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TopicPasmanda Muslims

Topic: Pasmanda Muslims

Modi’s brainchild, BJP’s Pasmanda Muslim ‘experiment’ faces test in Delhi civic polls

Muslims have sizeable presence in areas like Okhla, Matia Mahal, Seelampur & Mustafabad in Delhi. All four Muslim candidates of BJP are from Pasmanda (OBC) community.

‘Repay the favour’: In UP, BJP ramps up Pasmanda Muslim outreach, seeks votes from ‘labharthis’

Ghulam Ali Khatana, 1st Gurjar Muslim from J&K to be nominated to Rajya Sabha, face of outreach programme. Minorities used by opposition parties as showpiece, he said at the event.

Mughal-e-Azam, Pakeezah to Gadar, Hindi cinema’s Muslim characters are never Pasmandas

Dalit cinema in India has put marginalised Hindus on the silver screen but the Muslim Pasmanda community remains untouched.

BJP’s outreach to Pasmandas a minority roadmap for 2024, embraces Savarkar’s idea of India

In its social engineering for garnering Muslim votes, there is a possibility that the BJP might further fragment the already ailing community.

How Ashraaf Ulema use confusion about Prophet’s last speech to push casteism in Islam

Ashraafs’ deliberate disregard of Prophet Muhammad’s last speech seems designed to hide Islam’s anti-caste aspect and to ensure Pasmandas never challenge their supremacy.

Quran has no space for casteism but Ashraaf Muslims interpret it differently

Islamic scholar Alim Ashraf Ali Thanvi writes that equality is reserved for afterlife. In the real world, it is important to respect one’s caste superiority.

‘Kashi-Mathura disputes should be settled in court, like Ayodhya’, says RSS media chief

In an interview with ThePrint, Sunil Ambekar speaks about temple disputes, Yogi Adityanath’s ‘population control plan’, PM Modi’s outreach to Pasmanda Muslims & Uniform Civil Code.

After Modi directive, BJP looks to include this Muslim community in its OBC Morcha

Apart from increasing their representation in govt & party, BJP also plans to reach out to Pasmanda Muslims through its MPs & MLAs, make them aware of Modi govt’s welfare schemes.

Pasmandas must open their eyes after UP bypolls. Ashraaf Muslims only guard own interests

Pasmanda Muslims' blunder of falling for Ashraafs' ploy in Rampur and Azamgarh Lok Sabha bypolls will have far-reaching consequences for the Pasmanda movement.

Don’t limit caste census to Hindus. Include tribals, Dalits of Muslim, Sikh, Christian faiths

The Rangnath Mishra Committee and the Sachar Committee reports too acknowledge the poor condition of Dalits and Adivasis of the Muslim faith.

On Camera

Indians have a complicated relationship with Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.