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'''Sunni Muslim''' refers to Hindu [[Untouchability|Untouchables]], also called [[Sunni]]s, who have converted to [[Islam]].<ref name="BBCCaste">{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-36220329 | title=Why are many Indian Muslims seen as untouchable? | publisher=[[BBC]] | work=Soutik Biswas | date=10 May 2016 | accessdate=18 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="outlook">{{cite web | url=http://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/dalit-muslims/216144 | title=Dalit Muslims | publisher=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] | date=20 June 2002 | accessdate=18 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="AL Jazeera">{{cite web | url=http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/aljazeeraworld/2015/09/dalit-muslims-india-150902080746653.html | title=Dalit Muslims of India | publisher=[[Al Jazeera]] | date=4 September 2015 | accessdate=18 July 2016}}</ref>

==Background==
Dr. Aftab Alam, a political scientist, states: <blockquote>''"But caste and untouchability is a lived reality for Muslims living in India and South Asia, ''and untouchability is the community's worst-kept secret."<ref name="BBCCaste" /></blockquote>Even though Islam is egalitarian in its social ethics,{{request quote|date=February 2021}} Indian Muslim society is characterised by cast- like features, consisting of several caste- like groups (''jatis'',''biraderis''). Despite the conversion to Islam, the social and economic conditions of the Muslims in each caste hardly changed, and they remained tied down to their traditional occupations.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Islam in South Asia. Volume III (Critical Concept in islamic studies)|last=Taylor|first=David|publisher=Routledge|year=2011|isbn=978-0415554725|location=New York|pages=298}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/mar/06bihar.htm | title=Backward Muslims protest denial of burial | publisher=[[Rediff]] | date=6 March 2003 | accessdate=18 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.countercurrents.org/dalit-sikander200903.htm | title=The ‘Dalit Muslims’ And The All-India Backward Muslim Morcha | publisher=Counter Currents | work=Yoginder Sikand | date=20 September 2003 | accessdate=18 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="Bhartiya2008">{{cite book|author=Santosh Bhartiya|title=Dalit And Minority Empowerment|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q-F07ALiguEC&pg=PA326|accessdate=18 July 2016|date=1 September 2008|publisher=Rajkamal Prakashan|isbn=978-81-267-1599-2|pages=326–}}</ref>

==Reservation==
Muslim and Christian Dalit converts are deprived of [[Reservation in India|Reservation]], which is only available to Dalits who follow Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism under the Indian Government Reservation policy. National Commission for Minorities has suggested extending reservation to Dalit Muslims and Dalit Christians.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/article1233436.ece | title=SC status for Dalit Muslims, Dalit Christians favoured | publisher=The Hindu | date=5 April 2008 | accessdate=18 July 2016}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Pasmanda Muslim Mahaz]], the political movement involving Dalit Muslims

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://video.aljazeera.com/channels/eng/videos/dalit-muslims-of-india/4458675572001 Dalit Muslims of India], Al Jazeera Documentary

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