Citizenship Amendment Bill: India’s new ‘anti-Muslim’ law explained
Opponents of the bill say it is exclusionary and violates the secular principles enshrined in the constitution. They say faith cannot be made a condition of citizenship.
The constitution prohibits religious discrimination against its citizens, and guarantees all persons equality before the law and equal protection of the law.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-50670393
The Foreigner: Soldier, engineer, Assam Border Police official: Mohammed Sanaullah was the model Indian citizen. Then his employers decided he wasn’t.
Waves of migration from East Bengal in the twentieth century have, indeed, caused a significant demographic shift. At the beginning of the century, Assam’s Muslim population was 12.4 percent. At the start of the twenty-first century, it was 30.92 per cent. This rate of growth is compared with the rest of India to make a case for unchecked illegal migration from Bangladesh. That is why being a Bengali-speaking Muslim in Assam is a presumption against being an ‘original inhabitant.’
https://fiftytwo.in/story/the-foreigner/
Why has India’s Assam erupted over an ‘anti-Muslim’ law?
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-50757093
How the National Citizenship Registration in Assam is shaping a new national identity in India
Citizenship Amendment Bill Negatively Impacts Indigenous Peoples of Northeast India
INDIA’S CITIZENSHIP LAW, IN TANDEM WITH NATIONAL REGISTRY, COULD MAKE BJP’S DISCRIMINATORY TARGETING OF MUSLIMS EASIER
https://theintercept.com/2020/01/30/india-citizenship-act-caa-nrc-assam/
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