Controversial Indian citizenship act continues to spur violence
Earlier this month, India passed legislation – the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019 – granting Indian citizenship to “persecuted” religious minorities from Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Hindus, Christians, Parsis, Jains, Buddhists and Sikhs are all included in the bill’s language. Conspicuously missing, however, are Muslims. Opposition groups claim the law is