MUMBAI, INDIA — Riots over religious matters have a dark history in India and the spectre of their return worries many across the nation. More provocative, the exclusion of Muslims from eligibility is widely interpreted as holding that Muslims ought to remain in Muslim countries, where presumably they ought to be safe. In the complex communal politics of India, Christian leaders oppose the CAA even though Christians are included within its provisions. Indians Muslims in India have feared just that. The citizenship law only exacerbates those fears.

Source: National Post December 20, 2019 17:26 UTC