There is-even in Assam--Goriya(Goudiya-came from Gour)
,Moria(Craftsmen,tinsmith---). Julaha---in UP/Bihar(Weavers). And of course the
Janabs(Pundits/priests) Syeds(Gonxai). These may be not so simple--I know only
Superficially.
By the away-in Sikhs too - 3-4 Castes!
mm> Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:28:50 -0800> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:
[email protected]> Subject: [Assam] SC: Are there castes among Muslims?> > I
saw this in the TOI and thought it is worth sharing for comments.> Dilip> > SC:
Are there castes among Muslims?> 26 Jan 2008, 0124 hrs IST,Dhananjay
Mahapatra,TNN> NEW DELHI: After Christian groups, a Muslim organisation has
joined the quota race by challenging in Supreme Court validity of the 1950
Presidential Order limiting reservations to scheduled castes in Hinduism,
Sikhism and Buddhism, and sought reservation benefit for Dalit Muslims. > >
Though both Christianity and Islam prohibit practice of caste-system and
consider everyone equal, the petitioners have hinged their demand on the
recommendations of central government appointed commissions headed by Justice
Ranganath Misra and Justice Rajinder Sachar. > > A PIL filed by Akhil
Maharashtra Muslim Khatik Samaj on Friday stated that there were Dalits within
Muslim community who needed reservation, a benefit extended to similarly placed
persons in Hinduism, Sikhism and Buddhism. > > The petitioner said though Hindu
Khatiks (those who slaughter animals) were included in the SC category, the
Muslim Khatiks were not, despite being in the same social strata and facing
similar discrimination. Muslim Khatiks are generally considered as 'Ajlaf' (the
base strata of society), it said. > > Though the Bench headed by Chief Justice
K G Balakrishnan issued notice to the Centre seeking its response on the issue,
it asked the petitioner whether Islam permitted caste-system. > > "Since when
have the Muslims have started following caste-system? It is surprising. We
thought that it had only rich and poor divide. The assertion that caste system
is practised in Islam and that certain sections need reservation is new to us,"
the Bench said. > > Referring to the strict dictats of Quran prohibiting
practice of any forms of caste system within Islam, Justice Balakrishnan said
there was no such discrimination on the basis of caste among Muslims in Kerala,
his home state. > On Tuesday, the apex court had given six weeks time to the
Centre to file its response to similar petitions filed by Christian
organisations and individuals seeking extension of reservation benefit to
Dalits within their community.>
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