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Kerala is a different story

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Submitted by Shishir (United Arab Emirates), Apr 23, 2013 at 04:37

Kerala is an interesting case study. Its caste and social structure is very unique in India.

The relations between Arab men and local women is far less sordid as it involved legitimate long term nuptials which created the current Malayali Muslim communites called Mappillais( son in law in Malayalm)

The reason for that term is thus , Arab traders (even prior to Islam) used to trade vigorously with the West coast of India where the Malabar coast is located.

Many especially after Islam took to marrying local women and ended up domiciled there.

Arabs went completely native in Kerala which is more than you can say for the rest of India where Arabs are considered upper caste Muslims and treat Indian Muslims as riff raff. They consider themselves Keralites for the most part.

Now admittedly they can be riled up to violence(the Khilaft rebellion and their suppor the tyrant Tipu Sultan) but these by large were somewhat exceptions to their nearly 1300 year existence peaceful coexistence with Hindus and Christians in that region.

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Sunni? [30 words]
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1It continues unabated [18 words]
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VijayApr 29, 2013 08:53205725
5Indian and non Arab Muslims in some ways are worse than dhimmis [366 words]ShishirApr 16, 2013 09:04205221
1Malaysia Muslims [72 words]RajaApr 16, 2013 22:08205221
2Victims of Arabian imperialism [217 words]dhimmi no moreApr 17, 2013 17:34205221
In Kerala too [18 words]WilsonApr 22, 2013 02:48205221
1Kerala is a different story [173 words]ShishirApr 23, 2013 04:37205221
All true but there is a flip side to the Arab contempt and "low" Indian status [383 words]ShishirApr 23, 2013 04:50205221
1Shcked [13 words]grlroxDec 9, 2010 19:06180825
1They are hypocrites [17 words]eijnujNov 4, 2010 15:14179921

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