The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has expressed serious concern about the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) voted this month by the Indian Parliament. Stating that CAA “enshrines a pathway to citizenship for immigrants that specifically excludes Muslims, setting a legal criterion for citizenship based on religion” the USCIRF viewed CAA as a “dangerous turn in the wrong direction” running counter to “India’s rich history of secular pluralism”.
Many in India will agree with that conclusion but will question not just the prerogative that USCIRF has arrogated to itself in. . .