India’s law actually grants citizenship to persecuted religious minorities from neighboring countries. The Los Angeles Times calls this “anti-Muslim” and says it “discriminates against Muslims.” But why? Are non-Muslims not actually being persecuted in Muslim countries? This shows how the charge of being “anti-Muslim” is used to intimidate and silence anyone who dares stand against the jihad or with its victims.
Meanwhile, every nation on earth should offer a similar refuge.
“Trump declines to condemn India’s anti-Muslim law,” by Eli Stokols and Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, February 25, 2020:
NEW DELHI — Wrapping up a two-day trip to India, President Trump declined Tuesday to condemn India’s controversial new citizenship law, which discriminates against Muslims, and downplayed the threat from the coronavirus, which now has spread to 34 countries, claiming it’s “very well under control in our country.”
At a news conference in New Delhi, the normally opinionated president appeared visibly uncomfortable and tentative at times as he tried to deflect thorny questions about India’s religious violence and the guilty verdict for former Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein on rape charges….
Saying he didn’t want to say anything to overshadow his “fantastic” trip to India, Trump declined to criticize Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new citizenship law, which excludes Muslims and has helped fuel a new wave of communal violence.
Ten people have been reported killed, and dozens injured, in Muslim-majority neighborhoods north of the capital since Sunday. The clashes between protesters in favor of the law and those against it quickly took on religious overtones, with Hindu and Muslim mobs fighting each other.
The law passed by India’s parliament last year prioritizes citizenship for Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians while excluding Muslims.
Trump, asked several times about Modi’s support for the new law, praised the Indian leader.
“He wants people to have religious freedom,” Trump insisted. “They have really worked hard on religious freedom.”
Trump appeared to back Modi’s concern that the majority-Hindu country is being overrun by Muslims.
“He told me, I guess they have 200 plus, 200 million Muslims in India, and a fairly short while ago, they had 14 million,” Trump said.
India had about 35 million Muslims in 1951, according to the first census after independence, or about 9.8% of the population. The 201 million Muslims today are 14.2% of the population….