In December, India enacted a new citizenship law that makes it easier for illegal aliens, provided they are non-Muslim aliens from Muslim-majority countries bordering India, to become citizens.  India's Muslim community took to the streets to protest, complaining that the new law would destroy their demographics, culture, and economy.  To date, the Western media have responded to Muslim concerns with the utmost sympathy. The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (or "CAB") amends India's 1955 Citizenship Act.  Under the old law, a requirement for acquiring Indian citizenship was that the applicant had to have resided legally in India.  Illegal aliens were subject to jail or deportation.  Beginning in 2015 and 2016, however, the government exempted Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi, and Christian illegal aliens from criminal consequences. The new CAB further softens the law for non-Muslim illegal aliens...(Read Full Post)