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ThePrintPod: Why affirmative action for Pasmanda Muslims shouldn’t be labelled 'Muslim reservation'
Episode 9197
Published 3 weeks, 5 days ago
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'Muslim' reservation isn't a religious issue. It must be rooted in measurable backwardness. If reservation is about correcting structural injustice, then it should be extended within Muslim and other religious communities on the basis of caste hierarchy and measurable backwardness—not religious identity as a whole. Religion, by itself, is not the marker of deprivation. Social location is. Watch this week's column for ThePrint by Amana Begam Ansari. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To read Column: https://theprint.in/opinion/why-affirmative-action-for-pasmanda-muslims-shouldnt-be-labelled-muslim-reservation/2858935/