Our Indian muslim brothers should understand that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is not against them. It clearly states that it has been enacted to provide citizenship to those minorities (like Hindus, Christians, Sikhs, Parsis and Buddists) who were forced to flee from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan because of getting severely persecuted and tortured for decades over there. If someone still calls this Act as discriminatory or anti-muslim, then here are a few questions that he/she needs to answer:-
(1) Are muslims a minority in the above 3 countries? Have they been persecuted there? Obviously No. Then how can they too be allowed an Indian citizenship?
(2) Has an average muslim family gone poorer in the last 5 years? No.
The average monthly income of a muslim family has also rose by 30% in the last 5 years of Modi regime, just like what it has done with Hindu families. (Data from The Times of India) That clearly justifies that muslims are also prospering in this country, just like what all others are. (Several new start-up projects are now headed by CEOs who are with muslim backgrounds.) Clearly, question of being partial or unjust towards muslims does not arise. Only those with an 18th century mindset will now feel that muslims are suffering here.
(3) We glorify and idolize talented muslims too as celebrities and role models. Ample of examples are there - Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam, Salman Khan, Amir Khan, Shahrukh Khan and so on. These 3 khans have millions of "hindu" followers. How many talented hindus are idolized and glorified in Pakistan? Very very few. That shows that Pakistan is a non-secular, communal state whereas India is a secular, non-communal state. We give respect and celebrity status to everybody, irrespective of his/her religious background. If this wasn't the case, guys like Salman, Amir and SRK would never have become "Superstars". In fact, in this volatile situation, it is their duty and ask the youth from their community to maintain calm and peace, quoting their own example wherein hindus are their fans and are just and impartial to every Indian.
(4)The very ethos of India is secular by nature and it has remained so in the last 7 decades. We are a thriving democracy, a truly secular state and these two things we have been proven time and again, since independence. The CAA does not break the confines of this fact.
(5) The percentage of hindus in Pakistan decreased from 18% in 1947 to a miniscule 1.5% in 2017. This was nothing else but a systematic persecution and torture of this community.
Compared to this, the percentage of muslims in India grew from 5% in 1947 to 14% in 2011. How can a particular community grow in numbers, if it was facing persecution or torture?
In short, the muslims of India should understand that they are not getting forced to do any thing by hindus here. They have equal rights and privileges (like Education, business opportunities, opportunities to expose talent etc.) as what the hindus have. They do not become "a suppressed minority" all of a sudden by passing of a certain Act in the parliament. Remaining relaxed, they should divert their attention back to their creative work rather than listening to the worthless shit from the likes of Owaisi, Rahul, Sonia etc. This will help a lot in bringing things "back to normal" quickly.
JAI HIND
- (kb/Original/17-12-2019/1)
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