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An open letter to Malaysian Indians « Horizon Timur — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:24:51 +0000

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By: Sharique

Sharique — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 12:01:34 +0000

Nitin,
When it comes to education muslims are wary but when it comes to health care they are not! I sometimes wonder why a muslim is involved in every social crime, irrespective of quranic teachings but when it comes to education and being open minded, he quotes distorted islamic verses to stay away from them.
Obviously backwardness of muslims in education cannot be due to discrimination by government…its something innate in every muslim!!

By: Nitin

Nitin — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 06:15:34 +0000

Sharique,

Yes. Both public health and education are provided by the state. Why are the data not correlated?

By: Sharique

Sharique — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 04:50:53 +0000

Nitin,
The answer in contained in the your comment

Muslims generally lived in large villages and in urban centres where they had better access to emergency obstetrics care.

And if you are surprised that in spite of this fact why Muslims are backward in education then its a different issue.

By: Nitin

Nitin — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 09:26:01 +0000

Adnan,

Perhaps you could explain this in a subsequent post:

ven though an estimated 78,000 women died while giving birth to about 26 million children in India during 2004, statistics show that the maternal mortality had dropped by 24 percent between 1997-98 and 2001-2003.

Religious indicators show that MMR is estimated highest among women of STs (652) and SCs (584) compared to other Hindu castes. Hindus in general have been found having higher MMR (573) and Muslims just (384).

Anthropologist PN Mari Bhat said the unusual low MMR among Muslims was puzzling. He, however, believed that it could be because Muslims generally lived in large villages and in urban centres where they had better access to emergency obstetrics care.

According to an official survey, Muslims also fared better than Hindus in terms of IMR. The IMR for Hindus stood at 77 per thousand, much higher than Muslims (59 per 1,000). Christians have the lowest at 49 per 1,000 [DT]

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Blogbharti » More Muslims in jails — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 11:16:41 +0000

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