mohajir

The root of the Arabic term mohajir is hijira, symbolizing the Prophet Mohammed's flight from Mecca to Medina in the 7th century.

Derek Flood: From South to South: Refugees as Migrants: The Rohingya in Pakistan 2008

Russ Wellen @ 18 great question, and this is one of the underreported stories. as you mentioned, the MQM is a mohajir-dominated party that is based in karachi, with support in a few other urban centers in sindh. they also tended to feel like they had made the greatest sacrifices for pakistan. even the name 'mohajir' means "someone who has made the hijra," or pilgrimage. hijra is the same word used to described the prophet mohammad's passage from mecca to medina

Firedoglake Russ Wellen 2009

Aziz was a mohajir, an Urdu speaking Muslim whose family migrated from northern India to Karachi, then the capital of a newly created but ill conceived Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

Derek Flood: From South to South: Refugees as Migrants: The Rohingya in Pakistan 2008

(He's the first Pakistani president to come from the ranks of the mohajir, or Muslim refugees from India, rather than from natives like the Punjabis who dominate Pakistan's military.)

Pakistan's Striving Son 2007

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There are also reports that Pakhtuns are being systematically sought out and removed from mohajir based areas as the leader of MQM has warned his party of the dangers these people somehow pose.

Karachi Metblogs 2008