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INTERVIEW | Ali Anwar Ansari: ‘Pasmandas should not be taken for granted’
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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Muslim community responds to PM Modi's order to reach out to them ahead of 2024 polls
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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The Hindu Right’s ploy to win over Pasmanda Muslims
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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DC Edit | RSS outreach to women, Muslims is meaningful
2 years, 2 months ago

DC Edit | RSS outreach to women, Muslims is meaningful

Deccan Chronicle  

The significance for India of the annual speech of the sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh on the occasion of Vijaya Dashami, the culmination of the auspicious festival of Dussehra, lies somewhere in-between the papal proclamation and address on Christmas Eve and the US President’s state of the nation report address to Americans. Of course, RSS sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat is …

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PM Modi tells BJP to reach out to the deprived among Muslims, other minorities
2 years, 5 months ago

PM Modi tells BJP to reach out to the deprived among Muslims, other minorities

The Hindu  

Reaching out to deprived, non-elite among Muslims and other minorities on the issues of development and welfare programmes of the Modi government was one of the things flagged by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the National Executive meet of the BJP in Hyderabad. According to senior sources present at the meeting, Mr. Modi made this intervention when BJP Uttar Pradesh …

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There is severe caste discrimination among Muslims in India: Pasmanda activist Faiyaz Ahmad
3 years, 9 months ago

There is severe caste discrimination among Muslims in India: Pasmanda activist Faiyaz Ahmad

Op India  

Do you know who Pasmanda Muslims are? Faiyaz, who discussed why he left Tablighi Jamaat and why he is fighting for the rights of Pasmanda Muslims, said that his father was not happy with him going to Jamaat. The Pasmandas – Lower caste Muslims who are invisible Faiyaz said that around 90% of Muslims in India are considered to be …

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Liberal outrage over no Muslims in Bihar’s ruling alliance hides caste realities in Indian Muslim society
4 years, 1 month ago

Liberal outrage over no Muslims in Bihar’s ruling alliance hides caste realities in Indian Muslim society

Op India  

Apparently, for the first time since independence, the ruling alliance in Bihar will have no elected MLAs from the Muslim community. The remaining 85% of Indian Muslims, the “lower” caste or Pasmanda Muslims, never had any share in political power. But, by denying the existence of caste in Indian Muslim society, liberal intellectuals have used the general backwardness of Indian …

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Hierarchy in Muslim society: The Ajlaf-Ashraf 'caste system'
4 years, 2 months ago

Hierarchy in Muslim society: The Ajlaf-Ashraf 'caste system'

Op India  

The caste system of social hierarchy is a phenomenon not unique to just the Hindus of South East Asia, but is seen in many other religions and communities in the continent. The Print has also accepted the existence of a caste system in Muslim society, though hilariously denouncing the caste system as a “Brahminical disease” in the first line of …

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