'It's better to be a Muslim living in India' - India News - IBNLive
The ongoing crisis in Egypt is inviting reactions from communities all over the world. Amidst the day-long buzz of protests and violence, CNN-IBN tried to find out the reaction of young Muslims in India to Egypt unrest.Many young Muslim students feel violence is not the solution to the issues in Egypt.The way to go is to develop your country in such a way that you have things needed for a democratic setup. A prepared-mind, infrastructure etc are certain pre-requisites for a democratic setup. Removal of Mubarak may not be necessarily followed by democracy. There will another Hosni Mubarak after him," said Sadia Khan, a student of Islamic studies in Delhi.
When asked if dictatorship is a suitable alternative, a student explained that democracy has emerged from Islam and dictatorship is un-Islamic.
The Muslim youth categorically say it's much better to be a Muslim living in India than to be one living in the other Islamic countries. India has peace, freedom, education and opportunities. Which Muslim country has all of these together? said Sadia.
The Urdu media is also brimming with coverage of Egypt unrest. Shahnawaz Siddique, a senior editor in a Delhi-based Urdu daily Rashtra Sahara says his this weeks big focus is Egypt.
There is a very strong feeling against the western rulers in our reports as they are trying run puppet governments, said Siddique.
Shahnawaz said his sources of information include the internet and channels like Al Jazeera as they are from there (Middle East) and not so biased.