The last thing we want.

On 11 March 2024, "The ministry of home affairs has notified the Citizenship Amendment Act's (CAA) rules today, paving the way for the law's implementation across the country. The law makes it easier for Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Buddhist, Christian and Parsi refugees from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan, to get Indian citizenship." HT. Predictably, the Congress, Communists and Muslims have condemned the Act because Muslims have not been included for citizenship (Mint) and inability to provide documentary proof required for the National Register of Citizenship (wikipedia) may make Muslims vulnerable to deportation. "Questions were raised as to why persecuted minorities in China and Myanmar - Muslims in these cases - and in Sri Lanka, with a linguistic minority of Tamils, were not under the ambit of the new law with opponents of the law pointing out the government's alleged discriminatory attitude." DH. Firstly, there are more than 30 countries, which call themselves Islamic, in the world (nationsonline.org) and thousands of minority women are abducted, raped and forcibly converted to Islam in Pakistan (India Today). Why don't Muslims, who claim to be persecuted refugees, go to these Islamic nations? There is a network which is smuggling illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and providing them with refuge in India. "Security agencies in Jammu and Kashmir are perplexed by the revelation that Rohingyas, illegal immigrants from Myanmar, have fraudulently obtained Aadhar cards, Pan cards and domicile certificates." TN. No nation can open its borders to everyone because nations need to guard against hostile elements and no nation has the resources to provide for hordes of people. Thus, every nation has the right to choose those it will allow inside its borders. Perhaps, the protesters are unaware of another CAA, which is the "Cuban Adjustment Act, US federal law (November 2, 1966) that was enacted with the intent of allowing Cuban natives or citizens in the United States to bypass standard immigration rules to more quickly and easily obtain lawful permanent residency (often called a 'green card')." Britannica. Only Cubans. and no other. According to Portuguese law, those born in Goa, Daman, Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli during Portuguese rule until 19 December 1961, their children and grandchildren are eligible for citizenship of Portugal (Portuguese Nationality), which would automatically entitle them to travel anywhere within the European Union (EU). Obviously, it would be impossible for the EU to give the same facility to over 1.4 billion Indians (worldometer). The Mappila uprising in Kerala in 1921 in which Muslims "specifically targeted Hindus, butchered some and forcibly converted others, with the end goal being the creation of an Islamic state." By calling them "freedom fighters", liberals lose all credibility, wrote Rupa Subramanya. However, the real danger is that "a survey conducted by the Pew Research Center has found that over two-thirds Indians support autocratic or military rule and that support for these forms of government was found to be the highest in India among the 24 countries surveyed." The Print. Since about 79.8%, that is four-fifths, of Indians identify themselves as Hindus (wikipedia), the vast majority supporting dictatorship must be Hindus. Non-Muslims see the CAA as humane, a measure to save lives. Condemning the CAA as a knee-jerk reaction only angers these people. The last thing we want is a fascist government. That would be an unmitigated disaster.