Women of all ages are staging sit-ins across India to protest a controversial law that many believe openly discriminates against Muslims.
NEW DELHI — In the Indian capital’s Shaheen Bagh neighborhood, beside open sewers and dangerously dangling electricity wires, a group of Muslim women in colorful headscarves sit in resistance to a new citizenship law that has unleashed protests across the country.
Through numerous police barricades, women trickle in from the winding arterial alleys of Shaheen Bagh with children in hand, as poets and singers take the makeshift stage, drawing rapturous applause.Burhaan Kinu/Hindustan Times via Getty ImagesAs night draws closer, women as old as 90 huddle together under warm blankets, falling asleep on cheap mattresses.
“Someone had to tell the government that their black laws won’t be accepted. So, as mothers, we decided to protest,” said Najma Khatoon, 62.Demonstrators display placards as they attend a protest against a new citizenship law in Shaheen Bagh, area of New Delhi, India, January 14, 2020. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
The gathering at Shaheen Bagh started with a handful of women appalled by the violence at a nearby Muslim university during protests against the law on Dec. 15.
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