Opportunities for Everyone in the Modern Age

OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYONE IN THE MODERN AGE I witnessed something of the same sort during this trip to Switzerland when I met an Arab Muslim there. He was an educated person, but he seemed to be a victim of a sense of despair. He presented a dark picture of the present-day Muslim world. For example, he said that he had come across a book in English that said that the Muslims of India were a deprived lot and that they had been rendered ineffective in the country’s democracy. The name of the book, he said, was Passive Voices. I replied to this man, saying that I had seen the book but that it did not present an accurate picture of the Indian Muslims. If he had an interest in the subject, I suggested, he could go to India and survey the Muslims there. For example, he could ask the Muslims he met how their economic conditions were in 1947 and how they are now. He would be surprised to find that almost every person would reply that compared to 1947, their economic conditions were much better now. Similarly, if he were to survey mosques, madrasas, and Muslim institutions in India