cross-posted from: https://lemy.lol/post/21886458
While Judaism is excluded despite never having any conflict with them.
Why the same excuse which is used to exclude muslims and Jews is not used to exclude Christians?
Are they afraid of western retribution? What is the logic behind keeping Christianity but excluding Judaism?
There are plenty of Christian countries for Christians to go to just like muslims. So, why include Christians?
CAA is a new amendment to Indian citizenship act made by Modi led hindu nationalist government.
The ACT aims to provide India citizenship to persecuted minorities in the countries neighbouring India.
However the act only cherrypicks certain religions and certain countries to please hindu nationalist votebank.
Only persecuted minorities from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh can get citizenship.
Which means Rohingyas ( irrespective of their religion ) from Myanmar can’t get asylum.
Further certain religions are excluded from CAA like Muslims, Jews, Baha’i and Atheists
In Pakistan there are Ahmedi muslims and atheists which are also persecuted minorities which cannot get asylum.
The law in itself doesn’t pose much harm to Indian muslims, Jews and atheists but along with this the government is planning an updated national register for citizens where everyone living in India will be asked to prove their grandparents were citizens of India. Most people don’t have birth certificates of their grandparents or other documents that can prove that.
Therefore this risks muslims, Jews and atheists losing Indian citizenship and becoming stateless. They risk getting deported or kept in prison camps.
Ahmediyyas are termed Muslims in India and Pak,afghan and bng are islamic nations. Also atheism is not a religion.
And CAA accelerate things for them. Others can still apply for being refugee here.
We cannot give citizenship to refugees from USA.So piking nations make sense.
First beneficiaries will be around 30,000. But what will me number if we include rohingyas?
Don’t worry, those millions of Indians who are leaving the country for employment (which Modi failed to provide) will make enough room for everyone.
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/poor-middle-class-wealthy-more-indians-are-leaving-country-9091963/
Millions? ByTheWay people crossing borders illegally are not educated either.
Because Modi failed to educate them.
There age says something else?