Citizenship Amendment Bill

Political Corner: India’s Citizenship Amendment Bill is a horrific case of Islamophobia

By: Lubaba Mahmud, Staff Writer Under Prime Minister Modi’s leadership, the Hindu nationalist group Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has undergone a tremendous effort to institutionalise the persecution of Muslims in India. Further fulfilling this agenda, the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) was passed on December 11, 2019. The CAB revises part of the Indian Citizenship law, which previously prohibited all illegal migrants fleeing persecution from becoming Indian citizens.  With the changes passed in the bill however, non-Muslim illegal immigrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan will be eligible for citizenship by naturalisation. The bill specifically pertains to individuals of select religious minorities…

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