Question

You are participating in a debate where you have to provide reasons to support the following statement, “Muslims are a marginalized community”. Using the data provided in this chapter, list two reasons that you would give.

Answer 1

Following figures suggest that Muslims are a marginalized community:

• Literacy rate among Muslims is 59%; compared to 65% among Hindus, 80% among Christians, 70% among Sikhs, 73% among Buddhists and 94% among Jains.
• Muslim’s representation in the esteemed IAS (Indian Administrative Service) cadre is just 3%.