‘Condition of Muslims worse than SC, STs’

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Aligarh, Feb 4: Muslims in India are even less privileged than members of scheduled caste and scheduled tribes as they enjoy neither equity nor equality of opportunity, a noted British scholar said here Monday.
Delivering Sir Syed Memorial Lecture at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) here, Gordon Campbell, Professor of Renaissance Studies at Leicester University in UK, said the condition of Muslims, especially in the field of education, had worsened “in the seven years since the Sachar Committee


Report was published”.
“Muslims have been marginalized and have limited access in the field of mainstream education and public sector employment in the country,” said Campbell, who is also the founding Chairman of the Consortium of British Universities in Saudi Arabia.
He, however, lauded some recent initiatives in the sphere of education of Muslims, particularly AMU's decision “to establish centres of higher education in minority dominated areas of the country including Malappuram and Murshidabad”.
He said the establishment of these centres was a “bold initiative” taken by the university.
Referring to the policies followed by AMU's founder Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, Campbell said some people attribute origins of the two nation theory, which ultimately led to the creation of Pakistan, to him.
He, however, pointed out “Sir Syed Ahmad Khan believed in peaceful co-existence and that Hindus and Muslims should form one nation”.

Lastupdate on : Mon, 4 Feb 2013 21:30:00 Makkah time
Lastupdate on : Mon, 4 Feb 2013 18:30:00 GMT
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