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Three Indian Laws - Part II: Citizenship Amendment Act - CAA

 The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) was passed by the Parliament of India on 11 December 2019. It amended the Citizenship Act, 1955 by providing an accelerated pathway to Indian citizenship for persecuted religious minorities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan who arrived in India by 2014. The eligible minorities were stated as Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis or Christians.The law does not grant such eligibility to Muslims from these countries. Indian Muslim Protest against CAA " The Citizen Amendment Act is a bigoted law that legitimizes discrimination on the basis of religion and should never have been enacted in the first place ... ", said Aakar Patel, chair of the board at Amnesty International India. Really? I suggest Mr. Aakar Patel reads the constitution of Pakistan which clearly states that the Constitution requires the president to be a " Muslim of not less than forty five (45) years of age ". So a non-Muslim can never be the Presid...

To Veil or Unveil?

To veil it .. or Unveil it?  A Hijab (Arabic: حجاب) is a veil worn by certain Arab women in the presence of any male outside of their immediate family or sometimes by men, which covers the head and chest. Note the use of term" Arab " as not all Muslim women across he globe wore hijab which is traditionally an Arabic feature. Last week, a controversy over Hijab in Government PU College, Udupi, Karnataka became viral news. A large group of South Indian young men were seen harassing and chasing female Muslim students wearning traditional black "Burqa" to the college. This act is shameful and demonstrates the narrowmindedness of the right wing Hindu activists. My hero of the event is the young girl who faced the mob of hooligans with dignity and couragely raised her own slogan in protest. Brave Young Women in Udupi, Karnataka Whether I agree with the concept of Hijab or not, I commend the courage of this young girl who demonstrated her conviction with grace. Ths event p...