Talk:Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019

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Discussion to include a section in the article

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. A summary of the conclusions reached follows.

All participants in the discussion agreed with the content of the first paragraph as substantively okay. However, the main contention pointed by one user is that the second para does not directly relate to CAA, and its inclusion can be thought of ONLY when a conclusive link referenced in the sources is categorically established. Further, the section title stands changed from "Demand for Hindu Rashtra and alienation of Muslims from India" to a toned down contextually supported "Anticipated fear of establishing a theocratic state". --Hindustanilanguage (talk) 18:57, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

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Hi friends,

The following input was subject to two or three reverts by some of our fellow Wikipedians. The information contained here pertains to people/ media reactions to the Act who are per se notable. I request friends to please review the input and, if needed modify/ edit the content here before it can possibly be reposted in the article. --Hindustanilanguage (talk) 06:01, 5 November 2020 (UTC):

Demand for Hindu Rashtra and alienation of Muslims from India

According to Neeti Nair, author of Changing Homelands: Hindu Politics and the Partition and associate professor of South Asian history at the University of Virginia in the USA, the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the National Register of Citizens represent steps towards a “Hindu Rashtra” that should be “summarily dismissed both by the people and by the courts”. Similar views were expressed by social activists such as Harsh Mander and Indira Jaising. Several non-BJP leaders such as Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and AIADMK leader Kanimozhi also expressed the same apprehension. Indian newspaper National Herald termed the Act as a proximity to the nightmare of a Hindu Rashtra. The Caravan magazine described it as just a step towards a Hindu Rashtra. On the other hand, foreign media such as The Japan Times termed the Act as "Modi's project to make a Hindu India".

These fears gained further momentum when Mahant Paramhans Das, a prominent activist of the Ram Janmabhoomi movement embarked on the first stir in October 2020 in the form of a fast unto death with his followers in the holy Hindu city of Ayodhya to declare India a Hindu Rashtra and called for the mass exodus of Indian Muslims to Pakistan. Das had lead similar fasts when the movement for Ram Janmabhoomi at Ayodhya was active a few years back. He was forcibly evacuated by the Uttar Pradesh Police within days after this move. However, his followers protested the police intervention as the government gave no assurance to heed to the core demands.

• Support Hasan (talk) 17:23, 7 November 2020 (UTC)
• Support Thanks Hindustanilanguage for your input. However the words like Holy and prominent need to be removed. These aren't inline with our WP:NPOV policy. Else, I don't see any problem in getting this section included in the article. ─ The Aafī (^talk) 21:12, 8 November 2020 (UTC)
• The first paragraph requires some copyediting, but is substantively okay. The second is not, and the section title is not. The sources for the second paragraph are nowhere near as weighty, and also do not make the connection to the CAA, meaning its inclusion here is WP:OR. Vanamonde (Talk) 16:33, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
• Support Faismeen (talk) 15:47, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

References

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• Sharma, Raghav (2022). "Cast away (Understanding experiences of Afghan Hindu, Sikh, and Christian refugees)". The Routledge Handbook of Refugees in India EditedBy S. Irudaya Rajan. Routledge India (Online Taylor Francis. doi:10.4324/9781003246800-68. ISBN 9781003246800. S2CID 246321817.

Bookku, 'Encyclopedias = expanding information & knowledge' (talk) 10:35, 25 February 2022 (UTC)

Adding short-form (CAA) in lead

The Citizenship Amendment Act is better known as 'CAA'. Infact its the only name most people know it by, so imo a shortform within closed parenthesis should be added right after the official name in lead. BomaiyukBatt (talk) 17:40, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

Expanding the "International reactions" section of the article

While the "International reactions" section of this article was interesting, I think it can be improved by a discussion of the implications of the international response to the CAA. Seeing all of the different country's responses is useful, but synthesizing overall responses and adding discussion and analysis would be useful. Haakad1 (talk) 22:14, 6 April 2023 (UTC)