India: Christian leaders in the ruling party: the new citizenship law is not inclusive and needs to be expanded
The controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), approved in India in December, discriminates against Muslims, is not inclusive and needs to be expanded: this is what a group of 15 between Catholic priests and Protestant Pastors say, who launched an appeal.
A group of 15 between Catholic priests and Protestant Pastors launched an appeal to the Hindu nationalist party Bharatiya Janata (BJP), to the government in the Indian Federation.
As reported to Fides, Christian leaders expressed their disappointment regarding the new law, approved last month, which guarantees citizenship to Buddhist, Hindu, Jainist, Parsi and Sikh refugees, but not to Muslims fleeing persecution and coming from three Muslim-majority countries: Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. The measure has raised widespread national protests.
Speaking with Christian leaders, J.P. Nadda said that the BJP had also considered the persecution of Christians in the three predominantly Islamic neighboring countries, which is why the Christian community was also included.
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