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I corroborate.

During my good old days in Chennai mid 90s i remember reading an article by Mr Asghar Ali Engineer in 'The Hindu' about 'backward muslims' being persecuted by 'Upper caste Muslims'. Probably searching the archives, one could pickup the article.

Also one of my Muslim friends while discussing Pakistan also mentioned the casteism prevalent in Pakistan amongst Muslims. And similar to the rediff article he did mention that 'Syeds' are among the "Upper Caste" Muslim clan.

The third 'evidence' (???) i can relate is mention of casteism in Musharaff's book.

So the guys who take the 'anti-Hindu' plank on the pretext of casteism would do well to take note of this.

[xochex]

PPl who didnt utter single word on Jammu CM , Former CM for communalising the issue claimed it was BJP communalising it......Lets not forget while SIMI was banned newspaper wrote against it. When Malegon blast they accused Hindus. The weakness we have is we are taking things seriously. We have to express our protest on eac issue where facts is ignored; where assumptions are made and where guessing work is done by the selfish ppl.

Praveen,
Forget other countries. Within India, do you think the threat posed by Islamic Fundamentalism is fully recognised ? We have an UP Chief Minister who gives a clean chit to SIMI, we have a Left Front (sob's) which didn't utter a word when 200 lives were lost in Mumbai blasts, we have a former & current CM of J&K pleading for clemency for Afzal, i mean the list is endless. Instead of clamouring for international support, the need of the hour is for the Indian Govt to first accept that there is a problem & then evolve a strategy to contain, mitigate & eliminate terrorism of any kind. India is behaving like a cry baby while what the citizens expect is a firm, iron-handed response. Especially if India wants to be a UN Security Council Member & play a more meaningful role in the international arena, it should first demonstrate that it has the willingness & the wherewithal to put it's own house in order first.