Social Exclusion Influencing Economic Conditions among Minorities: A Comparative Study between Muslims and Christians Communities in Taxila

The aim of the present study was to find out the social exclusion and its impact on economic conditions among the Muslims and Christian communities in Taxila. One hundred respondents of the each category were selected through purposive sampling technique. Interview schedules were administered to collect relevant information from the respondents. An effort has been made to measure the level of social exclusion of Muslims and Christians community and to quantify the economic conditions of both the communities in Taxi/a city. Finally, an attempt has been made to find whether there is an association between social exclusion and their economic conditions. The finding of the research after data analysis by using SPSS 16.00 depicts that Christians were having the poor economic condition as compared to Muslims. They are being excluded in different spheres of life. Christians are being discriminated just because of their religious differences. The main reason of the poor economic condition of Christian is their deprivation and exclusion from the mainstream population.