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  • Muslims Use Hindu Names to Survive

    08/24/2007 10:51:13 PM PDT · by Ghayyour · 54 replies · 1,760+ views
    AL ALAM ^ | August 25, 2007 | Rana Ghayyour
    CALCUTTA, India, Aug 24--Institutionalized discrimination against Muslims in India is promoting many Muslims to adopt Hindu names and identities just to be able to eke out a living. "Fifteen years ago, when I came to Calcutta in search of a job, almost all street restaurants in the city refused to employ me because I was a Muslim," Shaikh Salim told the Washington Times on Tuesday, August 21. "But soon I met a Muslim man who worked as a cook in a Hindu-owned restaurant under a Hindu identity. I followed his advice, picked up a Hindu identity, and soon an upper-class...