[Reader-list] India state-run banks 'turn away Muslims': BBC

[TaraPrakash]

I didn't know a poor Indian who is not a muslim is invited, offered 
breakfast and tea along with an easy account. I wonder what religion are the 
bollywood Khans who make billions. Do they have trouble opening bank 
accounts?

It's high time Javed, you start forwarding emails asking for one more 
Pakistan. I will be with those who ask for a new country as long as they 
promise that every Muslim will be treated equally in that country.

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> India state-run banks 'turn away Muslims'
> By Sanjoy Majumder BBC News, Delhi
>
> State-owned banks in India have been accused of discriminating against
> the country's Muslim minority.
>
> India's minorities watchdog has received a record number of complaints
> from Muslims who say they have been prevented from opening bank
> accounts.
>
> India's Muslim community is among the poorest in the country.
>
> Some bankers say it is not so much their religious background, but
> their economic status that makes it hard for Muslims to get banking
> facilities.
>
> The National Commission of Minorities says that there has been a 100%
> increase in the number of complaints it has received over the past
> year from Muslims who say they are being prevented from opening
> accounts in state-run banks.
>
> Reports say the worst case took place in the southern state of Andhra
> Pradesh, where some 90,000 Muslim students were unable to open
> accounts to deposit scholarship cheques given to them by the
> government.
>
> Official reports frequently put Muslims at the bottom of India's
> social and economic ladder - even beneath than low-caste Hindus.
>
> Their economic status means they are often excluded by private banks,
> which prefer more well-to-do clients.
>
> Already a number of reports have suggested that India's Muslims fare
> poorly when it comes to getting access to quality education or
> employment opportunities.
>
> This latest finding will add more pressure on a government which is
> seen as doing very little for the country's largest minority group.
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10718243
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