Why are the likes of Arif Mohd. Khan, M J Akbar, Shahid Siddiqui not the face of Indian Muslims?

Some friends feel that it is inappropriate to use Islam & Muslims as a separate category while writing on any issue. I wish it was so. At least, it has to be the ideal if we want to evolve as a strong nation. But this also means shying away from administering bitter pills in order that the patient doesn't feel bad.
What are the realities on the ground?
1. Muslim leadership is opposed to Common Civil Laws?
2. Irrespective of level of education, Muslims generally refuse to question, on public platforms at least, the strong connection between their Faith and their Politics.
3. Constituting nearly 20 percent of the population, they still are a minority in statutory terms and politically behave like a ghettoized community. If they are a minority, what about Sikhs and Parsis?
4. On any issue involving a Muslim, they respond in a chorus irrespective of merits on the ground. Their response to the SC's confirmation of the capital punishment to #YakubMemon is a case in point. Why was #BeingSalmanKhan forced to tweet opposing Yakub's punishment and later retract from the same?
5. Except for that in Turkey, Muslims have refused to hand over their leadership to the middle class. This has disallowed them from coming out of the clutches of the Ulema or the Clergy.What have they done to Janab Arif Mohammad Khan, one of the finest leaders belonging to the community? Others such as M J Akbar and Shahid Siddiqui have also met the same fate.

All this is also present in Hindus in some measure but nothing of this kind has got constitutional or statutory sanction. For example the Untouchability has been legally abolished, men-women given equal civil rights, etc. And, on issues of importance, Hindus don't move en block irrespective of merits on the ground.

The other point raised is: I am a Hindu and I should not poke my nose into the affairs of other religions. My answer to this is: If I follow this kind of advice, I am sure not doing my role as a citizen who is governed by the norms of the Constitution that is now our most sacred Veda/Koran/Bible/Azvesta/Guru Granth Saheb/Tree Pitika et al--- all put together. And, as a citizen it is my constitutional duty to raise the citizenship level of all my compatriots irrespective of caste, creed, religion, region, etc. I am not even ready to say that what I am doing should ideally be doing by Muslims. No, this argument will mean that ideally a Muslim should not be critiquing Hindus or members of other Faiths. I understand they are as much entitled to criticizing any aspect of Hindu ways of life as any Hindu/Christian/Buddhist/Sikh/Parsi/Jain/Atheist is.

The bottom line : It is statistically inappropriate and methodologically incorrect not to treat our Muslim brethren as a Psychological Ghetto until they refuse to treat themselves as such.

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