Pasmanda Muslim Mahaz (Urdu: پسماندہ مسلم محاذ, lit.
The Mahaz is a broad front of several Dalit and Backward Caste Muslim organizations from different states of India, particularly Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Delhi.
[3] Ali Anwar has said he has been networking with Muslim members across the political spectrum to raise the issue in the Parliament of India.
[5] They have also advocated for the rights of Dalit Muslims to bury their dead in conventional graveyards instead of segregated ones, as mandated by the prevailing caste norms in regions like Bihar.
[6] However, late historian scholar Papiya Ghosh[7] noted that the Mahaz does not address gender issues and expects the Pasanda women to remain in purdah while the ashraf women feel free to dispense with it.