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3 months ago

Muslim bodies present divergent views over Waqf bill amendments

A body of Pasmanda or backward Muslims offered broad support to the Waqf amendment bill but demanded inclusion of their representatives and women in waqf boards and waqf council, while the All India Muslim Personal Law board, a key body of the community, called the bill as a “strange exercise”. The AIMPLB said prior to the proposed Waqf amendment bill, …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Respite may still elude a beleaguered community

The Hindu

In November 1888, Lord Dufferin wrote, ‘Muslims of British India, a nation of 50 million reigned supreme from the Himalayas to Cape Comorin’. There is optimism that regional parties could act as a check on the propaganda machinery of the Hindutva right and its anti-Muslim biases, potentially curbing the Narendra Modi government’s pursuit of discriminatory policies against Muslims. No Muslim …

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7 months ago

Modi’s BJP wants the votes of India’s ‘Pasmanda’ Muslims. Will they bite?

Al Jazeera

Ahead of the national election, the party has tried to make inroads among the largest section of India’s 200 million Muslims. Even as its politics is driven by a Hindu majoritarian ideology, it has tried to make inroads with the largest section of India’s 200 million Muslims – the “Pasmandas”. “It’s because the people at the top have taken all …

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7 months ago

BJP’s own Pasmanda outreach in Bihar thrown off rails by pm Modi’s campaign speeches

The Hindu

In re-directing the BJP’s campaign after the first phase of voting, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has positioned himself and his party as the only ones capable of ‘rescuing’ reservations from Muslims for Dalits, Adivasis and OBCs, accusing the Congress of planning to give SC/ST/OBC quotas to Muslims. “Whenever we go into the community now and mention the PM, I am …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Caste survey and quota hike: Bihar starts political churn ahead of 2024 polls

Hindustan Times

PATNA: The recent announcement by the Nitish Kumar government to hike reservation to 75% in Bihar based on the findings of the caste survey presented before the Bihar Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, has infused new energy into the run-up to the 2024 general elections. There is no monolithic cultural category and that will set new political trends with a demand …

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1 year, 2 months ago

INTERVIEW | Ali Anwar Ansari: ‘Pasmandas should not be taken for granted’

The Hindu

Published : Oct 19, 2023 11:00 IST - 2 MINS READ With the Bihar caste survey revealing the Muslim population figure at 17.7 per cent of the State’s population, the plight of Pasmanda Muslims takes centre stage again. Ali Anwar Ansari, former Rajya Sabha MP and head of the All India Pasmanda Muslim Mahaz, is seeking affirmative action for Pasmandas, …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Bihar caste survey dispels myth of Muslim casteless society, say Pasmanda leaders

The Hindu

October 04, 2023 01:53 am | Updated 07:44 am IST - New Delhi The caste survey in Bihar has emphatically dispelled the myth of a casteless society among Muslims of the State. Almost all respondents from the community shared their caste identity during the survey, thus underlining the presence of social demarcation based on birth among Muslims, much like the …

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1 year, 4 months ago

INTERVIEW | ‘A misconception is that the Uniform Civil Code will interfere with the Shariat’: BJP leader Atif Rasheed

The Hindu

Published : Jul 27, 2023 11:00 IST - 7 MINS READ From first hearing Narendra Modi talk about the contribution of Pasmanda Muslims in a victory speech after being sworn in as Gujarat Chief Minister for the fourth time to formulating the BJP’s latest outreach programme to bring Pasmanda Muslims into its fold, 43-year-old Atif Rasheed is the BJP’s Muslim …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Projected population of Muslims in 2023 to stand at 19.75 crore: Govt in Lok Sabha

Deccan Chronicle

New Delhi: The projected population of Muslims in India in 2023 would stand at 19.75 crore, the government has informed the Lok Sabha. In a written reply to a question by TMC MP Mala Roy in Lok Sabha, Minority Affairs Minister Smriti Irani said as per the Census 2011, Muslim population is 17.22 crore, which constitutes 14.2 per cent of …

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1 year, 5 months ago

‘More needs to be done for Pasmanda Muslims’

Hindustan Times

minister Anees Mansoori on Monday said the BJP should take religious leaders of all communities into confidence before deciding on the issue of the Uniform Civil Code. I am sure this is the best way to win trust of the community leaders on the subject or else it will appear like a move thrust on the people,” Mansoori, a Pasmanda …

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1 year, 5 months ago

PM Modi’s Pasmanda outreach a step forward, say backward class Muslim leaders

Hindustan Times

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pro-Pasmanda pitch seems to have triggered a churning in certain sections of the backward Muslim community’s political leadership less than a year before the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Its state president Wasim Raini said, “Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the first PM who has spoken about problems faced by the Pasmanda Muslims and expressed a commitment …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Are Muslims a more unequal society in India?

Hindustan Times

Speaking to BJP workers in Bhopal on June 27, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated his Pasmanda Muslim outreach. PREMIUM People shop at a market ahead of Eid To be sure, this is not the first time someone is raising the question of socially driven economic inequality within the Muslims. The question of social stratification among Muslims, like caste among Hindus, …

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1 year, 5 months ago

OPINION | Modi, Musalman and UCC

India TV News

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday set the agenda for next year’s general elections. We must remember that the Constitution guarantees equal rights for all and even the Supreme Court has called for uniform civil code.” Modi said, those supporting triple talaq are doing grave injustice to Muslim daughters. The manner in which Modi spoke about Pasmanda Muslims and the …

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1 year, 7 months ago

SP alleges rigging in Suar, Chhanbey bypolls

The Hindu

Lucknow The Samajwadi Party on Wednesday alleged that the police prevented people from casting their votes in the Assembly byelections in the State. Suar recorded a provisional turnout of 33% and Chhanbey 32.64% till 3 p.m. “The Samajwadi Party demanded Election Commission of India take immediate cognisance of the complaints of rigging and intimidation of voters and booth capturing by …

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1 year, 8 months ago

The political significance of Tariq Mansoor’s move from AMU VC to U.P. legislator

The Hindu

A day after the Uttar Pradesh Governor accepted his nomination to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council by the BJP government, Aligarh Muslim University Vice Chancellor Tariq Mansoor resigned from his post, more than a month before his extended tenure comes to an end. While a section of teachers in AMU alleged that he had been awarded for doing the bidding …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Fight For Equality: The Plight of Pasmanda Muslims of South India

News 18

Since the 12th century, Muslims have pervaded in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, making up more than 80 lakhs population in both states combined. Strangely, this region never had the influence of Hindutva ideology since the country’s independence but the condition of 90 percent of Muslims who belong to Pasmanda communities is politically, socially and economically marginalised. For many decades, the …

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1 year, 9 months ago

BJP to distribute Urdu translation of PM's 'Mann ki Baat' among U.P. madrasas

The Hindu

With an eye on the 2024 general election, the BJP will distribute a compilation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's monthly radio address 'Mann ki Baat' translated into Urdu among madrasas and Islamic scholars in Uttar Pradesh in a bid to woo Muslims. Uttar Pradesh BJP Minority Morcha President Kunwar Basit Ali has compiled 12 episodes of the Prime Minister's radio …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Today, Pasmanda Muslims are finally getting their due

Hindustan Times

In the recently concluded Bharatiya Janata Party national executive committee meeting in Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi once again called upon party workers to reach out to marginalised sections of society, including Pasmanda Muslims, irrespective of whether they vote for the BJP. This shift from appeasement and a focus on emotive issues to targeted delivery of social welfare for all …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Muslim community responds to PM Modi's order to reach out to them ahead of 2024 polls

India Today

At the recently held BJP national executive meeting, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked party workers to approach every citizen and let them know about the country's rising status ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Amir Ahmed Jafri, senior advocate and former secretary of the Collectorate Bar Association, asked why PM Modi is only talking about Pasmanda Muslims "when he …

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1 year, 11 months ago

OPINION | 2024 gamechanger: Modi's outreach towards Muslims

India TV News

In his aim to achieve a hat-trick in Lok Sabha elections, due next year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday gave a clarion call to his party men to reach out to Muslims, Christians and other minorities and ensure that the benefits of welfare reach every household among the marginalized communities. Addressing the BJP national executive, Modi cautioned party workers …

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1 year, 11 months ago

The Hindu Right’s ploy to win over Pasmanda Muslims

The Hindu

In recent months, the Hindu Right has shown great concern for Pasmanda Muslims. Broadly, Pasmanda is a category of Muslims that has an indelible Hindu heritage, largely belongs to the OBC, Dalit, and Adivasi social groups, and is considered comparatively backward to other Indian Muslims. That is why, one of the ways the Hindu Right’s Pasmanda outreach could be seen …

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1 year, 11 months ago

BJP’s Pasmanda gamble to pose a challenge to Grand Alliance in Bihar

The Hindu

Published : Dec 29, 2022 10:50 IST In Bihar, the clock has turned back to 2015 for the Bharatiya Janata Party, when a Grand Alliance of the Janata Dal, the Rashtriya Janata Dal, and the Congress relegated it to the margins in the Assembly election, highlighting Hindutva’s limitation in opposing a broad social coalition of the Other Backward Classes and …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Shahnawaz Hussain: ‘We are the party of OBCs, Dalits and tribals’

The Hindu

Published : Dec 29, 2022 10:50 IST Shahnawaz Hussain of the BJP has held key positions in the erstwhile Nitish Kumar-led National Democratic Alliance government in Bihar. In this interview, the former Union Minister discusses his party’s plans to navigate Bihar’s electoral maze and the motive behind its focus on backward Muslims. In the 2019 Lok Sabha election, the NDA …

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2 years, 1 month ago

First time in decades, Azam Khan missing as voter, contestant in Rampur

Hindustan Times

Missing voter names are common poll-day complaints in Uttar Pradesh. Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan was disqualified as Rampur MLA after a court sentenced him to a three-year prison term in a 2019 hate speech case. On Thursday evening, acting on a BJP complaint, the Rampur electoral registration officer decided to strike off the Samajwadi Party veteran’s name from the …

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Muslim bodies present divergent views over Waqf bill amendments

Respite may still elude a beleaguered community

Modi’s BJP wants the votes of India’s ‘Pasmanda’ Muslims. Will they bite?

BJP’s own Pasmanda outreach in Bihar thrown off rails by pm Modi’s campaign speeches

Caste survey and quota hike: Bihar starts political churn ahead of 2024 polls

INTERVIEW | Ali Anwar Ansari: ‘Pasmandas should not be taken for granted’

Bihar caste survey dispels myth of Muslim casteless society, say Pasmanda leaders

INTERVIEW | ‘A misconception is that the Uniform Civil Code will interfere with the Shariat’: BJP leader Atif Rasheed

Projected population of Muslims in 2023 to stand at 19.75 crore: Govt in Lok Sabha

‘More needs to be done for Pasmanda Muslims’

PM Modi’s Pasmanda outreach a step forward, say backward class Muslim leaders

Are Muslims a more unequal society in India?

OPINION | Modi, Musalman and UCC

SP alleges rigging in Suar, Chhanbey bypolls

The political significance of Tariq Mansoor’s move from AMU VC to U.P. legislator

Fight For Equality: The Plight of Pasmanda Muslims of South India

BJP to distribute Urdu translation of PM's 'Mann ki Baat' among U.P. madrasas

Today, Pasmanda Muslims are finally getting their due

Muslim community responds to PM Modi's order to reach out to them ahead of 2024 polls

OPINION | 2024 gamechanger: Modi's outreach towards Muslims

The Hindu Right’s ploy to win over Pasmanda Muslims

BJP’s Pasmanda gamble to pose a challenge to Grand Alliance in Bihar

Shahnawaz Hussain: ‘We are the party of OBCs, Dalits and tribals’

First time in decades, Azam Khan missing as voter, contestant in Rampur