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Muslims and dalits
by uma
06:33pm - 7th November, 2007
Now, Muslims refuse food cooked by Dalit
From the Times of India
PATNA: Dozens of Muslim students of a government-run Urdu school in a Bihar village have refused to take mid-day meals cooked by a Dalit woman.
“We will not touch the food. There is no question of taking food cooked by a woman belonging to the scheduled caste,” said Nurjahan Bano, an eight-year-old student of Amri Urdu middle school in Rohtas district. Md Aslam Ansari, a teacher in the school, admitted that Muslim students were not eating mid-day meals for nearly a month. “It is an unfortunate thing,” he said. “All the Muslim students of the school refused to eat food cooked by a Dalit woman,” villager Naushad Alam said. There are over 100 students in the school. He blamed some parents for the decision.
“Last month, only a few students refused to eat food cooked by a Dalit woman but later most of the students followed them,” he said.
http://www.dalitnetwork.org/go?/dfn/news/2007/06/
by uma
06:33pm - 7th November, 2007
Now, Muslims refuse food cooked by Dalit
From the Times of India
PATNA: Dozens of Muslim students of a government-run Urdu school in a Bihar village have refused to take mid-day meals cooked by a Dalit woman.
“We will not touch the food. There is no question of taking food cooked by a woman belonging to the scheduled caste,” said Nurjahan Bano, an eight-year-old student of Amri Urdu middle school in Rohtas district. Md Aslam Ansari, a teacher in the school, admitted that Muslim students were not eating mid-day meals for nearly a month. “It is an unfortunate thing,” he said. “All the Muslim students of the school refused to eat food cooked by a Dalit woman,” villager Naushad Alam said. There are over 100 students in the school. He blamed some parents for the decision.
“Last month, only a few students refused to eat food cooked by a Dalit woman but later most of the students followed them,” he said.
http://www.dalitnetwork.org/go?/dfn/news/2007/06/