அரபுஜாதிவெறி இந்தியாவிலும் பரவுகிறது: பிகாரில் செய்யது ஜாதியும் அன்சாரி ஜாதியும் போர்

பிகாரில் அல்லாபூர் கிராமத்தில் அன்சாரி சாதி வீடுகள் செய்யது ஜாதியினரால் கொளுத்தப்பட்டுள்ளன. செய்யதுகள் என்ற மேல்ஜாதியினர அன்சாரிகள் என்ற கீழ் ஜாதியினரை கடுமையாக தாக்கிவருகின்றனர்

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Muslims split on caste lines in this Bihar village
J P YadavPosted online: Sunday, December 09, 2007 at 0000 hrs
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Kesaria (East Champaran), December 8:On Thursday, six huts belonging to Muslim families were set ablaze in Allehpur village of East Champaran district in Bihar. The accused are fellow Muslims from the same village. For over a year now, the Muslim population in the village is locked in a bitter caste war between the forward caste Saiyyads and backward caste Ansaris. And it was the Ansaris’ huts that were set ablaze, allegedly by some Saiyyads.


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The differences have spilled over to the mosque too. The Ansaris have stopped offering prayers at the village mosque and built their own temporary mosque. “They treat us like upper caste Hindus treat Dalits. Though they allowed us inside the village mosque, they would push us and tell us to go to the back to pray. So we decided to have our own mosque,” says 75-year-old Yaseen Ansari.

But the Saiyyads claim that the land on which the Ansaris have built the mosque belongs to them. Both the sides have sought official intervention on the matter.

“Humlog jaat ke Saiyyad hain, Muslim ke Brahman hain (We are Saiyyads by caste, the Brahmins among Muslims,” says Saiyyad Mohammad Idris, a villager, addressing the Ansaris as lowly “Jolhas”.

According to locals, the differences began in April last year when a car carrying an Ansari bridegroom reportedly trampled over the graveyard of some Saiyyads’ ancestors. The situation has worsened now with the burning of the six huts belonging to Ansaris.

In an FIR, Saiyadda Khatun (60), one of those whose huts was burnt, has identified eight Saiyyad members. But the police have refrained from arresting them. “In her statement, she said she had not seen anyone. But in the FIR lodged later, she has identified eight persons. So we are investigating the matter,” said Ajay Kumar, Inspector, Kesaria police station.

District officials accuse local politicians of fanning the flames. The Pasmanda Muslim Mahaj headed by Ali Anwar, whose campaign for Muslim backward castes earned him a Rajya Sabha berth, commands a strong support base among the Ansaris of Allehpur.