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The article highlights that until December 2019, democratic India did not have a religious test for Indian citizenship, but this principle was overturned with the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which introduced a religion-based criterion for belonging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report details how this law permits authorities to disenfranchise Indian Muslims who lack documentary evidence of citizenship, a significant threat in a country where millions of the poor and marginalized lack such papers. Undocumented non-Muslims, however, would remain entitled to citizenship under the law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"698\" height=\"445\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-15-114253.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-131347\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-15-114253.png 698w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-15-114253-300x191.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The article points to a &#8220;layered betrayal&#8221; of the promise made to Muslims in 1947, where socio-political and historical fissures are being turned into an instrument of state policy. It notes that the Election Commission of India&#8217;s revision of electoral rolls in Bihar, which will re-verify 80 million voters&#8217; papers, is a step in this direction, with officials signaling that large numbers of &#8220;illegal immigrants&#8221; will be deleted from the lists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The article concludes that for millions of Indians, especially Muslims, the rights once considered inalienable are being redefined and erased, recasting them as outsiders in their own land.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A TRT Global article examines the challenges faced by India&#8217;s Muslim population, which is now 200 million strong and is projected to be the world&#8217;s largest Muslim population by 2060. 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