Religious Persecution
(Search results - 14)IndiaMar 12, 2024, 10:41 PM IST
CAA Demystified: Are there any restrictions on Muslim immigrants?
The Union Home Ministry issued an FAQ addressing concerns about the CAA, clarifying that it does not target Muslims or seek to repatriate illegal immigrants based on religion.
ViewsJan 4, 2020, 10:16 AM IST
Islamist attack at Nankana Sahib only underscores need to protect persecuted religious minority
The attack at Nankana Sahib was a brazen one. The criminal, who had converted a Sikh girl before abducting her, was out in the open shouting anti-Sikh slogans. The fact that he has not been acted upon by the Pakistan establishment for acts of religious persecution, increases the need for citizenship law.
IndiaDec 28, 2019, 5:42 PM IST
CAA protests: Plight of Pakistani cricketers like Danish Kaneria, Mohammad Yousuf all the more reason to implement law
The issue of religious persecution of Pakistani cricketer Danish Kaneria should be an eye opener for many protesters and even CMs who have vowed not to implement the CAA
IndiaDec 28, 2019, 10:25 AM IST
Hindu refugees from Pakistan hold march in support of CAA
Pakistani Hindu refugees, who fled the country because of religious persecution and came to India, held a march in the national capital in support of the newly amended citizenship law
IndiaDec 22, 2019, 2:35 PM IST
CAA protests: We reiterate law has nothing to do with Indian Muslims
The Citizenship Amendment Act provides citizenship for religiously subjugated minorities like Hindus from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh and has nothing to do with the Indian citizens, especially, Indian Muslims.
IndiaDec 21, 2019, 5:22 PM IST
CAA support: Protests driven through deliberate obfuscation and fear-mongering, thousand academicians release statement
Even with violent protests against CAA going on across the country, over 1,000 academicians, intellectuals and research scholars have come out in support of CAA and issued a statement supporting the Citizenship Act. The statement congratulated the Parliament for "standing up for forgotten minorities and upholding the civilization ethos of India" and "providing a refuge for those fleeing religious persecution".
IndiaDec 19, 2019, 5:26 PM IST
CAA protests: Vandals, arsonists have field day while decent Hindu group begged to differ
Vandals, arsonists are having a field day in the garb of anti-CAA protests. But a Hindu coterie at Raj Ghat held a thanksgiving session to Union home minister Amit Shah for granting them citizenship
IndiaDec 19, 2019, 3:24 PM IST
Gangaram, a persecuted Hindu from Pak feels elated at the enactment of Citizenship Amendment Act
Gangaram is a Pakistan minority Hindu who has fled the country to join his motherland India. He says the enactment of the CAA will give a chance to persecuted Hindus to escape from unbearable affronts
IndiaDec 18, 2019, 2:50 PM IST
When Jogendra Nath Mandal, a Pak Hindu minister rushed to India alleging anti-Hindu bias
Jogendra Nath Mandal was the first Hindu law and labour minister of Pakistan. But he resigned from his post after partition and returned to India, allegedly anti-Hindu bias in that country
IndiaDec 12, 2019, 7:10 PM IST
Muslim President, Vice President, Election Commissioner: Demolishing Congress’s claim of Muslims living in fear
Union home minister Amit Shah, in his reply in the Rajya Sabha during the tabling of the CAB pointed out to the Congress that Indian Muslims had ascended to top positions in the country and there was no way they were being targeted with the CAB
IndiaDec 12, 2019, 1:01 PM IST
#CitizenshipAmendmentBill: Revisiting Shah Bano case to expose Congress’s hypocrisy on religious persecution
A relook into the Shah Bano case in which the Rajiv Gandhi-led Congress government overturned a SC verdict in the 1980s emphatically proves that Congress is guilty of the very charge of appeasement and religious persecution it is making against the Narendra Modi-led government
IndiaDec 11, 2019, 1:57 PM IST
#CitizenshipAmendmentBill: High time journalists like Shekhar Gupta got their facts right
Shekhar Gupta, a prominent journalist has said that the BJP has not been voted to power to implement the CAB. On the flip side, even a cursory glance at the BJP’s manifesto 2019 would suggest that the BJP was contesting the elections on this issue as well.
ViewsDec 11, 2019, 12:46 PM IST
Religious persecution a salient feature: Why Pakistan should mind its business on Citizenship (Amendment) Bill
Once again, Pakistan has sought to interfere in India’s internal matter by criticising the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. However, it is the violation of the Nehru-Liaquat pact by Pakistan that has led to the need of the CAB
IndiaDec 9, 2019, 10:53 AM IST
Amit Shah to introduce Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Lok Sabha today
Indian citizenship will be provided to the members of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities facing religious persecution, putting an end to them being treated as illegal immigrants in the country through this Bill