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[-] Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee 47 points 9 months ago

Before anyone who freaks out without reading the article, no, they’re not removing citizen status for Muslims already in India. They are however making it a lot easier for every religion except Islam to come to India and get nationality

[-] festus@lemmy.ca 68 points 9 months ago

It's been a while since I've read about this but my understanding is that many people in rural areas will lack the documentation showing that they've always lived in India and have citizenship. Basically, this would let the government then start questioning people's citizenship and effectively pretend that many rural Muslims are illegal immigrants while allowing Hindus without documentation to be unaffected.

[-] dugmeup@lemmy.world 41 points 9 months ago

Exactly this. Already there is a strategy and accusations of "Bangladeshi immigrants" all over the country. Guess what? How do you prove you are not from there when you are poor as shit, are now allowed to communicate (Police will beat you damn near to death), have no paperwork cause you are poor as shit or had poor illiterate parents?

Sonny, you eat meat, you are Muslim, believe it or not, straight to jail.

[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

Still makes them disgustingly horrible. Just...a teeny bit less so.

[-] bluey@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

The Citizenship Amendment Act provides a fast track to naturalisation for Hindus, Parsis, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and Christians who fled to Hindu-majority India from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan before December 31, 2014.

https://amp.abc.net.au/article/103575338

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Well that's . . . less . . bad, then

[-] dugmeup@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Ah yea, the salami strategy.

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