03-02-2007, 06:22 AM
http://www.samachar.com/features/200206-features.html
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->In an interview to Radiance, the <b>Jamaat-e-Islami </b>weekly, <b>Khalidi gave a taste of his agenda.</b> â<b>We need Muslim-majority districts</b> for three reasons. First, <b>concentrated areas provide security.</b> Second, they provide an <b>environment that is conducive to our cultural independence.</b>
Third, they provide a political base through which our people can be elected. At present, constituencies have been created in a way that our numbers donât add up to elect adequate legislators.â
<b>Khalidi suggested a Deccan province by merging Hyderabad, Rangareddy and Gulbarga districts</b>, an <b>Urdu-speaking state covering Kishanganj, Katihar and Purnea districts in Bihar.</b> âThere are regions in Bengal and Uttar Pradesh where Muslims can be in majority.
Though a large number of Muslims would still be left out, <b>having these strongholds is important</b> for their future. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->In an interview to Radiance, the <b>Jamaat-e-Islami </b>weekly, <b>Khalidi gave a taste of his agenda.</b> â<b>We need Muslim-majority districts</b> for three reasons. First, <b>concentrated areas provide security.</b> Second, they provide an <b>environment that is conducive to our cultural independence.</b>
Third, they provide a political base through which our people can be elected. At present, constituencies have been created in a way that our numbers donât add up to elect adequate legislators.â
<b>Khalidi suggested a Deccan province by merging Hyderabad, Rangareddy and Gulbarga districts</b>, an <b>Urdu-speaking state covering Kishanganj, Katihar and Purnea districts in Bihar.</b> âThere are regions in Bengal and Uttar Pradesh where Muslims can be in majority.
Though a large number of Muslims would still be left out, <b>having these strongholds is important</b> for their future. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->