Category Archives: ICLR Blog

What’s happening in India? Islamophobic Overtones of the Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens

By: Fahim Gulamali In December 2019, India passed a Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), changing the country’s 1955 citizenship legislation and prompting an onslaught of violence between the law’s proponents and opponents.[1] The CAA provides a path to citizenship for six religious minority communities belonging to Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan.[2] It grants Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, […]

Racism and Classism During a National Pandemic: Will America Ever be the Same Again?

By: Jordan Rhodes  The COVID-19 virus has forced countries all over the world to adopt unprecedented responses to restrict the spread of the disease. As the virus has reached the United States, most if not all Americans have been impacted in some way or another. There has always been a line in the sand dividing […]