent
Theologians,
Intellectuals, Academicians, legal Experts,
Former Civil Servants, Journalists, Social
Activists, Human Rights Activists etc. to
evolve the policies for Minorities.
Constitute State and Dist. level monitoring
Committees for better and prompt
implementation of programmes and
policies.

PREVENTION OF ATROCITIES
Minorities are soft target of Communal
Forces. Now a days they are attacking for
being a Non Hindu, their religious
structures are demolishing.
There is an urgent need to have a
comprehensive act to protect them from
various type of Atrocities.
legislation on prevention of atrocities
against Minorities on par with the law
related to Scs/Sts.

PROTECTION OF WAQF PROPERTIES

More than 60% Waqf Properties
grabbed.
Restoration of all Waqf Properties
encroached/grabbed/utilized/retained
and alienated by State Government
is necessitated
Reconcile Revenue records of Waqf
Properties
based
on
generic
documents.

BACKLOGGING OF FUNDS
Backlogging of fund meant for
minorities.
if funds not utilized by the minorities
organizations and departments,
instead of returning the outstanding
amount, it should be retain with
concerned dept/org for the utilization
in corresponding year.

INNOVATIVE INITIATIVES
INNOVATIVE INITIATIVES

MINORITIES INDUSTRIAL FINANCE

CORPORATION
Establish Minorities Industrial Finance
Corporation with corpus fund of 200400 crores rupees to encourage
micro and cottage industries
amongst Minorities. There is
provision to provide up to 50 lakhs
rupees loan without collateral
security.

STATE WAQF DEVELOPMENT

CORPORATION
To Develop Waqf Properties,
Establishment of State Waqf
Development Corporation on par with
National Waqf Development Corporation
with 500-1000 is Essential.
There are dozens of dozens Waqf
Properties in Prime locations spread in all
over Telangana. It can generate income
for Waqf Board to become self-reliant.

MINORITIES HOUSING
CORPORATION
Ratio of Minorities particularly
Muslims in Housing Schemes both in
Rural and Urban are negligible.
Establish Minorities Housing
Corporation with 300-500 Crores
corpus fund.

ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCE
Establish an Academy of Excellence
for Meritorious Students belongs to
Minority Communities.
This Initiative facilitates the Minority
Community Students to take
admission into Premier Educational
Institutions of the Country.

SKILL DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY

Youths belongs to Minorities
particularly Muslims are uneducated.
Due to lack of Skill Development
Institutions and poor economic
conditions they are not able to
become professional artisans.
Establish Skill Development Academy
to train youths belong to Minority
communities.

COTTAGE INDUSTRIES
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR
WOMEN

Women of Minorities particularly

Muslim
Community
are
not
participating in economical activities
but are interested to work from their
homes.
Establish
Cottage
Industries
Development Corporation for Women
of minorities and form local groups to
start Cottage Industries from their
homes.

URDU SCHOOLS OF EXCELLENCE

Establish Urdu School of Excellence
in each District with collaboration of
Moulana Azad National Urdu
University to rejuvenate Urdu
Language.
Earmark 200-300 crore rupees each
year to construct buildings and for
providing basic infrastructures.

QQSUDA & SETWIN

Quli Qutub Shah Urban Development
Authority and SETWIN are most
neglected Organizations of State .
Provide special budget provision to
strengthen QQSUDA & SETWIN to
develop basic amenities in Old City of
Hyderabad and provide technical
courses for Old City Youths

DAIRAT UL MAARIF
Dairat ul Maarif is a renowned Arabic
Institution of Muslim World and
Internationally recognized for its
fabulous job in past.
Enhance grant in aid to Dairat ul
Maarif up to 50 crore per annum.

WOMAN HOSPITALS IN MUSLIM

AREAS
Muslims woman are very demure.
They eschew to diagnose with male
doctors.
There is an urgent need to establish
Hospitals exclusive for Women where
all staff should be female and
provision of special departments of
gynecology.

SCHEMES TO BE INTRODUCE

HELTH & LIFE INSURANCE SCHEMES

Launch health and life insurance
Schemes for Minorities school going
girl child, self help group women and
old age people as well.
Provide nutritious food to pregnant
women belong to Minority
Communities.

INFRASTRUCTUREDEVELOPMENT
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STRENGHTENING OF DEENI
MADRASAS
Significant number of Muslim pupils are
imparting education in Deeni Madrasas.
Instead of providing Govt. aid to Deeni
Madaris
provide
basic
infrastructure
facilities in and around the Religious
Institutions and one time aid without
interfering the management of these
Institutions.
Provide scholarships to Students of Deeni
Madaris.

UNEMPLOYMENT ALLOWANCE
Job opportunities in Government for
Minorities Educated Youths are very
less. They are not welcomed in
Private Sector and Multi National
Companies.
Provide Unemployment Allowance for
Graduates.

LOANS
LOANSTO
TOMINORITIES
MINORITIES
As per Master Circular of RBI, all
Bankers have to provide 15% in
Priority Sector lendings to Minorities.
Bankers are providing fraudulent
data in SLBC Meetings to stultify
Minorities and State and Central
Governments as well.
Organize Loan Mela at Mandal level
in every 3 months to help
beneficiaries.

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