Muslims, Sikhs, Hindus Come Together in Massive Anti-CAA Rallly at Malerkotla - By Prabhjit Singh - IAMC

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Muslims, Sikhs, Hindus Come Together in Massive Anti-CAA Rallly at Malerkotla - By Prabhjit Singh - IAMC

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February 18, 2020

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Muslims, Sikhs, Hindus Come Together in Massive Anti-CAA Rallly at Malerkotla – By Prabhjit Singh

Tens of thousands of Punjabi Muslim women, several in burqas, peopled the massive rally against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) at Malerkotla in Sangrur district on Sunday. Crowds from across Punjab converged at the city’s Dana Mandi (literally, grain market), where under the leadership of the state’s 14 democratic organisations, mainly the left-leaning farmers’ and students’ bodies, led a massive demonstration.

The protesters accused the central government of carrying out a “communal agenda of targeting the country’s Muslim community”. … A large group of youngsters walked around the rally venue in what they said was ‘a funeral procession’ for the country’s top functionaries.

Religious harmony was the toast of the protest which saw Muslims and Sikhs come together and raise slogans against the government at the centre. Loud applause followed fiery speeches on stage. Renowned lawyer-activist Harsh Mander was one the main speakers.… “Yes, the countrywide protests are successful because of our Muslim sisters,” Mander added…

https://thewire.in/rights/malerkotla-anti-caa-protest

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United By Grief: Why Sikhs & Punjab Farmers Are at Shaheen Bagh – By Aditya Menon (Feb 11, 2020, The Quint)
https://www.thequint.com/news/politics/shaheen-bagh-sikh-farmers-punjab-langar-muslims-caa-nrc-protests
In Jamia students’ anti-CAA protests are echoes of the university’s challenge to British occupation of India – By Ismat Ara (Feb 14, 2020, First Post)
https://www.firstpost.com/india/in-jamia-students-anti-caa-protests-are-echoes-of-the-universitys-challenge-to-british-occupation-of-india-8034031.html
Test Of Faith: The CAA protests shake the old bounds of Indian secular morality – By Rahul Rao (Jan 30, 2020, The Caravan)
https://caravanmagazine.in/politics/caa-protests-shake-old-bounds-indian-secular-morality
How Muslims are creating a new vocabulary of secularism for Indian democracy – By Sharik Laliwala (Feb 16, 2020, Scroll.in)
https://scroll.in/article/952470/how-muslims-are-creating-a-new-vocabulary-of-secularism-for-indian-democracy

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