Comments on: Is Wipro halal?

By: Achax

Achax — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 11:49:51 +0000

Wrong! As someone mentioned in the thread, he is a Khoja Ismaili which means Ismaili Nizari (headed by the Aga Khan). There is a Khoja Ithna Ashari sect also ( which Jinnah seems to have joined after being born Ismaili) but this has few people of significance in India. Ithna Ashari is otherwise the mainstream twelver Shia sect in India (similar to Iranian and Iraqi Shias) but Indian Ithna Asharis have never been known to participate in any terrorist violence ever and are a somewhat effete community. There are few prominent Isna Asharis in India outside the film industry. They generally sit in their havelis and mope about times gone by. Typical Isna Ashari names are Rizvi, Naqvi, Abdi, Zaidi, Bilgrami etc. Good people. Many married Hindus. Unlike Sunnis, do not insist on Hindus converting. Moderate, gentle, educated and tolerant but terrible underachievers unlike the Ismailis, who include Premji, Khorakiwalla (wockhardt), Hamied (Cipla), Air Chief Marshal Latif (Suleymani Bohra), Dr. Salim Ali (also Suleymani), Badr ud Din Tyabji (Sulaeymani) and thousands of highly successful Dawoodi Bohras plus hundreds of successful Aga Khani (Nizari) Khojas.

All Islamic terrorist acts in India have been carried out by Sunnis alone.

By: James

James — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 14:51:30 +0000

Actually Azim Premji is a Khoja – Shia Ithna-asherry which is a tiny group of about 100,000 people around the globe and happens to be one of the richest people’s.

By: Zorl

Zorl — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:54:45 +0000

In my opinion i think that the elites and middle classes left for Pakistan because they could. Leaving behind the poor and uneducated of most rural areas. These becoming insular places with a village mentality. The imams left just have no idea how to deal with a rapidly changing world, since most rural folk cant really read nor write, they follow them because thats all they know which means, and also the fact they have no other role models which in turn means they will be left behind!

Its not race or religion that holds anyone back, its ignorance and lack of education.

By: LapDance

LapDance — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 21:06:10 +0000

Wrong answer! Classic Indianizm...answer has nothing to do with the question! ha ha

Example:

Q: What is 1 + 1? A: India invented 0. We were very very rich thousands of years ago....

By: Nanda Kishore

Nanda Kishore — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:14:50 +0000

Does anyone know of the religious riots in China, Japan, or Western nations?

There are riots of all kinds in India and most of them are engineered by political outfits. It's as much a law and order issue as it's an issue of genuine prejudice and hatred. If you bothered to find out, you wouldn't ask irrelevant questions. WSJ, on the other hand, is supposed to enlighten its readers and is expected to have better insights. The fact that there are riots, not genocides, should also tell you something. Caste and poverty are entry barriers - I'm not sure religion is at all, but it could be in the unorganised sector. I'd like to know what barriers muslims face in getting a seat in a college or a job when they have the qualifications.

By: LapDance

LapDance — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:07:51 +0000

Does anyone know of the religious background of billionaires from China, Japan, or Western nations? Does anyone know of the religious riots in China, Japan, or Western nations?

By: Samir

Samir — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 10:13:36 +0000

@85

I dint rank them according to their wealth, I just listed the non Hindu Billionaires

Kushal Pal Singh(Sikh??) 10.0 Billion is not Sikh he is a Hindu Jat

By: Hardy

Hardy — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 04:20:19 +0000

62 Ardy,

More importantly from an Indian POV, after partition the Indian muslim middle class become very less. A bulk of Indian muslims were from the poor demography.

Ardy, it is better to say UP, Punjabi and Bengali Muslims rather than all Indian muslims, because they are not the same everywhere in India. For instance Muslims in Tamil Nadu are more prosperous than many of the Hindu communities.

By: JGandhi

JGandhi — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 03:12:47 +0000

"Those that dont....i would say Godrej falls into this category, will slowly fall out of favor and decline. "

Thang God. Godrej is responsible for and popularizing and manufacturing those ugly metal dressers Indian women love to use.

By: delirium tremens

delirium tremens — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:36:02 +0000

Recently in a conversation with a Puerto Rican co-worker, she mentioned how at her previous job she had a friend from India but he is muslim. To which I said "And, he is muslim" and had to spend the next hour edumacating.

As for bhasad in India, remember when Katrina happened and there was no law and order and all kinds of looting and chaos broke out? India has some how managed to function in a near katrina state 24/7. Something about chaos creating a vacuum in power, and some bad meteorological analogy of winds traveling from high pressure to low pressure seems in order.

Deliver me from equilibrium.