This fraud is trying to make Gujarat look like heaven for its 9% Muslims. Guj Muslims face unique problems due to combination of Hindutva terrorism, social exclusion & ghettoisation. Acc to Sachar Comm report, Muslims are under-represented in most state govt depts. Low levels +
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2. of education also don't help fix this problem & 24% urban Muslims in Gujarat live below the poverty line. There is an element of truth behind comparison of Gujarat & WB/Assam. However, he fails to mention that post 2002 genocide, Muslims didn't have faith in the regime & +
3. started their own educational institutions. The no. of Muslim schools in Gujarat rose to 700 & Muslim NGOs have been working hard to stop the dropout rate. Muslims are fighting back the Hindutva govt apartheid thru education. It is the effort of the community in helping +
4. Muslims come up in these adverse conditions. In fact after the pogrom, Modi denied even basic amenities to the relief camps all over Gujarat & people continue to fight for survival even today. In 2002 thousands of Muslim victims were made to leave relief camps that were shut+
5. down by Modi in March 2002. Gujarat HC had to step in to ensure no camps were further shut. If it wasn't for the NGOs, thousands more people would be on the streets back then. Even today, after getting education, good jobs, Muslims can't LEGALLY buy property in modern part of+
6. most cities under the "Disturbed Areas Act". The segregation & subjugation is legal in Gujarat. Muslims are doing better in Gujarat than WB/Assam not BECAUSE of the govt but DESPITE the discriminatory Govt. They are fighting hard.
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