Where do Muslim stand?

Some Eye opening facts

 

Findings of a High Powered Committee appointed by Govt. of India.

 

POVERTY:-

• 94.9% Muslims live below the poverty line.

• Monthly per capita expenditure of Muslims is much lower than the national average.

• Majority of Muslim families in rural areas do not receive food grain.

• One out of every three Muslim family in rural areas survives on less than US $6 per month.

EDUCATION:-

• Socio-Economic status of Muslim is worse than Dalits.

• 25% Muslim children belonging to the 6-14 year age groups either drop out or never attend school in their locality.

• Drop out  rates  are  higher  at  primary, middle and higher secondary levels.

• In premier colleges only 1 out of 25 under graduate and 1 out of 50 for post- graduates is a Muslim.

• Only  3%  of   Muslim  children  among   the  school  going  age  go  to  Madarsas.

• Access to Govt. school for Muslim  girls  is  limited.

 

JOBS:-

• 3% or less in army forces, 7% in public administration, 5% in railways and 3.5%  in  banking.

 

HIGHER LEVEL JOB:-

• 2.27% - I.A.S, 3.65% -  I.P.S, 0.1% - Police Chiefs, 6.26% - Judiciary

 

Other Findings:-

• Only 3.2% Muslims get subsidized loan.

• Just 1.9% of the community benefit from Antyodaya Anna Yojana Scheme, a pro-gramme meant to prevent starvation among the poorest of poor by providing food grain at a subsidized rate.

• 60.2% Muslim do not have any land in rural area, so majority is doing agriculture labour.

• Just 2.1% of Muslim farmers have tractors.

• Muslim access to govt. sponsored welfare project in India is limited.

• Largest proportion of Muslim is without access to basic services.

• Houses allotted by state govt. to Muslims in lower and middle income groups are just 2.86% of the total, and licenses for “Fair Price” shops are 6.9% of the total.

• Muslim workers get lower daily wages in both public and private sector.

 

ONLY PLACE WHERE MUSLIMS CAN CLAM A GREATER SHARE IN PROPORTION TO THEIR POPULATION IS IN PRISON

 

This is the position attained by Muslims in sixty years of freedom. Allah  (SWT) knows best how low we will further sink, if we do not work, collectively, for betterment of the community. Instead of looking to others to solve our problems, will it not be better if  we depend on our own resources and strength?

            Being owners of more than 600,000 acres of prime wakf properties, Muslims as a community had plenty of resources in India at the time of independence, yet now they belong to the poorest section of the country. The  Book value of wakf properties has been estimated  to be equal to approximately 6,000 crores of rupees, which at present can generate an income of Rs. 163 crores annually. Unsatisfactory Management and large scale encroachment have made most of these wakf properties value less. If we can commercially exploit these prime properties and manage our Zakat and Sadqa, then community will not need to look elsewhere for resources. The community will also have to decide how the money should be used that is lying unused in the banks because of sharia restrictions, such as rupees 3,.900 crores of interest money in Kerala banks. About 200 crores yearly donation in Dargah of Ajmer Sharif is used by khadims. Can not be utilized for welfare of Muslims.

 

ACTION PLAN

 

Faiz-e-Aam Muslim Educational  Society was mainly established to promote education and eradicate illiteracy among Muslims in rural areas. While working towards illiteracy, extensive all round poverty was found in rural areas. Since without poverty alleviation the promotion of education is a difficult task, it was decided to work among Muslims living below the poverty line, and to help the weak, the underprivileged and deprived make their lives better. The society is now trying to break the vicious circle of deprivation that leads to more poverty with every new generation.

Our belief is that ‘not every thing that is faced can be changed but nothing can be changed until it is faced’. Therefore we collect Zakat and Sadqa and disburse it through well devised schemes. Believing also that Zakat should not create dependency and take away and individual’s initiative to break the wall of poverty, our effort is to assist through small loans for establishing various small businesses.

An overview of our efforts is as follows:-

 

 

Brief profile of Activities-year 2006-07

 

 

 

SADQA

Sadqah protects from calamity, extinguishes sin as water extinguishes fire and it will shade on the day of resurrection.

 

“The most excellent sadqah consists in your satisfying a hungry stomach”.

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“Sadqah appeases the Lord and averts anger an evil death”.

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“Give the Sadqah without delay for it stands in the way of calamity”.

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“Every act of goodness is Sadaqah”.

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