Dalit Muslim

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Dalit Muslim is a term used to refer to Muslims in the Dalit group, i.e. the social group called Untouchables or Dalits, who have converted to Islam. [1] In theory, converting to Islam takes converts out of the bounds of earlier caste system, but in practice they are often still treated as Dalits. [2] [3]

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Background

Aftab Alam, a political scientist, states:

"But caste and untouchability is a lived reality for Muslims living in India and South Asia, and untouchability is the community's worst-kept secret." [1]

Even though Islam is egalitarian in its social ethics, [4] Indian Muslim society is characterised by caste-like features, consisting of several caste-like groups (jatis). Despite the conversion to Islam, the social and economic conditions of the Muslims in each caste hardly changed, and they remained tied down to their traditional occupations. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Reservation

Most of the people claiming Dalit Muslim status are already getting reservation as OBC. [10]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Why are many Indian Muslims seen as untouchable?". Soutik Biswas. BBC. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Dalit Muslims". Outlook. 20 June 2002. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "Dalit Muslims of India". Al Jazeera. 4 September 2015. Archived from the original on 30 July 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "Islam And Caste Inequality Among Indian Muslims". Indian Dalit Muslims Voice. September 7, 2009. Retrieved September 13, 2021.
  5. ↑ Taylor, David (2011). Islam in South Asia. Volume III (Critical Concept in islamic studies). New York: Routledge. p. 298. ISBN   978-0415554725.
  6. ↑ "Backward Muslims protest denial of burial". Rediff. 6 March 2003. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "The 'Dalit Muslims' And The All-India Backward Muslim Morcha". Yoginder Sikand. Counter Currents. 20 September 2003. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  8. ↑ Santosh Bhartiya (1 September 2008). Dalit And Minority Empowerment. Rajkamal Prakashan. pp. 326–. ISBN   978-81-267-1599-2 . Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  9. ↑ "India's Dalit Muslims, marginalised historically and in the present day, find scant mention in mainstream discourse". Shafey Anwarul Haque and Bhawesh Pant. Firstpost. 8 October 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  10. ↑ "SC status for Dalit Muslims, Dalit Christians favoured". The Hindu. 5 April 2008. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
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