Representatives of Grand Ayatollah Shirazi participate in protest against the Indian Citizenship Law

A group of representatives of the Supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini Al-Shirazi, in India, participated in the protest of Muslims against the Citizenship Law.

A group of representatives of the Supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini Al-Shirazi, in India, participated in the protest of Muslims against the Citizenship Law.

The protest was part of a series of peaceful protests taking place in various Indian cities, against the underestimation of the Indian government for the rights of Muslims in the country and discrimination on religious grounds.

One of the representatives of the Supreme Religious Authority and the Director of His Eminence’s Office in India, Sayyed Saif Abbas al-Naqawi, held a symposium in the Husseiniya of Jannat Ma’ab in the city of Lucknow last week, discussing the concerns of citizens and Muslims in the country, as well as the citizenship law.

Last week, a law in India was passed, granting citizenship rights to illegal immigrants from Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Pakistan to minorities namely Hindus, Buddhism, Jain, Christianity, Zoroastrianism, and Sikhs.

The aforementioned law is concerned with immigrants who entered India before the year 2015, and no legal reform has been taken for the rights of citizens in India such as those mentioned for Muslims in the country, which caused widespread objections.