Can somebody please let me know details/good links on:

1. Uniform Civil Code - why Muslims oppose it?
2. Haj subsidies.. what exactly do they get?
3. Apparently only temple charities are taxed/money is taken by the GOI... this does not hold for madrassas, churches etc... does not apply to otehr religions.

Need info and links if possible.

Many of us are not aware of the information. I need this info to arm myself with facts.Thanks so much.

If all this is true why hasnt someone done a public interest litigation about unequal treatment meted out to Hindus esp in the case of the Haj subsidy and the taxation of temple funds?

AFAIK (As far as I know),
Hindu Temples (including funds donated to them) are managed by the Government whereas Christian/Muslim funds are not.

What we need is bigtime constitutional amendments, not PIL.

If only Hindu temple funds are managed by the GOI that in itself is discrimination isnt it? Any links on this?

http://www.rediff.com/news/2001/mar/13arvind.htm

Good article on the Haj subsidy by Arvind Lavakare

It goes against the constitution of India and is asecular to have such a Haj subsidy

For every Rs 100,000 a muslim spends on a Haj pilgrimage s/he gets Rs 20,000 as a subsidy

And for every Rs 100,000 a Hindu spends on Kasilash Manasarovar, s/he gets Rs 13,250

Both are asecular

Does anyone know?

Are there any other countries paying HAJ subsidy to minority muslim? (or is it only India in the world who pays this subsidy?)

I heard Pak does not pay subsidy for Haj pilgrim. Is this true?

Deva

>For every Rs 100,000 a muslim spends on a Haj pilgrimage s/he gets Rs 20,000 as a subsidy
And for every Rs 100,000 a Hindu spends on Kasilash Manasarovar, s/he gets Rs 13,250
Both are asecular

Do you have the numbers of pilgrims taking these trips? I recall reading the number is hugely tilted in favor of hajjis.

In addition, Hajj pilgrimage is not subsidised in Pakistan, as by their texts, the pilgrimage should be performed only if one (financially) can. Therefore subsidy has been deemed un-islamic.

Of course, the nation of world's most foolish politicians, India still keeps subsidies. Not to mention different laws for people of different religion. That's medieval!!

The following are the excertps from an interview with SRI SRI RAVISHANKAR JI.

'in karnataka we have 40,000 temples. The income from these temples is Rs 40 crores.Only Rs 50 lakhs is spent on the temples, the rest goes to the Government. Whereas grants are given to the minority communities[ to an extent of Rs 8 crores], while their income is only Rs 50 lakhs" pointed out the leading spiritual figure and ART OF LIVING Founder SRI SRI RAVI SHANKARJI.

'Those people who go to Kumbh Mela have to pay taxes./whereas people are given a grant to go to Haj; sri sri Ravi shankar observed.
from the monthly 'BHARATIYA PRAGNA'DT JUNE 2002.
www.pragna.org

Krishna Baalu Iyer.