'Owners Not Okay With Muslims Due To Pak Issue': IIT Graduate Rejected By Bengaluru Landlords

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28-05-2025

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The X user said brokers have failed to recommend him an accommodation in a place of his choice in Bengaluru as they all told him that "owners not okay with Muslims"
An IIT-Madras alumnus has claimed that he has been rejected by multiple landlords in Bengaluru because of his religious identity, amid tensions between India and Pakistan.
Identifying himself as Sanjeed on X, he said brokers have failed to recommend him an accommodation in a place of his choice. He said he visited four such homes with brokers, but at the end of the day, they all told him 'owners not okay with Muslims".
Asking if there were any areas in Bengaluru that were not 'islamophobic", he said he would optimise for that. In an earlier post, he had mentioned that he was looking for a 2 BHK in Indiranagar or Koramangala – known to be preferred by IT professionals.
'Saw around 4 places with brokers. at the end of the day broker says 'sorry owners not okay with Muslims, due to Pak issues"…what areas in blr are not islamophobic? will optimize for that," he said in his post on X.
'I am so sorry, Sanjeed, that you are facing this issue. This is not acceptable at all. Here are some area suggestions considering the situation you are encountering: Queens Road, Shivaji Nagar, Kora Second Block, Richmond, Cox Town. I have stayed at Queens and Kora Second Block. My landlords were/are Muslims as well. You should not have any problems here," (sic) an internet user said.
Another user said: 'North bangalore is pretty chill with amazing gated societies. Do consider areas behind Manyata tech park, Bhartiya city, Hennur and everything from Hebbal to Yalahanka has quite nice societies.
South Elec city is very nice." (sic)
In fact, in another post, Sanjeed even said if Bengaluru does not work out for him, he would prefer moving to a place like Dubai. He, however, thanked all those who had recommended other locations for him with broker details.
One internet user even asked him to move to Gurugram, which is a major IT hub. 'Should come to gurgaon no one cares to my knowledge," (sic) one individual commented on the post, which has more than 50,000 views.
Another individual invited him to work in Indonesia. 'Happy to chat if getting out of Bangalore becomes a priority. Jakarta/Indoneisa is a great place to live and we are building our AI team now," (sic) the user said.
Some, however, were not impressed by his use of the term 'islamophobic" and slammed him for it. While calling it a choice on part of the landlords, one user said: 'Dude, no need to use big words like Islamophobia etc. just like you choose not to eat no halal meat, owner choose not to give it to Muslims. Both of you choose things based on religion. You can be called as Hindu phobic for eating halal meat." (sic)
First Published:
May 28, 2025, 17:52 IST