Re: OT: Perspective of the Indian Muslim?

On Dec 2, 6:42=A0pm, Mohan <nob...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> jzfredricks wrote:
> > On Dec 2, 9:24 pm, Amit <amit.ko...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> As i said it can mean the person wouldnt like to have non-veg eaters
> >> in his house. Som people consider it against their religious beliefs.
> >> Ofcoz Someone may entirely not like muslims too.
>
> > Well, the article the OP linked to said nothing about non-veg. It, and
> > other Indian posters here, clearly stated it was religious
> > discrimination.
>
> It is mostly to do with non-veg though. Most vegetarians don't rent out

In this case, it is most likely *not* to do with non-veg. The blogger
writes that he changed his name to a Christian-sounding one, and he
was given the apartment. Most Christians are also non-vegetarians. :-)

That said, housing is actually one area in which cosmopolitan,
developed, nations like the US also face discrimination. It hasn't
ever happened to me, but I have witnessed it several times. And
that too not in some podunk town in the middle of nowhere, but in
cosmopolitan places like LA and San Diego.

Heck, even my current landlady went over the "cooking odors"
clause in the lease in particular detail looking straight at me. I
didn't even notice it, but my wife is willing to bet that if I weren't
a
curry-muncher, that wouldn't have been the case.

There are also frequent radio commercials about this -
discrimination in renting an apartment/house is strictly illegal. I
don't think the concerned agencies/law-firms will be
advertising so much if it weren't a frequent occurence. This is
one particular problem for which people won't go to court even in
such a litigious country... Just not worth it. Just move over to the
next building and keep looking.

-Samarth.

> their houses to non-vegetarian hindus either. Veg or non-veg is the
> first question asked when renting a house. And even those who eat
> non-veg don't want beef to be cooked in their house which rules out most
> muslims.
>
> It happened to me when I was renting out my apartment. A muslim doctor
> couple approached the agent. I had no issues, but my in-laws were a bit
> hesitant and when probed by me they said that they will find it hard to
> eat anything cooked in that kitchen should we move into that house
> later. Knowing them, it is not like they have anything against muslims.
> It is just their religious beliefs. So, rather than having my wife
> complain for rest of the life that she can't even invite her parents for
> dinner at our place, I had to tell that doctor couple that the house is
> already taken.
>
> Mohan