2009-10-05 05:50:34 - On Second day of the National Muslims meet organised by NGO Anhad,discussion continue to spot pertinnent issue related to the Identity of the Muslims in India, eminent speaker, Sohail Hasmi, Javed Naqvi, Shesh Narayan and Mohammed Shoaib,put up their discourse on the image of muslims in India created by the Bollywood films and the media is such that either a Muslim would be Mafia Don or would sacrifice his life for the majority’s Hindu Hero, hardly a Muslim who is professional and educated, who does not want to live in slums is shown.

Zaedi speaking to Nksagar said it also the lack of education and poverty in the community a reason for the poor and uneducated muslims becoming sacrifical goats and to be soft target.In this discussion,beyond the hall Mr N K Sagar persisted that "Muslim girl education is of parmount importance specailly professional education. She must have assess to polytechnic, for diploma in engineering, fashion design, information technology, computer study, Civil, mechanical, electronics subjects elevate the mind and help family to grow. Girls must be encouaged to take up to work on teaching profession, along with course on hotel mangment, food catering, events organiser, secretariate, personnel management,office mangement ,nurses all of short duration with subsidised fee bring better prosperity must be available

either by the Minority ministry, NGO or state initiated institituions."
Mr NK Sagar further said that "Kerala is model examples Nurses as national assets for making the state of Kerala,best in India must be folowed for girls child." Indian muslims in India must not forget that Icons,tennis star Sania Mirza, the scientist to President Abdul A.P.J. Kalam,Cricketer turn MP Azharudhin, Bollywood star Aamir Khan are not only national icon but are International role models."

In seminar discussion moved on the conservative indentity of muslims, sepaker said,there is this stereotypical image of the Muslim with beard, skull cap and shorter Pyjama who is Jihadi or a terrorist. It was also said that such a situation has arisen where Muslims have to depend on secular Hindus to put forward their concerns. Its like to survive on the mercy of the majority secular voices. But along with that there is also a challenge of modernisation before the Muslims. Concern was also paid to the fact that there is biasness in the reporting of the incidents vis-à-vis Muslims and Hindus if the incidents happen to be similar. While the Muslim accused and Victims would be addressed with certain kind of derogatory connotation; the identity of Hindu the accused and victim would always be concealed. Media portrays the glamorised the image of Jehad.

There were case studies depicting that the lands of quabristan were either encroached or if the Muslim community demanded land for Quabristan then no concern was paid by the system towards that. Here were the case studies from Goa and Gujarat, that if the people demanded for the land for quabristan they were even forced to evict the place of their residence.

In the name of Cow slaughter, many Muslims were put into the jail in various parts of India like in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh to name a few. Issue of cow slaughter has been used to fan the communal fire between the Hindus and Muslims.

The process of ghetoisation has not just polarised the cities like Bhopal and Ahmedabad, but also marginalised the population of Muslims economically. Attempts have been made by the government agencies to shatter the economic ties of the Muslims, and also to keep the Muslims backward in education. The educational institutions from the Muslims majority areas are shifted to the other far away places. Due to that education of the Muslim Girls is significantly affected adversely.

An activist from Bangalore put his concern that the hate campaign is on rise the capital city. Apart from that Moral Policing is used control spaces democratic public and cultural spaces. Girls and boys from the different communities are not allowed to interact. Orders of the State human rights Commission to contain such fundamentalist forces also has been overlooked by the law enforcing agencies in the state of Karnataka. Along with that there are the attempts by Bajarang Dal and Rama Sene like organisations to replicate the successful communal story in Karnataka.

Similarly the role of the apathetic role of the law enforcing agencies and the prejudices that are existing with in the system has helped in the breeding of systemic discrimination against the Muslims. Lastly, the noted Lawyer Vrinda Grover said that there is no provision of prosecution of the police officials if they were found to be involved in perpetuating the communal violence. System provides a blanket to those officials. She also emphasised that the definition of the Communal Violence has to be broadened to include persecution in the name of terrorism and encounters. Second day ended with the declaration of release of the recommendations by the panel tomorrow in the press conference.