Fight For Equality: The Plight of Pasmanda Muslims of South India
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 ruling governments of Congress, Telugu Desam Party and Bharat Rashtra Samithi continued to appeal to the Muslim community through elite leaders and religious clerics without narrowly focusing on the ground reality of Pasmandas. After taking over the most important roles, the Ashraf leaders and religious clerics ran a narrative of a monolithic Muslim identity, forcing Pasmanda Muslims to give up their caste-based occupations. Certain Muslim mystical teachings propagated the supremacy of the Syed caste and allowed them to control religious affairs, Waqf properties, and minority institutions that resulted in horrifying societal discrimination, extreme poverty, neglect and illiteracy among Pasmanda Muslims.

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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, …

‘More needs to be done for Pasmanda Muslims’
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 …

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

Today, Pasmanda Muslims are finally getting their due
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 …

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 …

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

BJP’s Pasmanda outreach for sake of narrow political interests, alleges Mayawati
2 years, 1 month ago

BJP’s Pasmanda outreach for sake of narrow political interests, alleges Mayawati

The Hindu  

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Wednesday targeted the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party for its ‘Pasmanda Muslim’ outreach and alleged only for the sake of narrow political interests the saffron brigade is doing such acts as the viewpoint and intention of the BJP and Sangh parivaar towards Muslims are not hidden from anyone. “Only to fulfil own narrow political interest …

Making sense of a political outreach to Pasmanda Muslims
2 years, 1 month ago

Making sense of a political outreach to Pasmanda Muslims

The Hindu  

There has been a considerable churn within the Indian Muslim community in response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to the Bharatiya Janata Party to make an outreach to deprived minority groups such as Pasmanda Muslims, especially in Uttar Pradesh. Deconstructing an identity This development has spotlighted the identity of Pasmanda Muslims and issues related to social justice and stratification …

Pasmanda Muslims seek SC status for Dalit Muslims
2 years, 3 months ago

Pasmanda Muslims seek SC status for Dalit Muslims

The Hindu  

As the Pasmanda Muslim movement gains traction, the community's leaders have urged Opposition parties to step forward to support their demand for Dalit Muslims to be given the status of Scheduled Caste, and the benefits of reservation like their counterparts from the Hindu community. They In a letter addressed to leading Opposition parties, including the Congress, the Trinamool Congress, the …

Reaching out to Pasmanda Muslims
2 years, 4 months ago

Reaching out to Pasmanda Muslims

The Hindu  

At the Bharatiya Janata Party’s national executive meeting in Hyderabad recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi advised the party workers to reach out to the marginalised and weaker sections of the minorities. For instance, Indian Muslims have concepts such as ‘teeja’ and ‘chaleesva’, much like the ‘tehrvee’ concept among Hindus. According to the Sachar Committee Report, 40% of Indian Muslims are …

BJP plans outreach programme for Pasmanda Muslim leaders in Delhi today
2 years, 4 months ago

BJP plans outreach programme for Pasmanda Muslim leaders in Delhi today

India Today  

Mahaz Atif Rasheed, the Delhi BJP minority in-charge and the national president of the Rashtrawadi Muslim Pasmanda, said an outreach programme for Pasmanda Muslims will be held in the national capital today. This comes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged party workers to reach out to minority communities, such as the Pasmanda Muslims during the BJP national executive meeting in …

Why BJP wants to reach out to Pasmanda Muslims | Decoded
2 years, 5 months ago

Why BJP wants to reach out to Pasmanda Muslims | Decoded

India Today  

In the recently concluded BJP's national executive in Hyderabad, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the party workers to reach out to the deprived and downtrodden sections among the minority communities, such as Pasmanda Muslims. According to sources, in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election and Lok Sabha by-elections to Muslim-majority areas of Rampur and Azamgarh, Pasmanda Muslims played a crucial role …

Explained: Who are the Pasmanda Muslims that Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants the BJP to woo?
2 years, 5 months ago

Explained: Who are the Pasmanda Muslims that Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants the BJP to woo?

Firstpost  

Pasmanda, meaning ‘left behind” in Persian, is a term increasingly being used by Muslim associations in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and other parts of India, to describe themselves as historically and socially oppressed by caste Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, emphasising that the BJP should aspire to fulfil aspirations of all sections of society, made special mention of the Pasmanda …

After Azamgarh Win, PM Asks UP BJP to Explore New Social Equations, Focus on Pasmanda Muslims
2 years, 5 months ago

After Azamgarh Win, PM Asks UP BJP to Explore New Social Equations, Focus on Pasmanda Muslims

News 18  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Uttar Pradesh unit to analyse how the Muslim Dalit community, commonly known as Pasmandas, is impacted by the government’s policies, and work that can be done to increasingly uplift their lives and reach out to them. It is then that the Prime Minister interjected, asking the party leadership to explore …

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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