Why are the Indian Muslims and the Muslims around the world backward?
By Vinod Kumar, November 2000 No sooner did the Ahmad Bukhari took the mantle of Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid of Delhi, he raised the Muslim bogey — “Muslims have been reduced to a pitiable condition”. Muslims feel their economic and educational backwardness is due to alleged discriminatory policies of the Indian government. Imam is Bukhari is not alone — it is a general perception among the Muslims and the charge has been leveled by many prominent Muslims from time to time. To address this issue of Muslim backwardness, let me go back to the days of Aurangzeb when the India has been ruled by the Muslims for almost five centuries — 479 years to be more exact. In the year 1671, Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb issued orders for the dismissal of all Hindu head clerks and accountants and replacing them by Muslims. Sadly, only to find out that there were not enough qualified Muslims. The emperor, later on, allowed half of these posts to be held by the Hindus. Lance Brennan, in his Research paper “T
