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“They hate us”: Muslim barbers refuse to cut hair of low-caste non-Muslims in India

Jul 14, 2019 8:00 am By Robert Spencer

“If Dalits take haircut and shave in these shops, the towels will become dirty. How will other Muslims take haircuts after that?”

Where did the Muslims get this idea? From the Qur’an:

“O you who have believed, indeed the polytheists are unclean, so let them not approach al-Masjid al-Haram after this, their year. And if you fear privation, Allah will enrich you from His bounty if He wills. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Wise.” (Qur’an 9:28)

“Caste lines drawn, Muslim barbers in Moradabad refuse haircuts to Dalits,” by Sharad Gautam, India Today, July 13, 2019:

The police and administration in Moradabad district of Uttar Pradesh are having a tough time as some Muslim barbers have refused to cut hair of Dailts from their village. In turn, the Dalits have approached police and the district magistrate alleging caste-based discrimination.

Dalits in Peepalsana village under Bhojpur police station in Moradabad district have alleged that barbers in their village are refusing to entertain them at their shops. After receiving their complaints, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Moradabad, Amit Pathak formed a joint team comprising cops and local district officials to investigate the matter. The SSP said if the allegations are found true, action will be taken under relevant laws.

THE CASE

Dalits in Peepalsana village have complained they are facing caste-based discrimination at the hands of barbers, who are Muslims. Following the complaint, all barbers have shut their shops in protest. They have been arguing that if they entertain Dalit customers at their shops, members of their own community will stop visiting them. Peepalsana is reportedly a Muslim majority village.

WHAT DALITS SAY

Dalit elders in the village say they have suffered discrimination in their lives but they want the new generation to live freely. They say this caste-based discrimination must end. Dalits in the village said their children are discriminated when they visit saloons run by Muslims.

They say their children are getting educated and in the changing world everyone must be allowed to live with dignity. Dalits said police and district administration have assured them that the matter will be resolved.

Kallan, a Dalit elder, said, “They [Muslim barbers] hate us. This is why they have shut their shops. Our sons are not getting married because people look down upon us. They mock at us because we can’t take haircuts in the village saloons. No one wants to marry their daughters to our kids because of this.”

Anil Kumar, a Dalit youth, said, “All our relatives humiliate us because we are refused haircuts in our own village. Police negotiated the matter and the barbers agreed that will allow us to avail services. But now they have shut their shops. We have to travel long distances to get haircuts. Our problem must be resolved.”

WHAT MUSLIMS SAY

Speaking to India Today TV, Naushad, a local resident, said, “Dalits never used to visit barber shops here. They would take services from a barber shop run by a Dalit in Bhojpur. But now they want to get haircuts here. The barbers were clueless when cops took them to the police station. There they came to know that Dalits have complained against them. I am 45 years old and in my lifetime no Dalit ever took a haircut in our shops. They used to visit the shop in Bhojpur.”

He said family members of the barbers are worried as these shops are their only source of income. “If Dalits take haircut and shave in these shops, the towels will become dirty. How will other Muslims take haircuts after that?” he said.

Meanwhile, not just the barbers, even other Muslims are opposing the entry of Dalits in these barber shops. They said Dalits should visit the barber shop they have been using all these years.

“This is Muslim-majority village with 95 per cent Muslim population. Today they [Dalits] are demanding entry in saloons, tomorrow they will start booking marriage halls. There are some people who want to create chaos here. The village has been peaceful for decades. This matter is being raised with ulterior motives,” said Ali Ahmed….

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Filed Under: Featured, India, Islamic bigotry and intolerance, Islamic supremacism Tagged With: Dalits, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh


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  1. Michael Copeland says

    Jul 14, 2019 at 8:35 am

    The pattern of things to come in Sweden, UK, France, Germany, and so on.

  2. nosmo king says

    Jul 14, 2019 at 8:42 am

    I wonder how Dalits are identified as such.

    • revereridesagain says

      Jul 14, 2019 at 9:44 am

      I was wondering the same thing. But after so many centuries of the caste system it’s probably second nature for the superior denizens of the Left’s beloved Third World.

      So the Dalits are “creating chaos” by demanding to be treated with dignity by Musilms, as fellow human beings. And how is that shoe fitting the other — Left — foot? I don’t expect we will hear a peep from the Collective Justice Warrior chattering class about this. Southern segregation cannot be invoked. No whites involved. No Jews or Christians to blame.

      But of course it will “have nothing to do with Islam!”.

  3. Billy Chickens says

    Jul 14, 2019 at 8:50 am

    Dalits should be afraid to go Muslim barbers. They might get their throat slit while sitting in the chair. Or beheaded.

    They need to open their own barber shop and deny entrance to Muslims. Put a big sign in the window – NO MUSLIMS ALLOWED.

    The problem sounds just like the cake baker in Colorado only in reverse….not serving something good because of evil beliefs vs not serving evil because of Godly beliefs.

    • mortimer says

      Jul 14, 2019 at 6:51 pm

      The concept of “najis” in Islam

      Among things that are najasun (plural of najis, translated variously as “impure” or “filthy”) are the following:
      *dirt
      *human urine and feces
      *other liquids that come out of private parts (presumably including sperm)
      *excrement from animals
      *menstrual blood
      *dog saliva
      *dead animals
      *donkey’s flesh
      *the foul smell that accrues on a long hem of a woman’s abaya over time from contact with the dirt
      *the urine from a breast-fed baby

      And these are not merely “dirty” things for physical hygiene — they directly relate to a Muslim’s “purity” during prayer.

      Muslims wash ritually several times a day and believe that this water rinse removes bacteria and germs. It doesn’t especially from their left hand.

      • Anne says

        Jul 15, 2019 at 8:44 am

        What irony! Eighteenth century European travelers in Muslim lands wrote of the extreme filthiness they encountered in Muslim towns and villages.

      • smoris says

        Jul 15, 2019 at 10:33 am

        I have read that excessive handwashing is a common trait among certain types of crimnals. Bugsy Siegel was said to have had this habit of constantly washing his hands. It might have something to do with the massive collective guilt. It is also said that if you come in contact with a woman on your way to prayer and there is no water nearby to wash with, you must just “wash” with dirt from the ground because it is cleaner than the woman. Nice set of beliefs.

      • FYI says

        Jul 16, 2019 at 6:30 am

        The wudu voodoo they do:all that OCD-like washing and scrubbing and still,despite all that virtue-signalling false piety{often in public and actually condemned by allah in the koran who calls them hypocrites..”they do it to be seen by others”}those islamic sins never wash away…

  4. Chand says

    Jul 14, 2019 at 9:13 am

    These Dalits (who are lower caste according to Hinduism) are lucky. The Muslim barbers are only shutting their shops and refusing service. Upper caste Hindus might beat them to death if they try getting a hair cut there!
    Dalits have been lynched for drawing water from upper caste wells.

    • gravenimage says

      Jul 16, 2019 at 12:17 am

      Uh huh. And yet, it is Indian authorities who are backing up the Dalit’s rights. Try again…

  5. No Muzzies Here says

    Jul 14, 2019 at 9:20 am

    Muslims are allowed to be hateful, racist, and discriminatory. They also yell and scream a lot when they accuse non-Muslims of being hateful, racist and discriminatory.

    • revereridesagain says

      Jul 14, 2019 at 9:47 am

      Standard operating procedure for the Cry-Bully — see Glazov, “Jihadist Psychopath”. Not confined to jihadists, but they do rank as experts in the technique.

      • gravenimage says

        Jul 16, 2019 at 12:18 am

        Yes–a very important book.

  6. Angemon says

    Jul 14, 2019 at 9:28 am

    I remember islamic apologists in the comments section praising islam in India as being an alternative to the cast system. I suspect they’ll make themselves scarce on this specific topic…

    • revereridesagain says

      Jul 14, 2019 at 9:45 am

      Crickets chirping…

    • gravenimage says

      Jul 16, 2019 at 12:18 am

      So true.

  7. Walter Sieruk says

    Jul 14, 2019 at 10:59 am

    As for the topic of Muslim barbers refusing service to some non-Muslims. that is ,in a way, a non-Issue.

    This is because if that would be the worst behavior by a number of Muslims, that would be “really good”

    The horrible reality is that a refusal of serve in a Muslim barbershop is far better than the other actions of jihad-minded Muslims. As ,for example, “honor killings” FGM, acid thrown on the faces of girls and ,of course heinous action of Muslim terrorism which result in murder and maiming many people.

    Likewise there are in Europe Muslim riots along with arson ,gang rapes and other violent activities.

    So, by contrast, as far a Muslims are concerned “non-service by Muslims in a Muslim own barbershop is mild and even OK

  8. Battle says

    Jul 14, 2019 at 11:05 am

    Jesus spoke “And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.” –Saint Luke 6:31 (King Jame Version)

  9. Paul says

    Jul 14, 2019 at 11:35 am

    I’ve been to India. Word to those who have ears to listen.

    Indian barbers use disposable razors: Several times…
    So a small nick which draws blood can infect you with a venereal disease or HIV. Don’t take the risk. Pet the cobra’s, outwit the junkies pretending to be yogi’s but don’t trust someone with no knowledge of germ theory with your health.

    Paul

    • Thought_Weaver says

      Jul 14, 2019 at 12:49 pm

      I have never come across barbers using ‘disposable razors’. What they do is break a feather blade in two and attach it to a blade holder with a handle. Finish shaving and use the other half for the next customer. And I have been living in India for 36 years now.

      • Paul says

        Jul 14, 2019 at 10:23 pm

        Blue Gillette disposables. The razors you describe are also used in the west for dry shaving the back of the neck in a haircut.
        My daily observations of the barber trade was in Pahar Ganj Delhi so it may be a “rougher” area than where you live.

        Paul

  10. Guy Forester says

    Jul 14, 2019 at 12:34 pm

    OK, since this is the new modern India, why doesn’t some do-gooder NGO train Dalits to be their own barbers? Why spend money at some place run by someone that despises you and would rather kill you than help you? I know, all these fake do-gooders are too busy protecting the already protected and sanctified class of professional and perpetual victims from the non-existent phobia running around out there.

  11. CRUSADER says

    Jul 14, 2019 at 1:56 pm

    Too bad that Hindus never achieved Dhimmi status….
    — they’d have been “protected” then!

  12. Giacomo Latta says

    Jul 15, 2019 at 9:44 am

    Get out the lard-based pomade, guy. Work it in good.

  13. vlparker says

    Jul 15, 2019 at 11:23 am

    Anybody that would let a muslim cut their hair is crazy. To voluntarily get close to a muslim with a pair of scissors is insane.

  14. MJP says

    Jul 15, 2019 at 5:55 pm

    I would not trust a Muslim Barber especially with any type of Blade or knife

  15. gravenimage says

    Jul 16, 2019 at 12:20 am

    “They hate us”: Muslim barbers refuse to cut hair of low-caste non-Muslims in India
    …………..

    More Institutionalized discrimination of Infidels.

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