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Remembering Maulana Ali Hussain "Asim Bihari" (15 April 1890-6 December 1953) on his birthday. Maulana Asim Bihari was one of the key members of the first wave of the Pasmanda-Muslim mobilizations in undivided India known as the Momin Movement (1913-1947). 1/n
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He was an excellent orator and mass organizer and was widely known as the “Gashti Safeer” (roving ambassador) of the Momin movement. Asim Bihari also edited the journal “Al-Ikram”. 2/n
The term “Momin” refers to the caste of subjugated Muslim weavers (also termed Julahas or Ansaris). The Momin movement originated with the formation of the caste association called the “Falah-ul-Momineen” in Calcutta in the year 1913-1914. 3/n
#ManyawarKanshiram on #Pasmanda Muslims
“I thought it was better to contact Muslims through their leadership. After meeting about 50 Muslim leaders I was astonished to witness their Brahmanism. 1/5
“I thought it was better to contact Muslims through their leadership. After meeting about 50 Muslim leaders I was astonished to witness their Brahmanism. 1/5
Islam teaches us to establish equality and struggle against injustice but the leadership of Muslims is dominated by so-called high castes like Syeds, Sheikhs, Mughals and Pathans. The latter do not want the Ansaris, Dhuniyas, Qureshis to rise to their levels. 2/5
In the Allahabad by-election (1988) this became very clear. Hindu fundamentalists like the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, RSS, Bajrang Dal, BJP and Ram Janambhumi Mukti Samiti and Muslim fundamentalists like the Muslim League, Muslim Majlis, Jamaat-e-Islami, Maulana Bukhari... 3/5
