All India Muslim Jamaat President Welcomes CAA Implementation, Assures Muslim Community
Bareilley, 12th March. Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi Bareilvi, the President of All India Muslim Jamaat, extended his support to the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), trying to alleviate concerns among the Muslim community. In his statement to reporters, Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi Bareilvi emphasized that the CAA would not affect the citizenship status of Indian Muslims.
Expressing his welcome for the legislation, Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi Bareilvi stated, “The Govt of India has implemented the CAA law. I welcome this law. This should have been done much earlier but better late than never… There are a lot of misunderstandings among the Muslims regarding this law. This law has nothing to do with Muslims.”
He reassured the Muslim population, affirming that millions of Indian Muslims would not be impacted by the CAA. He attributed previous protests to misunderstandings fueled by political motivations and urged every Indian Muslim to embrace the CAA.
This statement aligns with Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s earlier remarks clarifying that the CAA was designed to provide citizenship to persecuted minorities from neighboring countries and not to revoke anyone’s citizenship.
The Union Home Ministry recently issued the rules for the implementation of the CAA, ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The legislation, introduced by the Narendra Modi government and passed in 2019, aims to grant Indian citizenship to persecuted non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh who arrived in India before December 31, 2014.
The implementation of the CAA, delayed for over four years, led to the formulation of associated rules by the government. Notably, the Ministry of Home Affairs sought extensions from parliamentary committees to frame the rules related to the legislation.
Since the passage of the CAA, protests erupted across the country, resulting in significant casualties. However, the government has proceeded with conferring citizenship to eligible individuals from non-Muslim minority communities, as highlighted in the Ministry of Home Affairs annual report.
Authorities in several states have been empowered to grant Indian citizenship under the Citizenship Act of 1955, with notable exceptions in politically sensitive regions such as Assam and West Bengal.
Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi Bareilvi’s support of the CAA implementation marks a significant development amidst ongoing debates and protests surrounding the legislation, giving reassurance to the Muslim community regarding their citizenship status under the law.
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