Source: Mission Network News, December 13, 2019
India has introduced a new law re-determining who qualifies for citizenship. In a way, the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) is a legal manifestation of growing sentiment in India that says to be Indian is to be Hindu. Both this law and mindset clash with India’s setup as a supposedly secular government.
Providing more details on the topic is a spokesperson for Voice of the Martyrs, USA, Todd Nettleton.
“Well, this is an interesting law because it grants people from Pakistan, people from Bangladesh, who have come into India, citizenship as long as they are not Muslims, which are the majorities in those countries. And so, it is something that is basing citizenship simply on religion, and so there have been protests,” Nettleton says.
Both Muslims and Hindus have taken to streets expressing their disapproval for the new law.
» Read full story as well as more about this bill in a thought-provoking article from the BBC.
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