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  2. Caste system among South Asian Muslims - Wikipedia

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    Muslims from the julaha (weaver) caste began to identify as "Ansaris", butchers as "Quereshis", and the sanitation and bhishti castes as "Sheikh". [19] The Muslim concept of hereditary kafa'ah, which the ulama use to support endogamy, justifies South Asian Muslim caste practices. [20] [7]

  3. List of Muslim Other Backward Classes communities in India

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    21 Only Muslim Mochis are in the OBC list, the Hindu section have Scheduled Caste status. 22 caste mahigeer faruki ob list Explanation: In the above list for Uttar Pradesh for all castes linked with traditional hereditary occupations, except those entered with specific mention of name of religion, are included, irrespective of whether their ...

  4. Category:Muslim communities of India - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Muslim communities of India" ... Mal Muslim; Mandali caste; Manka (caste) Mansoori; Marakkar; Marrar; Me caste; Meitei Pangals; Memon people; Meta ...

  5. Lohar (caste) - Wikipedia

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    In Bihar, Lohar caste comes under Other Backward Class (OBC) and has been categorized in sub-category of OBC called Extremely Backward Castes (EBC). As per a ruling by Supreme Court of India, Lohar or Lohara community is not the same as ‘Lohra or Lohara’, which belongs to the Schedule Tribe category in several districts.

  6. Caste system in India - Wikipedia

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    Early and mid 20th century Muslim historians, such as Hashimi in 1927 and Qureshi in 1962, proposed that "caste system was established before the arrival of Islam", and it and "a nomadic savage lifestyle" in the northwest Indian subcontinent were the primary cause why Sindhi non-Muslims "embraced Islam in flocks" when Arab Muslim armies invaded ...

  7. Darzi - Wikipedia

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    In the Indian subcontinent the Darzi caste, is found among Hindus and Muslims. They are known as Idrisi [1] in the Muslim community. Darji are a community of tailors, numbering around Darzi are largely a landless community whose main occupation is tailoring. The profession of tailoring is done by both communities.

  8. Memon people - Wikipedia

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    While Memons are generally Sunni Muslims, many continue to follow Modern Hindu law in matters regarding property inheritance, community leadership structure and mutual support for members. Memon see themselves to be from the Buddhist Kshatriya lineage. Even within Memons, there are caste hierarchies that some follow regarding marriage practices.

  9. Julaha - Wikipedia

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    Salvi, Panika, Ansari, Devanga, Padmasali (caste), Koshta The Julaha are a community within the Indian subcontinent , which adopted the profession of weaving . Julaha is the name of the community of weavers and they are Socially and Educationally Backward .