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Students and police face off at Nadwa College in Lucknow (ANI)
A proposed bill that appears to discriminate against Muslims has
triggered demonstrations and riots in multiple cities across India,
including college campuses in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal,
Lucknow, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata (Calcutta) and Mumbai (Bombay).
The protests have been mostly peaceful, but there has been some
violence, and there is viral video of people attacking peacefully
protesting students and beating them. Six people have died in Delhi,
about 200 were injured.
The proposed Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) is complex. It allows
refugees from three neighboring countries -- Bangladesh, Pakistan and
Afghanistan -- to seek citizenship in India.
But there's a requirement: The refugee seeking citizenship must not be
Muslim. He or she may be Hindu, Christian, Jain, Parsi, Sikh or
Buddhist, but not Muslim.
The reason given for this restriction is that all three of these
neighboring countries are "Muslim countries," with majority Muslim
populations and Muslim governments. So the CAB is said to provide
citizenship to harassed or persecuted religious minorities in the
three Muslim countries. The explanation ignores the issue of the
Sufis and Ahmadis in Pakistan, who are Muslim, but are still targeted
and persecuted.
According to prime minister Narendra Modi, Muslims from Pakistan,
Bangladesh and Afghanistan are not covered because they have no need
of India's protection. He tweeted that the new law "does not affect
any citizen of India of any religion."
However, Modi is leader of the Hindu nationalist BJP (Bharatiya Janata
Party), and activists are accusing Modi of discriminating against
Muslims, and violating India's secular constitution.
This is the second major Indian government decision this year that has
triggered protests and complaints of discrimination against Muslims.
In August, India revoked Article 370 of India's constitution. That
article made Kashmir, which is a Muslim majority province, a
semi-autonomous state of India, allowing some level of
self-government. Revoking Article 370 means that Kashmir no longer
has a special status, and is now just another state in India, under
full control of Delhi. To prevent riots, Kashmir has been on virtual
lockdown for several months, with strick curfews and with limited
phone and internet service.
These two changes have something in common, at least in the eyes
of the demonstrators. Revoking Article 370 means that, for the
first time, Hindus will be able to buy property in Kashmir, and
Muslims in Kashmir fears that in time Hindus will be in the majority.
In the case of the new citizenship bill, some protesters have expressed
the fear that an influx of Hindus from neighboring countries will
cause some border area, especially in Assam in the northeast, to
become Hindu majority in time.
Actually, residents of Assam are protesting the citizenship bill for
entirely different reasons. Assam is populated by some 70 different
ethnic groups, and they fear that any influx of refugees, whether
Hindu or Muslim, will mean that they will lose their ethnic character.
Indigenous people in Assam speak Assamese and Bengali, and both groups
for years have competed over jobs and resources.
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**** India's Citizenship Bill riots evoke memories of the 1947 Partition War
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India's previous two generational crisis wars were India's
1857 Rebellion, which pitted Hindu nationalists against British
colonists, and then the 1947 Partition War, one of the bloodiest wars
of the 20th century, pitting Hindus against Muslims, following the
partitioning of the Indian subcontinent into India and Pakistan.
Today, the survivors of the 1947 Partition War have almost all died
off, leaving behind younger generations with no fear of repeating past
disasters. Generational Dynamics predicts that there will be
a new civil war between Muslims and Indians, or an external
war with Pakistan, or both.
The number and belligerence of riots and demonstrations in India have
been growing and spreading across the country for several weeks. It
remains to be seen whether these demonstrations will fizzle out, or
whether they will continue to grow into a much large anti-government
rebellion.
Sources:
Related Articles:
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, India, Citizenship Amendment Bill, CAB,
Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal,
Lucknow, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Calcutta, Mumbai, Bombay,
Hindu, Christian, Jain, Parsi, Sikh, Buddhist, Muslim,
Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Ahmadis, Sufis,
Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, Kashmir, Article 370,
Partition War
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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
- Riots spread across India along Hindu-Muslim fault line
- India's Citizenship Bill riots evoke memories of the 1947 Partition War
****
**** Riots spread across India along Hindu-Muslim fault line
****
Students and police face off at Nadwa College in Lucknow (ANI)
A proposed bill that appears to discriminate against Muslims has
triggered demonstrations and riots in multiple cities across India,
including college campuses in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal,
Lucknow, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata (Calcutta) and Mumbai (Bombay).
The protests have been mostly peaceful, but there has been some
violence, and there is viral video of people attacking peacefully
protesting students and beating them. Six people have died in Delhi,
about 200 were injured.
The proposed Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) is complex. It allows
refugees from three neighboring countries -- Bangladesh, Pakistan and
Afghanistan -- to seek citizenship in India.
But there's a requirement: The refugee seeking citizenship must not be
Muslim. He or she may be Hindu, Christian, Jain, Parsi, Sikh or
Buddhist, but not Muslim.
The reason given for this restriction is that all three of these
neighboring countries are "Muslim countries," with majority Muslim
populations and Muslim governments. So the CAB is said to provide
citizenship to harassed or persecuted religious minorities in the
three Muslim countries. The explanation ignores the issue of the
Sufis and Ahmadis in Pakistan, who are Muslim, but are still targeted
and persecuted.
According to prime minister Narendra Modi, Muslims from Pakistan,
Bangladesh and Afghanistan are not covered because they have no need
of India's protection. He tweeted that the new law "does not affect
any citizen of India of any religion."
However, Modi is leader of the Hindu nationalist BJP (Bharatiya Janata
Party), and activists are accusing Modi of discriminating against
Muslims, and violating India's secular constitution.
This is the second major Indian government decision this year that has
triggered protests and complaints of discrimination against Muslims.
In August, India revoked Article 370 of India's constitution. That
article made Kashmir, which is a Muslim majority province, a
semi-autonomous state of India, allowing some level of
self-government. Revoking Article 370 means that Kashmir no longer
has a special status, and is now just another state in India, under
full control of Delhi. To prevent riots, Kashmir has been on virtual
lockdown for several months, with strick curfews and with limited
phone and internet service.
These two changes have something in common, at least in the eyes
of the demonstrators. Revoking Article 370 means that, for the
first time, Hindus will be able to buy property in Kashmir, and
Muslims in Kashmir fears that in time Hindus will be in the majority.
In the case of the new citizenship bill, some protesters have expressed
the fear that an influx of Hindus from neighboring countries will
cause some border area, especially in Assam in the northeast, to
become Hindu majority in time.
Actually, residents of Assam are protesting the citizenship bill for
entirely different reasons. Assam is populated by some 70 different
ethnic groups, and they fear that any influx of refugees, whether
Hindu or Muslim, will mean that they will lose their ethnic character.
Indigenous people in Assam speak Assamese and Bengali, and both groups
for years have competed over jobs and resources.
****
**** India's Citizenship Bill riots evoke memories of the 1947 Partition War
****
India's previous two generational crisis wars were India's
1857 Rebellion, which pitted Hindu nationalists against British
colonists, and then the 1947 Partition War, one of the bloodiest wars
of the 20th century, pitting Hindus against Muslims, following the
partitioning of the Indian subcontinent into India and Pakistan.
Today, the survivors of the 1947 Partition War have almost all died
off, leaving behind younger generations with no fear of repeating past
disasters. Generational Dynamics predicts that there will be
a new civil war between Muslims and Indians, or an external
war with Pakistan, or both.
The number and belligerence of riots and demonstrations in India have
been growing and spreading across the country for several weeks. It
remains to be seen whether these demonstrations will fizzle out, or
whether they will continue to grow into a much large anti-government
rebellion.
Sources:
- India citizenship law protests: All the latest updates (Al-Jazeera, 16-Dec-2019)
- India: Massive protests against citizenship law (Deutsche Welle, 16-Dec-2019)
- India citizenship law protests spread across campuses (Reuters, 16-Dec-2019)
- India Protests Spread as Anger Against Citizenship Law Grows (Bloomberg, 15-Dec-2019)
- India’s new Citizenship Act and national register of citizens are both inspired by (Quartz, 16-Dec-2019)
- India protests rage over 'anti-Muslim' law (AFP, 16-Dec-2019)
- Police storm campuses, crack down on protests against Indian citizenship law (France24, 16-Dec-2019)
- CAA protests in Lucknow: Students face off with police, stones pelted (India Today, 16-Dec-2019)
- Citizenship Amendment Act: India PM Modi appeals for calm as protests grow (BBC, 16-Dec-2019)
- Why has India's Assam erupted over an 'anti-Muslim' law? (BBC, 13-Dec-2019)
- Citizenship Amendment Bill: India's new 'anti-Muslim' law explained (BBC, 11-Dec-2019)
- Citizenship Amendment Bill: Are India's claims about minorities in other countries true? (BBC, 12-Dec-2019)
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- Pakistan celebrates its 70th birthday, wondering what Pakistan is (15-Aug-2017)
- India's Narendra Modi finally hits out at Cow Protectors ('Gau Rakshaks') (07-Aug-2016)
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, India, Citizenship Amendment Bill, CAB,
Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal,
Lucknow, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Calcutta, Mumbai, Bombay,
Hindu, Christian, Jain, Parsi, Sikh, Buddhist, Muslim,
Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Ahmadis, Sufis,
Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, Kashmir, Article 370,
Partition War
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