After Delhi’s burst of violence, a Muslim artist takes stock
In just one day, Rehan lost his home, his art, and his faith.
Not his faith in God, he says. But his beliefs about what it means to be one of India’s 200 million Muslim citizens – and the government’s willingness to protect them.
“Everything has changed now,” he says.
Tension had been building in New Delhi for weeks, amid India’s largest demonstrations in decades. Hundreds of thousands of people had taken to the streets since December, when legislators passed the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), opening a path to citizenship for non-Muslims from nearby Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.
The government defended the law as a means of protecting religious minorities in those
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