Myth, law and the Muslim subject in India: The Brahminical foundations of the Ayodhya judgement

Memon, Ahmed Raza ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3502-7743 2026. Myth, law and the Muslim subject in India: The Brahminical foundations of the Ayodhya judgement. [Online]. The Ambedkar Chronicle: The Ambedkar Chornice. Available at: https://theambedkarianchronicle.in/myth-law-muslim...

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Abstract

This essay argues that the Ayodhya decision in 2019 was not only about an extremist strand of the ‘Hindu’ religion asserting nationalistic power. What is actually at stake is the centrality of caste myths that are foundational to caste as a category of difference itself, and in the case of the subcontinent, centre on Brahminism. Thus, Law as Myth in the subcontinent acts thus as socio-ritual power of caste in a juridifed form.

Item Type:	Online Content
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Cardiff Law & Politics
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races J Political Science > JQ Political institutions Asia K Law > K Law (General)
Publisher:	The Ambedkar Chornice
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 June 2026
Last Modified:	01 Aug 2026 01:30
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/187831

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