Citizenship Amendment Act proves worth of two-nation theory.

ISLAMABAD -- At least 27 people have been killed and thousands have been arrested amid demonstrations in India against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), a new law that allows immigrants of religious minorities in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh to seek Indian citizenship while excluding Muslims from that prerogative.

Passed in early December, the new law has put India's 200 million Muslims on high alert and joins a growing list of controversies spurred by the Bharatiya Janata

Party-led government, which is accused of pushing a Hindu-nationalist agenda.

Critics say that the CAA undermines India's secular 1949 Constitution which ensures equality for all religions, Kashmir Media service reported.

Mass demonstrations have engulfed both large and small cities nationwide, including Mumbai, New Delhi, Lucknow, Bangalore, and Malegaon. Authorities have responded with a brutal crackdown, as well as restrictions on street protests and internet shutdowns.

In August 2019, the BJP-led parliament abrogated the autonomy status of

Muslim-majority state Jammu and Kashmir, which has since been subjected to curfews, restrictions on public transportation, and a near-total blackout.

On November 9, 2019, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the government in the Ayodhya dispute of 1992 when Hindu radicals razed down the Babri Mosque in

Uttar Pradesh, leading to nationwide violence between Hindus and...