Topic: Reservations for Muslims
Flawed reservation debate: Do “upper caste Muslims” remain excluded from social justice?
The broader concern here is how some narratives, instead of advancing inclusive arguments for Muslim reservation, end up echoing dominant caste anxieties that delegitimize affirmative action itself. The need is not to pit communities against each other but to build solidarities rooted in historical evidence and social justice.
The flawed reservation debate: Why Muslims remain excluded from social justice
The reservation debate in India has long been reduced to political posturing rather than a meaningful pursuit of social justice. Yogendra Yadav’s recent article...
Sabotaging Muslim reservation?: Quota rules flouted in Jamia Millia PhD admissions
Jamia Millia Islamia, one of the country’s most prestigious universities with minority status, is facing strong criticism for violating its 50% reservation policy for Muslim students in PhD admissions for the academic year 2024-25.
Waqf board to organise protests as Karnataka scraps Muslim reservation
A day after the BJP-led Karnataka government scrapped the 4 per cent reservation being given to Muslims, the Waqf board demanded the restoration of the reservation and claimed that the latest move by the government was an attempt to polarise votes in the poll-bound state.
Thousands take to Mumbai streets for AIMIM’s rally for Muslim reservation
Stepping up the demand for reservation for Muslims in Maharashtra, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi cited that while 83 percent of the community in Maharashtra were landless, only 8 percent of the Marathas were landless.
New SC judgment a threat to Muslim quota in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh: Congress leader
Senior Congress politician and Opposition Leader of Telangana Legislative Council, Mohammed Ali Shabbir has said that the Telangana and Andhra Pradesh governments must take immediate legal measures to protect the 4 per cent Muslim quota in jobs and education sector, warning of a threat to the continuance of the quota in the wake of the recent Supreme Court verdict.
