NEW DELHI (AP) — India has applied a citizenship legislation that excludes migrants who’re Muslims, a minority neighborhood whose issues have heightened underneath Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist authorities.

The guidelines for the legislation had been introduced Monday. It establishes a spiritual take a look at for migrants from each main South Asian religion apart from Islam. Critics argue that the legislation is additional proof that Modi’s authorities is attempting to reshape the nation right into a Hindu state and marginalize Muslims.

WHAT IS THE CITIZENSHIP LAW?

The Citizenship Amendment Act gives a quick observe to naturalization for Hindus, Parsis, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and Christians who fled to Hindu-majority India from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan earlier than Dec. 31, 2014. The legislation excludes Muslims, who’re a majority in all three nations.

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