Muslims ignore the advice of their religious leaders on the CAA.
December 20,2019 will go down in history as the day for once the Muslim Community chose not to listen to self-serving clergyperson. It started in Delhi’s Jama Masjid, the most unlikely of places for a revolt or even social engineering to begin. For decades, the Shahi Imam of the Jama Masjid has had a firm grip over the community. His writ runs in the area. He is as feared as he is respected. Never had the Imam been defied publicly by the residents of the walled city. In the lanes around the mosque, built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, the word of the Imam, who hails from the family of the first imam from Bukhara is respected.
It all changed on December 20, a Friday, as thousands marched across the streets of Old Delhi protesting against the National Register of Citizens and the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (NRC-CAA).