What sir syed ahamad believe were 2 mian obstacles to good relations between the british and Muslim?

Answer 1

I guess it was the lack of educaion in muslims which made them less apreciatable as compare to hindus futhermore, the differences between their religons as the muslims thought that the british were trying to convert them to Christianity.

another reason can also be that the british thought that muslims were the only people to be blamed for the revolt of 1857 and were an untrustworthy society.

Answer 2

Sir Syed believed that the position of the Muslims in the subcontinent could only be improved if relations with the British were improved and Muslims gained higher-quality education. There were two major obstacles to good relations. ... As a result they carried out policies of repression against the Muslims after 1857,The concern of this chapter, as that of the book as a whole, is to explore contemporary relationships between Muslim minorities and the state, with a particular focus upon structural and cultural dynamics.1 In this regard the case of Britain is illustrative. This is because an analysis of political and institutional responses to Muslim “difference” in Britain details a pattern of engagement that has evolved over a period of time. This can be framed in terms of rising agendas of racial equality and multiculturalism to which Muslims have become central—even while they have challenged important aspects of these. This implies that these developments have neither been linear nor unproblematic, and have been characterized by various ongoing contestations and revisions.2 According to some authors, what this engagement has accomplished presently looks to be in retreat and at best remains uncertain.3 Indeed, Prime Minister Cameron in particular has, since his time in opposition, characterized British multiculturalism as a “barrier” dividing British society.4 Subsequently, in office, he has argued that “the doctrine of ‘state multiculturalism’ has encouraged culturally different people to live apart from one another and apart from the mainstream.”5 Perhaps seeking to stake out a British Leitkultur, Cameron has also complained that multiculturalism has led to the minimization of Christianity as a guiding public ethos, and has “allowed segregated communities to behave in ways that run completely counter to our values and has not contained that extremism but allowed it to grow and prosper.”6