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Indigenous Muslim status to five communities

AB Bureau by AB Bureau
August 1, 2022
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খিলঞ্জীয়া মুছলমানৰ মৰ্যাদা পালে অসমৰ পাঁচ সম্প্ৰদায়ে

The State Cabinet has decided to accord the status of indigenous Muslims to five Assamese Muslim sub-groups: Gorias, Moriyas, Deshis, Jolhas and Syeds.

The Cabinet said that the move will “ensure their development in health, cultural identity, education, financial inclusion, skill development and women empowerment.”
The State Cabinet’s decision came following the recommendations of a panel constituted by Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma led Assam Government last year to discuss socio-economic issues concerning the Assamese speaking Muslim community of the State.

Welcoming the decision of the Cabinet, Nekibur Zaman, a senior advocate of Gauhati High Court, who has been advocating for indigenous status for Assamese-speaking Muslims since 2006, hailed the decision. He sought a population census of indigenous Muslims in the State. “There are about 42 lakh indigenous Muslims out of a total population of 1.22 crore Muslims in Assam. The Bengali-speaking Muslims have received benefits of all Government schemes while these subgroups were plainly ignored,” he said.

Dr. Mumtaza Khatun, a retired professor of History in Gauhati University stated that this move will “surely help in protecting the identity and culture of Assamese-speaking Muslims living in the State since ages.” She said that the recognition as indigenous Assamese is mentally very satisfying.

The panel was set up in July 2021 after the Chief Minister’s meeting with leading Assamese Muslims from various fields to discuss socio-economic challenges faced by the community. In the meeting, the Chief Minister emphasised that the “uniqueness of the indigenous Assamese Muslims should be protected and preserved”.

The panel consisted of seven sub-committees. The sub-committees formed by the Department of Minority Welfare and Development in the year 2021 studied the cultural identity, education, population control, health services, financial inclusion, skill development, and women’s empowerment of the indigenous Assamese Muslims living in the State for a very long time.

For several years, indigenous Muslims in Assam have been seeking a separate classification that distinguishes them from Muslims who migrated to the state from erstwhile East Pakistan (present Bangladesh).

The panel also recommended that a separate Directorate/Authority be set up for Assamese Muslims so that the Directorate could provide the necessary documentation to the people of the Assamese Muslim community to reflect their distinct identity and it may be in the form of an identity card or a certificate.

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