Re: Religious discrimination by the Hindus in India
Until ALL muslims in India underline thier identity as Indian first and then part of the muslim subset, thier economic and social progress is going to be much, much less than spectacular.
The very nature of democratic government in India makes it nessecary for the population to identify with being Indian first and then other subsets. The majority of the population (read Hindu) is more concerned with making ends meet and bettering thier own lives and everyone realises that it is important for thier own progress to identify with being Indian first. This majority expects that like themselves, all muslims to be Indian first and anything else afterwards to maintain a stable status quo and create conditions for progress.There is consternation when fundamentalist muslims deliberately do not identify with thier Indian-ness but align themselves with an ummah that very obviously does not support them in any tangible way. The ire of the Hindu's is raised when fundamentalist muslims make it a point to agitate for seperate legislation (refusal to follow a Uniform Civil Code), and underline thier "differences" from the rest of the population. Then there arises a social unofficial policy of "you dont want to play by the rules of the team, so we will not let you play at all" which stymies Muslim progress.
For the most part, Muslims in India, just want to get on with thier lives and identify with being Indian first and prosper accordingly, but the rather large and growing fundamentalist percentage will continue to be marginalised and unfortunately will continue to drag the rest of the rank and file regular Joe Indian Muslims back into poverty and backwardness.
When all muslims of India become comfortable in thier skins as being Indian and only then muslim, they will prosper as well as anyone else in India.