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Thursday, January 12, 2012
Clues as to why this old scab is being picked again now are not hard to find. The state assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, where Deoband is based, 100 miles northeast of Delhi, are being held on 4 March. Muslims in the province, who number just over 18% of the total 1.028 million inhabitants, have been promised a controversially high 9% sub-quota of seats out of a total of 27% reserved for groups officially designated "backward". Nomani's call may just be muscle-flexing as the wrangling heats up. Yet for other-worldly Deoband it is usually the honour of Islam rather than overt political gain that is at stake, as it tends to shun politics. -- 
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