Have you heard the plight of Ahmediya Muslims in Pakistan? They have faced persecution in Pakistan’s Sunni Muslim dominated society for decades. Shia Muslims are also regularly targeted in Pakistan. Apparently our Ministry of Home Affairs got inputs on religious persecution in Pakistan via security agencies and via print and electronic media reports. Which means that while googling about religious persecution in Pakistan, did they never read about the Ahmediyas or Shias? Or did they choose to ignore? Just like they ignored the fact that in Afghanistan too. Shia Muslim sects such as the Hazaras, the Ismailis have also persecuted especially under the fanatical Taliban rule. But these are inconvenient facts because offering citizenship in the name of religious persecution is just a flimsy excuse to deny Indian citizenship to Muslim immigrants and refugees. It’s embarrassing, even scary how clear this intent is – keep Muslims out. Send Muslims back. And just to remind you, India is secular.