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| President of India gives assent to bill that fast-tracks citizenship to illegal immigrants from neighboring countries, 752 granted citizenship in 2019 | |
| 2019-12-13 | |
| [RT] India’s President Nath Kovind has signed a new hotly debated bill giving fast-track citizenship to non-Muslims. Earlier, the legislation sparked protests in some parts of India and drew condemnation from the US. The Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) grants citizenship to all members of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities that came to India from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan before December 31, 2014 fleeing from religious persecution.
The act further states that any further refugees from these communities willing to acquire Indian citizenship will be required to live in the country for five years instead of 11 as it was earlier. New Delhi says the CAB is necessary to protect persecuted minorities, but it angered Muslims in northeastern state of Assam. People started protesting earlier this week burning copies of the legislation and later turning to tires and cars. After the Wednesday night outburst, which happened in defiance of a curfew, the government in New Delhi sent troops from other parts of India. The troops restored order in the state capital, Guwahati, but protests continued on Thursday in other places. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also sought to ease tensions by explaining that it does not infringe upon the rights of Muslims living in India in any way. It wasn’t just some parts of Indian society that were apparently angered by the bill, though. An American state-run religious freedom watchdog promptly jumped in to label the legislation discriminatory and threaten New Delhi with sanctions. India was swift to strike back as it called the US position “guided only by its prejudices and biases” as well as lacking real knowledge of the situation on the ground. 391 Afghans, 1595 Pakistanis received Indian citizenship [KhaamaPress] At last 391 Afghans and 1595 Pak nationals have received Indian citizenship during the last 3 years, Union Minister of States for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai, told media on Wednesday. Nityanand Rai has also said that 40 Afghans and 712 Pak refugees have been granted citizenship in 2019. Rai noted that provision for capturing online citizenship data of This comes as that India has recently passed the citizenship law that offers fast-track citizenship to non-Moslems from neighbouring Moslem-majority countries which is a turning point in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s drive to redefine the country as a Hindu homeland. The move marks the first time that India being officially a secular state with a religiously diverse population, has set religious criteria for citizenship. | |
| Posted by:John Frum |
| #6 BTW, the guy who signed this into law, Ram Nath Kovind is from the Dalit (formerly called untouchable) community. He was born in a mud hut, lost his mother in a fire that caught in the thatched roof of their hut. Walked miles barefoot to go to school. Didn’t keep him back. Became a lawyer arguing before the supreme court, a member of parliament, the governor of a state, now President of India. |
| Posted by: John Frum 2019-12-13 07:02 |
| #5 Didn’t think you were grom. The MSM is portraying this law as something it is not. Mo Muslim is being stripped of citizenship. Muslims immigrants can become citizens just as before. I do think that by selecting non muslim illegal immigrants for special consideration, even though we all know they are the persecuted ones, this law violates article 14 of the Indian constitution and will be struck down |
| Posted by: John Frum 2019-12-13 06:57 |
| #4 Muslims we can live with and entrust with positions of responsibility are usually the educated, progressive ones who break out the korans only on eid and are truly secular in their views. One of our greatest Presidents was a muslim. But he was a scientist first. We have no problem with muslims who are secular. Or even with those who don't break the law to get here. In fact, many progressive muslims have lauded the gummint for the CAB. It's illegal muslims that will be deported. Of course, deportations will follow. Just yesterday, Tasleema Robiul a 35 year old bangladeshi illegal was ordered to be deported after a year in prison. She was caught ten years ago on illegal entry and had managed to drag out the case to live here. It's the leftist 'diversity lovers' who are most butt-hurt about this as it gives them ammo to go after a Rightist govt, shouting 'hindu hindu hindu'. Their objective is to relegate hinduism to the sort of voiceless fringes of society that their western comrades have pushed christian conservatives to in the west. The Left are taking their lessons in activism from the same pressure groups who support the global Left, and this is why they are so dangerous. What must be denied them are the universal human resource every globalist needs to cause 'revolution' in an otherwise stable society. Illegal immigrants. The rightist gummint also believes an influx of ever-gratefuls will lock down chances of ensured votes their way in future generations, without endangering citizens with hordes of possible machete wielding Allan lovers. Truth is, we aren't expecting any massive influx anyway. It's more symbolic, the legislation. As far as I'm concerned, let the muslim feel dis-empowered. Soon, we shall move for a uniform code whereby cult and communal laws will be rendered void and only the secular constitution will have primacy. They are simply going to chimp out then, the anti-national taqiyah lovers. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2019-12-13 06:20 |
| #3 I wasn't criticizing John. 20% of Israel's population are Muslims Arabs and we really, really enjoy having them. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2019-12-13 05:22 |
| #2 Nope. India has Muslim Government Ministers, Generals, Industrialists, Scientists,Supreme Court Judges etc. There are 200 million Muslims living in India. |
| Posted by: John Frum 2019-12-13 05:18 |
| #1 President Nath Kovind has signed a new hotly debated bill giving fast-track citizenship to non-Muslims. Hopefully followed to logical completion (deportation of Muslims)? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2019-12-13 04:00 |