On December 11th, 2019, India’s parliament passed a controversial new law: the Citizenship Amendment Act. The law fast-tracks citizenship for migrants from three neighboring countries, specifically if they are Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, or Christians. It conspicuously leaves out Muslims. Since the law was passed, it’s drawn widespread opposition and protests, and not only because it discriminates against Muslims. The law is also closely linked to another controversial initiative: the National Registry of Citizens, a citizenship list that could potentially leave millions of people, primarily Muslims, stateless.
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Wednesday, March 11, 2020
Delhi’s deadly riots, explained by an expert
On December 11th, 2019, India’s parliament passed a controversial new law: the Citizenship Amendment Act. The law fast-tracks citizenship for migrants from three neighboring countries, specifically if they are Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, or Christians. It conspicuously leaves out Muslims. Since the law was passed, it’s drawn widespread opposition and protests, and not only because it discriminates against Muslims. The law is also closely linked to another controversial initiative: the National Registry of Citizens, a citizenship list that could potentially leave millions of people, primarily Muslims, stateless.
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
As Violence Over Citizenship Breaks Out Trump Praises Religious Freedom In India
As Donald Trump completed his two day visit to India he praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for fostering religious freedom in the country while a short distance away riots were taking place and people were dying protesting the Citizen Amendment Act past by the Indian Parliament on 11 December 2020.
The act grants the right to refugee status for all religious minorities except Muslims. Modi's Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) is a nationalist Hindu party which has a history of anti Muslim discrimination and violence. Narendra Modi was First Minister of Gujarat in 2002 when a wave of inter sectional violence swept the state. Modi was accused of inciting the violence against the sates Muslim minority. Because of that, Modi was denied visas to inter the U.S.
The act grants the right to refugee status for all religious minorities except Muslims. Modi's Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) is a nationalist Hindu party which has a history of anti Muslim discrimination and violence. Narendra Modi was First Minister of Gujarat in 2002 when a wave of inter sectional violence swept the state. Modi was accused of inciting the violence against the sates Muslim minority. Because of that, Modi was denied visas to inter the U.S.
In North-east Delhi on Day 3, violence spread and clashes broke out in new areas. Journalists were targeted, property damaged. The death toll rose to 13. And, after two days of failing to control the violence, police managed to clear some areas.
Around 7pm on Tuesday, a large posse of security personnel marched towards Chand Bagh, a Muslim-dominated locality in north-east Delhi, as reports of violence reached their wireless sets. In another half-hour, an armed mob gathered near a petrol pump in Gokalpuri and torched two vehicles, forcing the police to send a fresh deployment in the neighbourhood, less than 2km from Chand Bagh.
It continued over 24 hours as the violence spread from the Main Jafrabad Road and localities in vicinity to the large maze of narrow interconnected lanes across north-east Delhi in the last 24 hours.
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