India Approves Bill Granting Citizenship Based on Religion

[Baka's Weird Case]

@Rhakim I try to not draw historical parallels with Nazi Germany but that's exactly what this is

i mean modi already had his own little kristallnacht when he was governor of gujarat

 

[Json]

India and Pakistan racing to a dangerous line.

 

[88m3]

i mean modi already had his own little kristallnacht when he was governor of gujarat

I can't remember if I was listening to F24 or PBS but they had someone on explaining that the police are used to target and carry out extrajudicial murders of Muslims.

 

[88m3]

@Rhakim what are the implications for Kashmir? Will they be labeled as "interlopers", "illegal immigrants", etc?

 

[Baka's Weird Case]

I can't remember if I was listening to F24 or PBS but they had someone on explaining that the police are used to target and carry out extrajudicial murders of Muslims.

yeah "encounter killings"
Security Forces in India Engage in Extrajudicial Killings, Then are Protected

 

[88m3]

yeah "encounter killings"
Security Forces in India Engage in Extrajudicial Killings, Then are Protected

really f'd up

 

[mbewane]

@Rhakim what are the implications for Kashmir? Will they be labeled as "interlopers", "illegal immigrants", etc?

Probably stripped of their nationality, and progressively pushed out Rohingya style.

India has a long history of hindu nationalism/extremism, for some reason it's not really on the western's radar. There was a visit of far-right european parliaments in Kashmir some time ago and India and Israël have been strenghtening ties. You already know what it is.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

@Rhakim what are the implications for Kashmir? Will they be labeled as "interlopers", "illegal immigrants", etc?

In this particular issue Kashmiris pretty much face the same vulnerabilities as everyone else. It's you're Muslim you might be interned or deported and the poorer you are and the worse your documentation is the better the chances you're getting screwed.

The thing is that until recently Kashmir had certain protections. Now those are gone and they're as vulnerable to the agenda as everyone else.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

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Tens of thousands of protesters defied a government curfew to march in the streets of Guwahati, India, demonstrating against the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Bill, which will grant citizenship to thousands of migrants on religious grounds.


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Protests Grow in India Over Religion-Based Citizenship Bill

Military deployed as protests rage in India against citizenship bill

Crazy shyt is that from what I hear it's mostly HINDUS protesting. There are ethnic battlegrounds that go behind religion, apparently a lot of Assamese speakers are pissed off that they're gonna be hit by an influx of Bengali speakers, Hindu or otherwise. What a surprise, flaming xenophobia leads to violence and unintended consequences, who woulda thought?

 

[hashmander]

and here i was all these years feeling bad that the nazis co-opted their swastika.

 

[analog]

yeah "encounter killings"
Security Forces in India Engage in Extrajudicial Killings, Then are Protected

I remember reading about the cow vigilantes killing dozens, and injuring Muslims in the hundreds with nary a consequence. And now this

You know the West, nor any other Muslim state going to do anything as well

 

[mbewane]

and here i was all these years feeling bad that the nazis co-opted their swastika.

Not sure it's "theirs", it's a widespread symbol in various Asian countries. It was used in Europe long before it became a nazi symbol.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

@Rhakim I try to not draw historical parallels with Nazi Germany but that's exactly what this is

i mean modi already had his own little kristallnacht when he was governor of gujarat

and here i was all these years feeling bad that the nazis co-opted their swastika.

In Modi's Gujarat, Hitler is a Textbook Hero

"Gandhi is not so great, but Hitler is. Welcome to high school education in Narendra Modi's Gujarat, where authors of social studies textbooks published by the Gujarat State Board of School Textbooks have found faults with the freedom movement and glorified Fascism and Nazism.

While a Class III student is taught ''negative aspects'' of Gandhi's non-cooperation movement, the Class X social studies textbook has chapters on ''Hitler, the Supremo'' and ''Internal Achievements of Nazism."


The whole article is a disturbing-ass read. When Modi was still just the chief minister of the state of Gujarat, his textbooks straight up taught that Gandhi was a loser while Hitler was a strong leader whose power was to be admired.



Hitler's Hindus: The Rise and Rise of India's Hitler-loving Nationalists

Why Hitler is Not a Dirty Word in India

Hitler's Hot in India

Indian Publisher Includes Hitler in their "Great Leaders" Children's Book


This would be amusing if the consequences weren't so terrifying for so many people.

 

[hashmander]

Not sure it's "theirs", it's a widespread symbol in various Asian countries. It was used in Europe long before it became a nazi symbol.

well even the word swastika is a sanskrit one. and they've been using the symbol the longest.

 

[Mook]

I'm with Amit Sha on this one. Except it does discriminate, I just think they have the right.

Dumb conservative cac agrees with xenophobia. No surprise.