The Book of Life

ARTICLES OF WISDOM perspective, they adopted a negative approach. As a result, an entire generation of Muslims was left educationally deprived. In this respect, the people of Japan proved wiser than the Muslims of India. OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT I n the 1986–87 Civil Service examinations, around 94,000 candidates from across the country appeared in the preliminary test. Out of these, only ten thousand qualified for the main examination. After this stage, 1,700 candidates were selected for interviews. Finally, 855 candidates were declared successful for the highest national services. The final result was published in newspapers on 8 June 1987, along with the list of successful candidates. People noticed that after such a long process of testing and selection, the very first name on the list of those chosen for the civil services was “Aamir Subhani (b. 1964)”. He had secured the top rank in this prestigious national examination. This single incident is enough to prove that Muslims in this country have open opportunities for the highest levels of success. No prejudice or bias blocks their path to progress. Muslims make up about 12 percent of India’s total population. By this ratio, at least one hundred Muslims