Muslim India Protes Tentang Undang Undang Baru Kewarganegaraan

BINTANGNEWS.com – Media Presstv.com berbahasa Inggris melaporkan,” Muslim India di seluruh negeri itu turun ke jalan dalam kegelisahan terhadap undang-undang kewarganegaraan baru, menyebutnya "anti-sekuler." pada hari Jumat (13 Desember)

Protes kekerasan telah meletus sejak undang-undang kewarganegaraan (Amandemen) yang kontroversial disahkan oleh parlemen awal pekan ini. Pada hari Jumat, kerumunan besar pengunjuk rasa Muslim berdemonstrasi di jalan-jalan di beberapa kota seperti Bengaluru, Hyderabad, dan Kolkata, membawa plakat, dan spanduk.

Undang-undang kewarganegaraan yang baru menjabarkan jalur kewarganegaraan India untuk enam kelompok agama minoritas dari Bangladesh, Pakistan, dan Afghanistan, yang menurut para pengunjuk rasa akan mengubah ribuan imigran ilegal menjadi penduduk legal.

Pemerintah nasionalis Hindu Perdana Menteri Narendra Modi mengatakan RUU itu dimaksudkan untuk melindungi minoritas dari negara-negara itu.

Muslims in India protest against citizenship law

Indian Muslims on Friday (December 13) across the country took to the streets in agitation against the new citizenship legislation, calling it 'anti-secular.'

Violent protests have erupted since the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) law was passed by the parliament earlier this week. On Friday, huge crowds of Muslim protesters rallied on the roads in several cities like Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Kolkata, carrying placards, and banners.

The new citizenship law lays out a path of Indian citizenship for six minority religious groups from neighboring Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, which protesters say would convert thousands of illegal immigrants into legal residents.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist government has said the bill was meant to protect minorities from those countries.***

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_{Source:  Presstv}