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Not a matter of religion
Issue Date: Dec 31, 2008
The reasons why Indian Muslims lag in education need to be understood
The recent terrorist attacks have again led to fingers of accusations being pointed at Muslims. And when the spotlight is on the community, its
educational backwardness inevitably becomes a matter of discussion. Some hold that the root of Muslim educational backwardness is Islam
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Issue Date: Jun 15, 2007
>> A report released on May 7 by the pressure group, Media Matters for America, says minorities and women get less space in prime-time news
programmes in the us. The three-week study said most of the hosts and guests on the shows at msnbc, Fox News and cnn were white males. On some networks women representation was 18
per cent. > On May 8, Friends of the Earth, Europe, said it would approach European regulators against a Royal Dutch Shell Plc advertisement, which says
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