Modern India’s republic was founded on equal plural belonging
Evidence
That new law, dubbed the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), aimed to deny naturalized citizenship to Muslim immigrants. This was another step toward the Hindutva vision of binding Indian citizenship with Hindu identity. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 418 (
#contradicts, via linked claim)
Categorization
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
- XREF: connects to: Savarkar defined Indian identity through both fatherland and holy land being India; India’s Constitution schedules for Adivasis perpetuate colonial exclusion logic; Ambedkar proposed replacing caste with liberty, equality, and fraternity (+3 more)
Related
- The Citizenship Amendment Act ties Indian citizenship to Hindu identity (similarity 0.87)
- Hindutva reframed Hinduism as a political identity mandating Muslim exclusion from India (similarity 0.84)
- The CAA redefined Indian citizenship to exclude Muslims in favor of Hindus (similarity 0.84)
- The CAA redefined Indian citizenship to institutionalize religious hierarchy. (similarity 0.81)
- India’s CAA stripped citizenship from millions of predominantly Muslim residents (similarity 0.79)
- Hindutva defines Indian citizenship by religion-of-origin within sacred territory (similarity 0.79)
- India’s NRC parallels both Trump’s Muslim Registry and Nuremberg laws (similarity 0.79)
- Savarkar defined Indian identity through both fatherland and holy land being India (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- India’s 1947 secularist founding contrasts with its communalist present.
#complicates(0.65) - India’s citizenship laws make Indian nationality synonymous with Hindu identity
#contradicts(0.60) - The Citizenship Amendment Act ties Indian citizenship to Hindu identity
#contradicts(0.60) — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 418