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No, the treatment of Muslims by the British after 1857 was not justified at all. Even though other communties also suffered because of the consequences of the War of Independence, Muslims were treated especially brutally. As the British knew that India was mainly taken from Muslims and they feared that they would take it back from them. They also thought that Muslims were 'not trustworthy' and recruited men from mostly from other groups. Other than that Muslims were not offered high profile job opportunities. Although no Indian had good jobs in the

government most of them belonged to Hindus studied from 'English type' schools. The British kept the Muslims illiterate, to keep Muslims from gaining public office and withdrew funding from Muslim schools and Muslim education declined.

A well-known British historian of India wrote at the time:

"There is scarcely a Government office in Calcutta in which a Muslim can hope for any post above the rank of a porter, messenger, filler of inkpots or mender of posts."

Thus the Muslims suffered due to the British rule and unjustly deprived of their rights.

This way they not only separated the Muslim community from the Hindus they also helped in dividing these communities and causing social dislike among eachothet.

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