Its been pretty clear that theyve been making some very Good Progress whats happened since then is that the afghan prison ashraf ghani has been informed about this by phone hes now come here to munich for a much more detailed meeting of whats going to happen next and the afghan president was briefed here by the u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei o y mark kasper the us secretary of defense what we understand is that at some point very soon theyll start a period of 7 days a reduction of violence now thats not a cease fire theyre not using the cease fire word and certainly Afghan Government had wanted it to be a cease fire after that though after that 7 days then were told within another 10 days or so talks should start then between the taliban and all of the rest of the afghan political system the Afghan Government and other afghan Political Parties Afghan Government has been wary about this process all along because theyve been left out of it this has been very much a deal between the u. S. And the taliban and there are lots of Unanswered Questions we also dont know how many u. S. Troop troops are going to withdraw and when we know in the original deal that was stopped in september it was 5400 troops that were going to be withdrawn in a matter of months its worth telling you since september theyve actually gone ahead and withdrawn 2000 troops so if theyre sticking to the original plan will perhaps see 3400. 00 or so troops withdraw some time soon now chinas foreign minister has criticized some countries for overreacting to the corona virus which has now killed more than 1500 people he insists the government has it under control hazing is now imposing a 14 day a quarantine period for anyone returning to the capital as it steps up the fight against the current virus the outbreak is also taking its toll on health where more than 1700. 00 have been infected and 6 have died. Understanding is the cases among workers people in the 3rd and 4th week of january and theres been a rapid falloff in the number of cases that were occurred in and Health Workers in the last 2 weeks this may reflect increased levels of training increased levels of protection and also increased levels of awareness remember theres a break has come expanded very quickly in and unsuspecting Health System so we also need to look at how many of those home workers were exposed knowingly within a clinical environment a Syrian Government helicopter has been downed in the countrys northwest state media say all crew members were killed damascus is trying to take the last rebel held areas in an operation thats displaced 800000 people since december the Syrian Government has also attacked a camp for internally displaced people in the northern countryside of italy a province social media video shows the often mass of the shelling there were no casualties a fire has swept through an orphanage in haiti killing at least 15 children the unlicenced residents on the outskirts of the capital Port Au Prince had been using candles for light because of problems with its generator about 60 children was staying in the orphanage run by u. S. Based Christian Group now reigning english football champions Manchester City have been banned from European Competition for 2 years for breaking financial rules set by the european governing body you a fan club is accused of disguising cash injections from the average of the owners as legitimate sponsorships thats a breach of financial fair play rules Manchester City intends to appeal well those are the headlines to join me for more news here after in search of indias cell stay with us. Thank you. My name is arthur stasi or im a writer and a columnist. In this the 2nd of 2 films im traveling through india the country i grew up in. I want to see for myself the changes taking place amid a rising tide of him look for a hindu 1st politics these ideas which place hindus above people of other faiths stem from the very top leadership in this land of 1300000000 people. I started my journey in the holy city of our and i see in northern india. This is a deeply religious country in the middle of a battle for her soul and it is no surprise that it was this place at the hindu nationalist leader in the range of modi chose this election battleground republic sing its powerful symbolism in a new time. Behind this image of a religiously diverse nation india faces a new mini crisis. And minorities including 200000000. 00 muslims fear an underlying current of violence more brutality and death at the hands of hindu linus the hardliners claim injustice is against him dues for muslim rule and sentries past justifies their drive to return india to a golden age as they see it and a nation where hindus come 1st hindu is making up to get back the birthplace is off his ancestors and these films ive been asking where did these ideas come from. Following independence in 1947 which was closely intertwined with the bloody episode of partition some people had thought that the politics of division was finally a thing of the past in a newly created secular state of india all would be equal before the law but here the word secular would come to have a particularly indian meaning. Secular in india merely meant a the existence of a profusion of religions all of which were allowed and encouraged by the state to flourish. But over the past few decades a series of events occurred that threaten the very fabric of indias secular identity it set then tiny b. G. P. Political party on course to become the ruling power they are today on the 6th of december 1902 a crowd of 150000 militants supporters of the pro hindu r. S. S. Descended on the barbary mosque in the northern town of the reputed birthplace of the hindu god ram i was standing next to the mosque when this crowd started increasing the gate broke down and the huge rush of people inside beyond the control of the of it i shouted down was a Young Journalist and a key witness to the events that were to unfold. What the standard doing was breaking the barricade that was thematic getting all around and the fury that could be even that was visible they walked in within. Half an hour you saw dozens of people at the mosque. With its pro hindu agenda the r. S. S. Had long been agitating to destroy the 16th century mosque built by the mogul ruler barber and reclaimed the sacred ground for him booze for them the existence of the mosque was a long standing move when you saw this thing come down what did you see what. I thought about the the social and political back i said well there now this is a divide that theyve created in the country they are taking us back to 147 when india was divided. In the riots that followed between muslims and hindus some 2000 people were killed for Indian Muslims these events meant much more than just the loss of a defunct building. Businesses and i. Dentity it was not the mosque was not it was not the mosque that was important for the of that identity so do you feel that that the new politics had been born absolutely feel like a new politics of division of division began. This was a division that would change the face of indian politics one that pushed many among the 80 percent hindu majority to support the b j p at that time a relatively obscure political party. Truly astonishing to hear sherrod story because it makes so clear how the stage was set for this Political Drama to play out in which a defunct mosque became the vessel of religious passions. This hindu reawakening was underlined by a long running t. V. Adaptation of the hindu epic the ra milan for years record numbers of indians were grouped by the series that chronicled the life of lord rum and tapped into a deep sense of pride and nostalgia among them. Its really amazing for me to see because i grew up on the t. V. Serial its the raw mine and it was played to india in the eightys to great passion and large audiences and knowing it has a kind of an edge to it because we have large audiences again were in a stone quarry where the stones are being prepared for a future ram temple where the mosque had been demolished. For 28 years lawyers forto over the rights and wrongs of building a temple to lord ram on the site of the barbary mosque in the meantime the stones for the new temple were caught with the confidence that the situation in favor of building the long awaited temple would surely come. All this was our political tell way of i dont know much how to get by but our thoughts are well mighty monday at the door mom. American much more than monarchy at our place a value only because if we didnt even have been able to get a look when we did get a look at that. Is newsmaking the hindu is making up to get back the birthplaces of his ancestors. Any in do can go and make use temples in jerusalem no can i go room and build example of hindu temple there no can i go to maka and build a temple there no i will not be allowed. Why we are considered different when the case of your dad comes. It is the but face of arda. What were seeing is the construction of politicians and hearts and minds of millions of people across the country i think hurtling in a direction which is potentially catastrophic the. Same truth to the idea of india that the leadership of the represented was that india would be a country big dark matter which god you worship or if you were shipped no go and walk like a bitch you would be if you be an equal citizen that was elected the same true cornerstone of. The stood for many of us believe that the issue was resolved for ever but it was not the media be that have succeeded in uniting. All communities into believing that there is a common enemy which is the more the also has the backing of the largest Civil Society organization in the world. Which is which is the this which is deeply committed to the ideology of indiscipline this is. The campaign to get back the sides of the barbary mosque for the hindus had been running for years. But the act that made it possible came from a completely unexpected event one that played into a negative narrative about muslims and secularism promoted by the r. S. S. In 96 and otherwise obscure family dispute involving a muslim couple that became known as the case reached the Supreme Court in delhi. The has been claimed he divorced his wife islamic li by saying they were to lock on 3 occasions. Are if mohamed khan was a cabinet minister at the time a lot just repeated thrice and its all over and now we have goes for the Court Advocate divorce and you had not divorce her on the day you had defected to. Undermine to secular law the court refused to recognize the triple telarc islamic divorce he was ordered to pay his wife maintenance Congress Party pm and member of the narrow gandhi did misty rajiv gandhi initially supported the judgment his 1st instinct was the right one which was to back the Supreme Court decision that granted this poor old lady alimony and to encourage his cabinet minister out of moment can you spoken to to sister in parliament and to say so with some courage and laymans. The personal law board which represented muslims claim the award was against islamic law angry clerics demonstrated outside parliament. The stand of the Personnel Board was that this judgment is against islam this is interference in the slum called therefore it must be rajiv gandhi buckled under the protest of conservative clerics he went back on his decision and passed a bill that reversed the Supreme Court ruling the case would now be judged under muslim personal law in tightening the wife just 3 months maintenance seeing this is an assault on womens rights progressive muslims and many hindus were appalled company came under attack from both sides rajiv gandhi the worst mistake of his life by exceeding to these conservative elements and overturning the Supreme Court judgement and taking away her date to maintenance indian politics took a turn from that point davies and was dead the language which was the spoke threatening language outside parliament in the meeting of the parts of a low board open call was given to brag but the leads of all those m. P. s who defied me but still and if it is which was. Again and again effectively how food is Supreme Court which at that will smash the Supreme Court may just pieces yes. There was a discourse about appeasement of muslims the idea that people are going to work for muslims. Many hindus were angered at what they saw as the state caving in to muslim demands. For years the pro hindu r. S. S. Had agitated for access to the barbary mosque in new york here to placate them rajiv gandhi ordered the site to be open for him to prat. A decision that has had deadly consequences ever since. On february 27th 2002 a train was set alight just outside go dressed ation in the Western State of gujarat. 58 hindu pilgrims were burnt to death theyd been returning home from the babri mosque in new york here. There was an outcry and mobs of hindu hardliners took to the streets. Danica start up again as hard as get there. Do you ever heard of the idea or hindu or go clear. Follow her to her instead of handing the dead to their families the bodies were transported nearly 200 kilometers to the town of under about to be paraded through the streets you can tell yourself talon locals act on local be just because a lot out there are just for gases and nature in the btselem i dont get a lot out what role then. The many other how the minorities going apple told me to tell any slick ass that he got his desk in the shops and then lie. For reading 58 charred corpses through the streets was always likely to provoke further violence. Permission for the reportedly came from the then chief minister of goods or a marine 3 mo d. Himself. In the ensuing riots over a 1000 were killed 3 quarters of them muslim. In 1902 when the mosque was the morning india changed for they were. The issue of the charbonneau. Was be emotive and important. The riots in. The sequence of events. That charted the path and indeed the foundation for the ease of hindu supremacist politics and late to the emergence d of this leader in the mood. For long hours the good dr state authorities stood by as rioting took place prompting allegations of state complicity. Saying forget i was a young Police Constable his unit was kept in active as people were massacred. In the run up by p. M. S. Police or they can also has a thing public the cigar i was it was hardly a. One point hard turn into well generally that or a matter of degree but that because you get out there that. I. Dont know. But. Civil though i doubt he. Would come but. Yes in march it will just 10 years old when the attacks took place. The victims. Family. Gave me my will. I want the money. But they didnt know was that theyd want to try to. Get my data downloaded. You know im like. You know were not. Even. Sure he career she was at home with her husband and 3 small true. He couldnt finish the initials that said my heart of the modernity but the town itself ok what he said. About turning to the moon but 70 finding too late getting to tell all the what they are give. Us an angel bit intimidating but show with a fairly clear on with their what was happening tom. Advice would be needed now so were going to maybe go away. For legit complicity in allowing the mob violence and killings to go unchecked through more of the was barred from visiting the us a ban that lasted for 10 years. India is top court has ruled that a dispute should religious sites be given to hindus for the construction of a temple and do hard liners destroyed a 16th century mosque in 1992 spot hall riots that killed at least 2000 people. I find myself wondering how far do these events ive loved about on this journey represents an attempt at a historical record are we witnessing a recommitting of the secular character of most men do that set of rules on which the newly founded country was established. Can. Invent in there without taking into account tragedies of more than those how much weve tried to sanitize i dont think the people in the muslims of today should be blamed for what i have to do if i already saved them a list particularly trying. To see that it didnt happen gets peoples backs its that evil securitisation its the reaction. This thinking that i say should all by pretending that it was all a happy family all along it wasnt because of a troubled history. Of the muslim world to accept that yes we are muslims and we shall remain muslim but our ancestors have the same as yours i would say 99 percent of the problems with the muslims of meal because of the way they are portrayed is the descendants of the murders and looters and butchers and rapists the making common cause with people who broke the long temple the Krishna Temple the kashmir issue not temple 40000 other temples but its true that they are converted. I think where was born here for 2 months a backlash you might call it and the need for a strong leader combined with the need to assert what they thought was the hindu identity and by implication the best latent. People are coming back to the people are thinking to come back to their roots they are feeling that. Right the connect with with their roots and their roots does not lie in christianity on the sly. Identity is connected with. Whether i have converted to islam my true identity was before the islam we are not proud of identify oneself with baba they were they made us. The hindu for our view of the past might sound great if you happen to be a hindu but where does this leave the non hindus naseer room became acutely aware of the challenges facing her muslim daughter growing up in increasingly pro hindu surroundings shes written a book about saad says i kept waiting for my teacher to react in school the class me. I was silent i didnt respond and i just kept sitting there i didnt really know what to do. What is it like now to grow up as a muslim child in india take you through one story in your book the boys called house and they they come and call him to go to this Birthday Party and then a few minutes later he comes back home the boy refused to let him maintain his house and said that he cannot share the cake with you you cannot eat together. My parents dont want you at my house and the mother said i did. Was your experience growing up in india what when you say look at yourself in context of these stories what was it like for you i grew up in a different india i think it was also because of the larger narrative i doubt if we can even see the same country and. You know all we had that one National Television channel to the ocean which would have this little girl who would sing. How there are so many different kinds of birds but and we had all those different kinds of birds but were all birds of a flock together. Good the beauty of being told that you are one or you know people of different identities a little thing that one song together in different languages also but theyre singing that one song together that if we are one bottom. One of the things you can do to protect her from this environment i talk to her about india the map and show our neighbors our you know your china you have put down here you have. Bungled the issue you have pakistan and sri lanka that albany bers and then i say what if somebody called you chinese you laugh and say right i am an indian the military is what is of any cause you are bangladeshi you laugh and say they did not have occupation what is somebody called supermarkets done you laugh and say another. Thing i know many down and you could ruin any of the so because of course the assumption being that the dutch away the prejudice would play out theyd say youre a pakistani or go to pakistan because that is what is happening on an everyday basis we need leaders to make sure that no child grows up with hatred nor child grows up with fear this is not about muslim kids this is about every child out there because im sure as a parent youll be varied if a child to be grows up. China by so much im preaching. A major rival change decreasing conflict libya not 9 years since a revolution longtime dictator one might get down aljazeera explains the complexities of libyas civil. Potential political solution special come on aljazeera. The or former. Hello again i missed. The headlines on aljazeera now chinas foreign minister has criticized some countries for overreacting to the coronavirus thats as the government announces a major drop in the number of new cases it says it has a situation under control beijing is now imposing a 14 day quarantine period for anyone returning to the capital more than 1500 people have now died 6 of them Health Workers u. S. Officials say they have reached an agreement with the taliban which could lead to the withdrawal of troops from afghanistan the weeklong deal to reduce violence in the country is the result of ongoing peace talks and katsa the u. N. Secretary general has welcomed it if this were to succeed it would obviously be a notable step in bringing peace to the country. And the dialogue is a vital pay is it is vital to paving forward the constructive intra afghan negotiations on peace i think its very important. To find ways to reduce the levels of violence in afghanistan is specially the violence that is harming civilians. 20 people have been killed in an attack in central mali it happened in the village of a saga in the region of mopti more than 100 people were killed in the same village last march an ethnic dogan militia has been accused of carrying out both attacks a fire has swept through an orphanage in haiti killing at least 13 children the unlicenced residents on the outskirts of the capital Port Au Prince had been using candles for light because of problems with its generator about 60 children were staying in the orphanage which is run by u. S. Based Christian Group a Syrian Government helicopter has been downed in the countrys northwest state media say all crew members have been killed damascus is trying to take the last rebel held areas in an operation thats displaced 800000 people since december. Reigning english football champions Manchester City have been banned from European Competition for 2 years for breaking financial rules set by the european governing body u. A. E. For the club is accused of disguising cash injections from their owners as legitimate sponsorships thats a breach of financial fair play rules designed to force clubs to run as businesses and not to be overly reliant on rich owners Manchester City intends to appeal well those are the headlines now its back to in search of indias soul do you stay with us now is there. The hindu fear has been the problems. It is the only major in the world which actually legitimized inequality in cars to. Be among the lower castes dull its also known as untouchables sit at the very bottom of the hindu hierarchy. They perform the lowliest tasks such as manually cleaning sewers often with no protective clothing or breathing apparatus. With a reporter the 11 deaths per month this ranks among the worlds most dangerous work people saying right or is a valid i dont lawyer hes taking us to meet some members of the community some of whom he represents. Underpaying is a load his own course but still it when they cut back at the law. I like to call it a god i laugh or stuff like i think of stuff i think i do mean little there those little me a lot of color benvar galas family or cleaners her husband was poisoned in a sewer 4 years ago 2 of her 3 sons now do the same work lets face it stream prejudice every day of their lives when mr vining minivan and it all went down at the tank of our final glass house myself which on that and other a level other than. Yes i do i. Can see what i and i did. My job was said. Despite protections under the constitution delegates. Untouchables are treated as outcasts how to make their neighbor who wore a tie. They can afford or not what he would. Many delegates and other low cost him whose have escaped their predicament by converting to other faiths such as islam or christianity the b. G. P. Control state about to predation has prepared an anti conversion law under which religious conversion would require permission from a state official human Rights Groups say the law is aimed at keeping delegates in their place. Weve discovered a twist to this theme. Run away to a village where an r. S. S. Work has converted a bunch of Indian Muslims back to him do it by a process called curve ups which literally means homecoming. Truelove a mans father was a hindu who converted to islam. A generation on he and several family members have converted back to hinduism one is the. Model of the family only to the mcnally my lai of 2 things will not be how will you go from what i think. The small print in indias anti conversion laws forbids enticements or intimidation to convert its a certificate that law and mohamad is now name she law and none hes now being brought into the hindu falls and it says without any pressure. Without any influence. But i. Got on a bus. To. Get out and got to. Move when the going to. Get out. Not the. Urge. To. Do the. Well but. If it. Got unable to get. On the go to the mosque. Juvies yeah i come from to the last chandra the local r. Assist leader who performed last conversion ceremony abiola get. Ahead of the new 19 do you care or think you can muslim who miss it when they bought nothingness was 42 years ago if so much of the bomb. Not out there and you know that you know whos in lucky you know peace and the only one you can all ok are missing mom who have done the who are. To the world about hanna and the present a little jealous of the new young. Girl we never get out what used to. Be because he. Is in the front we. Cannot go up an economic war or top in the u. K. To take is rooted in that art market buy them a bath get it here and it must was knee high sad me which is nice when muscles gotta be seeking muscles got on its muscles and i will get sick as a muslim and what you get in the not so gotta get think it will do me in good now most people get it you muslims im really nice i got their family gives out a car got it in a given me your money but others that come in do not doubt there are going to argue about that in the in the one thats out the op in. One of the other groups you could either you. Hear about the city or do india get most of them on here with some penny who tops. The heck you are still making do to. Take you made out of market guns had better have. Gonna. Under do legally of what. You did the. Only chain yank some magic cheese on these things. Well that was such a heated discussion and one of the things that made it so tense was that the r. S. S. Man was really worried about coercion and especially in relation to the evangelical faiths and yet when we spoke to the guy who he had converted to hinduism one could not help but feel that thered been a considerable amount of social pressure on him and that that had been a kind of caution. Whatever the truth behind. Or homecoming to the hindu for its from within the lower costs that most conversions out of hinduism in recent years have taken place. Eat and eat plants but along with islam its another ancient religious group that faces the consequences of Rising Hindutva politics there are 28000000. 00 christians in india a 2000 Year Old Community stretching back to the earliest days of the faith but still seen by the most hardline hindus as an outsider a religion that took hindus away from their original faith. In 2008 in the state of arizona in eastern India Several 1000 christians came under attack. 400. 00 villagers all die or posed of all christians 60000. 00 christians fled to the forest to save themselves. 6000. 00 plus houses more than 300. 00 critical to restore the crown schools colleges all spittles clinics everything clicked on it and pretty People Killed nuns a rape. Case is still going on 10 years later. And we expect a fair justice depending on the facts. Not depending on who is a majority. The radicalization of the structures of state the police that mistreat the junior magistracies the teachers the village Self Government mechanisms. All of them actually believe this is the land of the hindus and everybody else if they want to live via must live here as 2nd rate citizens nobody can feel safe. Unless theres an assurance that the muslim isee. The isolation of minorities risks becoming institutionalized in schools would socalled suffer nies ation the favoring of hindu ism over other traditions and school textbooks. Where to stay single drug 10th grade students have been studying a new hindu focused curriculum. It writes out much of the countrys non hindu past. And armies lead an attempt on mistresses saying they are only just now going to fight and the pain is in my name it says ill tell them that we dont like to lie have we had a plan i never heard that but the time. They say the word when i miss a person out of me fairly get india will get up memories from it was a common early in. Their lives. To let this ability to be priscilla became part of this. Has got to care about of missile equals here. Then if a piece of die got a big. Old took out. But i think that im good and i may yeah but every day on my way you go. Looking look at the galaxy comes to me now. Back to lanny again did it want to make you go back to live a better look at look at europe be. The ones to be man happy camper. What todays 10th graders may not get to learn about is the wealth of learning and cultural blending that accompanied muslim rule in india modeled in the study or may have been harsh and puritanical but other moguls brought a culture of openness and learning the targum hell is the supreme expression of this. It was built by the mogul ruler sharjah ha as a muslim for his beloved wife 1000 how he preached equality among hindus and muslims and he celebrated hindu festivals a tradition established by his grandfather awkward under him india enjoyed a religiously and culturally diverse existence schools for both muslims and hindus were established policies that own the loyalty and respect of hindus a blending of culture and religion in my socalled syncretism and an essential part of indian life today i mean for people sikri built by uk for which he made his capital success came through acknowledging the multiple cultures within india. Heres thing quite isnt isnt trying the architecture the column the divan a house in the whole welker would hold court assimilates motifs from hindu islam christianity buddhism islam and zorro astronauts. So the pillar itself kind of stands as a testament to this mixing of faiths and this is from a man who brought brahmins near him and pundits near him to learn from them he drank the water of the gunk he had a deep root god for hindu faith and custom and belief and and i think is aim was to find in this land of many religions where he was ruling as a Muslim Emperor to find a way in which people could go forward it wouldnt be secularism as we know its not in the modern european sense but it was clearly driven by a secular ideal. Im about to see something quite extraordinary but which at the same time is peculiarly india. Where the hindu temple that was partially destroyed and turned into a mosque by oren say look at that time like literally the column whats interesting here is that part of this mosque complex remains a place of worship for hindus and yet how the ultimately. Its being kind of prepared now for prayers in the evening and sits in the face. And you cast your eye or are you see very very typical muslim arches and then you see what is really like the pillars of a hindu temple but in the middle of that is the kipp which is the direction of prayer so both face are represented both forms of worship are occurring side by side and this to me is historical resolution. 3 other. Anderson february march was through our record 100 people who were going to give it. A challenge thank you to make saturday how. Does not marshal the. Dont know. Why i think that there are no known hero need to you know why isnt he is with me is absurd but again i want to know their views on the mosque and hindus most important to the cashier which owns theyve also destroyed to build a mosque just gan might be machines could be there to pin ive. Ever done it on good number limited on the christian number kashima cacheris not madrid. In monday dont go toward europe not to cut. Hum mondays by not measured by nicholas tejada. Good choice now but i got the good the disk and watch funny. The chick get in. June and must. Protect your good by bothered to tell you how. Very very interesting you know hes saying whatever happened was not a good thing it was not a good thing that happened and he says for me it was a symbol of slavery because it was built by a barber who was who and saved us licking our good beach macwhich of our lardner. Our new government can get under. The rug up we met up harvard could not really crap enough waitin do i know when we shall manage 5. So i was really struck by the similarity between these 2 by the affection by the woman and i was left with a strange question because when they got talking about history when they got talking about temples destroyed what was to be rebuilt was to be left there were really it reconcilable differences between them and yet there was the civility in the suspection and it left me feeling i thought what is this everything is that ability to get on really what counts or do people have to result differences down to the very big easy if thats even possible. On the eve of indias Independence Day im returning to delhi. Im starting the day at the john muir media a Muslim College where celebrations are already in full swing. You know you would need. A way to. Live and see. If. Theres no doubting the commitment to these Muslim Students i was impressed by the scaffold display of unity it was on this day 72 years ago that india gained independence from britain along with the events that led to partition. At that time it became clear that indias muslims those who chose to remain would be as much a part of this nation as the hindus when i arrived in this country i expected to find a place dramatically different from the one i grew up in said i was pleasantly surprised to find how intact indian life still is how integrated how assimilate. And yet i cannot deny that i felt a sense of foreboding among indias 170000000 muslims a deep feeling of disenfranchisement this is a country in the grip of a historical reckoning the indian past with all its pain and complexity is being realistic it how it negotiates this passage will not merely affect indias muslims but the moral and Spiritual Health of the nation as a whole. It was time for me to return to my home in new york. I left india feeling encouraged and hopeful for the future of the country im so proud to have grown up in and call my own. But in new york a nasty. Shock awaited me a letter from indias ministry of home affairs and what that threatening to do is to revoke my overseas indian citizenship which allows me to live and work in india the grounds that theyre saying that the grounds that theyre using to revoke this is that apparently ive concealed the pakistani origin of my father and its a very worrying letter because if it goes through i may not be able to return to india and theyve i meant to have 21. 00 days to respond but i have barely 24 hours to respond to this letter. Ive recently written this article critical in or in the room or the he in the b j p then attacked me wrongly calling me a muslim and a pakistani with no right to interfere with Indian Affairs with attacks such as this on critical journalists im as worried for my country as i am for the impact of this on myself and my family in india. My lawyer feels that theres something malicious in what the government has done theyre accusing me of concealing the fact that my father was pakistani which is kind of absurd because ive written books and articles for over a decade about my fathers pakistani origin and about the fact that i was always a strange from him and grew up with my mother in india i cant help but feel that the reason is this Time Magazine article more than 250 prominent writers have petitioned the Indian Government on my behalf i was grateful and more than touched by their support the Booker Prize Winning indian novelist kiran this was one of them. I told you to dishonor my parents not to speak up talking about the india i grew up in i am afraid because i know all the minorities in india are very afraid. And then you have a country. That does not honor its minorities then its time to be very afraid the press is under threat in india we have had many cases of books being banned in india and of writers being silenced but i think the situation is growing more acute were talking of murder of silencing writers by murdering them by banning them books silencing the press and with you of course they came up with a technicality every new victim becomes a symbol off this oppression there were plenty of people who would have loved to sign and were really far too scared to sign is so much fear even among indians here that they will be severe repercussions on their speaking up and that they will be targeted. One by one. With a heavy heart i have to surrender my overseas indian citizenship today. Well ive come out one document less and this is a kind of weird goodbye to feels very hard for me because this is a country ive grown up in ive lived in all my life and suddenly i dont really have the right to go there anymore and i basically feel bereft of my mother my grandmother my country and and the place where i grew up the beach appears just past its socalled citizenship Amendment Bill for the 1st time in Indian History it establishes a test of religion for becoming indian earlier on in this film i had asked myself are we witnessing a weakening of india secular character. The answer to my question seems frighteningly to be yes im reminded of something the veteran politician r. Of muhammad can said about part of the in the name for india. Indian tradition says this whole continent between the sea and the him earlier this is part of and all of those who live the children with parter. The tasteless automated the but senate believed if not made to the gender doesnt make the place of residence but not. In of i have a child of violet i am i a child on a child and if someone was to say to me im not what do i say to him if someone is going. To tell you that im not for some of my 5 that. Hello again its good have you back here cross north america we are looking at some bunch better conditions now that the big weather system is making its way off the eastern seaboard were still going to be dealing with some very cold air behind the system take the forecast map as we go towards saturday still into the Northern Plains were a little bit better than we were but those temperatures are on the way back down as we go towards the end of the week and the beginning of the week so many apples and joy the day here on saturday when a big minus 5 take a look as we go towards sunday a big drop in temperatures particularly across parts of canada and for winnipeg the 3 day forecast does look like this would be seeing minus 5 on saturday minus 14 on sunday minus 24. 00 in the overnight hours going to monday but a little bit better by the time we get to monday at minus 10 degrees there where across the caribbean fairly quiet for this time of year we are seeing that from about to push here across parts of florida we may get a shower or 2 for parts of the bahamas but still quite warm for now so with the temperature of about 31 degrees and for have into a nice day for you at 28 degrees there and down towards argentina were going to be seeing a few showers just to the north of one is out as those will continue through the rest of the weekend localized flooding could be a big problem there but for rio it is going to be a warmer day and showers in the forecast with a temperature of 30 degrees. Guinness trail here for me is a wise thing about chinas growing influence on university campuses. One o one east investigates how beijing is building power offer. On aljazeera. The controversial leader of Islamic Jihad his car he is one of the most wanted turns to a string of israeli counterterrorism and his alleged extrajudicial killing by Israeli Television shows and assad says being caught in the buskers the outcome is only death if someone tried to get back to chicago immediately Syrian Intelligence was shut down before the go to kill him in damascus aljazeera. We understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the wound so matter how you take a aljazeera bringing the news and Current Affairs that matter to you. Down to 0. 0. This is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes china accuses some countries of overreacting to the coronavirus and causing panic as it tightens restrictions in the capital beijing. The taliban and the United States reach a weeklong deal to reduce violence and success could lead to a major troop withdrawal from afghanistan. A military helicopter is shot down a northwest syria as Government Forces battle to retake the remaining rebel held areas. And kicked out of europe for breaching financial rules English Premier League champions Manchester City and given a 2 year ban. Now chinas foreign minister has his house at some countries for overreacting and causing panic over the corona Virus Outbreak said that containing the virus remains a huge challenge for china but insists it is under control now the death toll has risen to over 1500 with 143 reported on friday but figures just released by Health Officials show the number of new infections hall from the previous day and almost all of those infected are in china a province where the outbreak began orders have now gone out for all people arriving in the capital to quarantine themselves for 14 days or to face punishment while our correspondent adrian brown is live for us in Hong Kong Adrian with these fresh numbers that were getting from beijing is it too early for optimism. I think these figures are you know a crumb of positive news as you rightly point out there were 143 deaths recorded on friday thats up 27 on the previous day but significantly the rate of infections is much lower there are more than 1500. 00 deaths in total but as you also point out the infection rate outside of who by province has been dropping you know quite markedly during the past few days i think over the past 4 days weve seen a steady decline that will reassure Chinas National Health Commission and also the World Health Organization which has more experts arriving in the epicenter this weekend one of the things they want to find out of course is why so many Health Workers have become infected 7500 so far
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