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2019-12-09 India-Pakistan
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Modi Faces Criticism for Excluding Muslims From Sanctuary Offer
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[Telegraph] Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing renewed criticism after tabling legislation today (MONDAY) which will exclude Muslims from an offer of citizenship rights to religious refugees.
 The Citizenship Amendment Bill will see nationality defined by religion for the first time in India's history but only to followers of six faiths ‐ including Christians, Sikhs and Hindus ‐ from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
It will allow them to acquire Indian citizenship if they live or work in the country for six years and are fleeing religious persecution. However, critics argue it is the latest move to discriminate against Muslims.
Contrary to the common understanding that the Indian Left is led by one Indian-Italian family, it's actually several hundred small outfits across every possible shade of red that makes up the Left here. Most muslims are communists in India, and most radical-Leftists are erstwhile 'lower-castes', our wakandans - looking for reparation, revenge, revolution. These are known to cooperate and coordinate against the nationalist Right, attack authority in every form and try to create instability wherever they can access the ability to do so.
There's every sort. From purely mercenary media houses partnering with American outfits like Bloomberg and NYT, to sasquatch bomb makers with ideas of righteous revolution against 'the haves'. Plus everything in between, like academics, actors and journos who fawn on your Kamalas and Jayapals. These protesters and naysayers are part of this amalgam of anti-nationals. The eastern and southern states in India are still un-cracked bastions of these anti-nationals, but we're getting there.
One important measure is to check the entry of more anti-nationals into the country. Thankfully our federal structure allows the Union to pass overriding law on the entry of aliens which State administrations cannot break or they'll be dissolved. |
"[The Bill is] couched in the language of refuge and seemingly directed at foreigners but its main purpose is the de-legitimisation of Muslim citizenship," said historian Mukul Kesavan.
Hundreds of people took to the streets of Assam, Gujarat and West Bengal today in protest.
"We will fight and oppose the bill till the last drop of our blood," vowed All Assam Students' Union adviser Samujjal Bhattacharya.
And blood ye will get.
A group of 1,000 academics released a statement arguing the Bill undermines the pluralistic and secular history of India.
Home Minister Amit Shah dismissed their concerns and said the proposed legislation is backed by India's 1.3 billion population.
The BJP first proposed the Bill as an electoral promise in 2014 but it was abandoned in 2016 after protests.
This time, MPs in the lower house of parliament voted unanimously in favour of passing the Bill ‐ 293 to 82 ‐ and it will now be voted on in the upper house.
The date for this has not yet been disclosed but it needs approval from both houses for it to become law.
Since his landslide re-election in May, Modi and the BJP have faced repeated claims of anti-Muslim discrimination.
In August, he revoked Muslim-majority Jammu & Kashmir's autonomous status and the region remains under curfew and an internet blackout.
Later that month he announced 1.9 million people in Assam will face detainment and deportation to Bangladesh.
While Modi claimed it was part of a wider crackdown on illegal immigrants, campaigners say it is an attempt to render Indian Muslims stateless.
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