Caste among Indian Muslims produced a distinct Dalit identity movement.
Evidence
114 There has been a lot of recent research on caste among Muslims in India. Besides Imtiaz Ahmad (1978), see Ali Anwar’s Masawat ki Jung [Battle for equality] (2005) and Masood Alam Falahi’s Hindustan mein zaat-paat aur Musalman [Casteism in India and Muslims] (2007). For a quick overview, see Khalid Anis Ansari (2013) who chronicles the contemporary pasmanda movement: “ ‘Pasmanda’, a Persian term meaning ‘those who have fallen behind’, refers to Muslims belonging to the Shudra (backward) and Ati-Shudra (Dalit) castes. It was adopted as an oppositional identity to that of the dominant ashraf Muslims (forward castes) in 1998 by the Pasmanda Muslim Mahaz, a group which mainly worked in Bihar. Since then, however, the pasmanda discourse has found resonance elsewhere too.” — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 1135
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims
- DEFINE: Defines ‘Pasmanda’ and the 1998 Pasmanda Muslim Mahaz movement.
- XREF: Connects to the reading purpose on how caste annihilation scaled — the pasmanda movement is a modern Dalit political mobilization.
Related
- Caste hierarchy operates among Indian Muslims, with a 1998 movement contesting it. (similarity 0.93)
- Caste oppression affects Indian Muslims, not just Hindus (similarity 0.79)
- Caste is compared to racism only through descent-based discrimination, not identity of forms (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Caste Untouchability persisted inside non-Hindu religions
#expands(0.80) — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 408 - Untouchable castes have long converted to escape caste stigma.
#corroborates(0.70) — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 140