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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.

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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%.


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