How does the notification of CAA impact the citizenship of Indian Muslims

1. The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) does not impact the citizenship of Indian Muslims directly. 2. The CAA provides a path to Indian citizenship for persecuted minorities - Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, and Christians - from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, but excludes Muslims. 3. Indian Muslims have been residing in India for generations and their citizenship is not under threat due to the CAA. 4. The implications of CAA on Indian Muslims are more related to concerns about discrimination and exclusion based on religion rather than a direct effect on their citizenship status. 5. The government has maintained that CAA is aimed at protecting persecuted minorities from neighboring countries and not aimed at stripping Indian Muslims of their citizenship.