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Modern society leaves Indian Muslims behind

Published: 15 June, 2010, 10:23
Edited: 16 June, 2010, 08:20

Although home to a Hindu majority, India has a Muslim population of some 150 million complaining of few job opportunities, or even the chance of a decent education.

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The Old Man June 15, 2010, 15:32 quote

What is suprising is not that this is happening, but that given the great differences between the Hindu and Islamic faiths, and the strained relationships between Muslim Pakistan and Hindu India, there is not more discrimination taking place.

Ali June 15, 2010, 21:23 quote

India is the worst place on the planet if you are not a Hindu. Hindu's behave like animals they burn Christian Missionaries. They also burn Hindus that covert to other faiths. It seams world is obsessed with the so-called Islamic fundamentalism and is complete oblivious about all the abuses that Muslims suffer in everyone corner of the globe. Particularly Muslim suffer greatly the so-called the democratic nations of the world Western Europe, United States and India.

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