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Around 85 academicians in the United states of America passed a resolution expressing their concern over the discriminatory Citizenship Act and the NRC that is supposed to take place all over India. They have also condemned the brutality of the police on students of Aligarh Muslim University and Jamia Milia Islamia.
The resolution passed by the academicians who are spread out in various universities such as Houston, Texas, Chicago, Washington DC, Michigan, New York and Harvard among other places. Following is their resolution:
As the Indian democracy stands on the verge of social, moral, and constitutional collapse, and as it slowly paves the way for an ethnocracy, we, who identify ourselves as those of the Indian origin find ourselves deeply saddened. We view the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) as exclusionary, which violates the secular principles enshrined in the Indian constitution, which clearly prohibits using faith as a condition of citizenship. Passing a discriminatory and unconstitutional-law is one thing, but curbing freedom of peaceful dissent and expression with brutal force is simply outrageous and has no place in a democracy. We express our strongest condemnation for brutal crackdown on protesting students of Jamia MilIia Islamia (JMI) and Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), by Delhi and Aligarh police force respectively, on December 15, 2019. An immediate inquiry and action is imperative. As today’s India stands torn between truth and deceit, hope and hate, civility and savagery, it is reassuring to see the bravery of unarmed students whose heroism is a testimony of Tagore’s vision of India “where the mind is without fear, and the head is held high”, and Gandhi’s call for “Satyagrah” for equality and justice. Let the message of freedom, justice, and equality spread from all academic gates of education and the love for humanity run through the streets of Jamia, Aligarh, Delhi, Banaras, Kerala and Chennai.
The following academicians have signed the resolution:
1. Prof. Mustafa Lokhandwala, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
2. Prof. Naseem Ansari, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
3. Prof. G. A Shakeel Ansari, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
4. Prof. Tahir Hussain, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
5. Prof. Raj Kumar, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
6. Prof. Mashkoor Chowdhary, Loyola Medical center, Chicago, IL, USA
7. Prof. M. Affan Badar, Indiana State University, IN, USA
8. Prof. Dr. Mohammad Ahmadullah Siddiqi, Northwest Suburban College, IL, USA
9. Prof. Asim Ansari, Fullerton College, California, USA
10. Prof. Sarfaraz Ahmad, advent Health Cancer Institute, FL, USA
11. Dr. Farrukh Afaq, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA
12. Dr. Krishna Boini, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
13. Dr. Sai S Koka, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
14. Dr. Jalal Khundmiri, Howard University, Washington, DC, USA
15. Dr. Asrar Ahmad, Howard University, Washington, DC, USA
16. Dr. Sarfarz Ahmad, Wake Forest University, NC, USA
17. Dr. Arshad Rehman, University of Rochester, NY, USA
18. Dr. Fabeha Fazal, University of Rochester, NY, USA
19. Dr. Samina Salim, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
20. Dr. Romi Ghose, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
21. Dr. Aditi Marwaha, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
22. Dr. Maroof Alam, University of Michigan, MI, USA
23. Dr. Naureen Fatima, University of Houston, TX, USA
24. Dr. Zeba Farooqui, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
25. Dr. Arshia Parveen, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
26. Dr. Anees A Bandaay, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
27. Dr. Humra Athar, Harvard University, MD, USA
28. Dr. Shahid Hussain, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
29. Dr. Farahdiba Jafri, College of Charleston, SC, USA
30. Dr. Shama Ahmad, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA
31. Dr. Aftab Ahmad, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA
32. Dr. Aamir Ahmad, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA
33. Dr. Hina Kausar, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA
34. Dr. Mudassir Salim, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA
35. Dr. Amna Siddiqui, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA
36. Dr. Iram Zafar, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA
37. Mr. Amit Bhardawaj Bunduvala (PhD student), Arizona State University, AZ, USA
38. Mr. Phani Raj Dandamudi (PhD student), Arizona State University, AZ, USA
39. Mr. Ehtesham Sharif (PhD student), New Mexico State University, NM, USA
40. Mr. Teja Kodali (MS student), New Mexico State University, NM, USA
41. Ms. Anusha Thiruvaipati (PhD student), New Mexico State University, NM, USA
42. Ms. Juwairia Laleen, (MS student) New Mexico State University, NM, USA
43. Mr. Mahendar Manda (MS student), New Mexico State University, NM, USA
44. Mr. Harsha Gadde (PhD student), New Mexico State University, NM, USA
45. Ms Kalyani Kulkarni (PhD student), University of Houston, TX, USA
46. Dr. Asif Zaman, University of Houston, TX, USA
47. Ms Razia Mohammad (PhD student), University of Houston, TX, USA
48. Dr. Nida Ahmed, New York Academy of Sciences, NY, USA
49. Dr. Sidra Islam, Case Western Reserve University, OH, USA
50. Dr. Ahmar Rauf, Wayne State University, MI, USA
51. Dr. Mohd. Saeed, University of California, San Francisco, USA
52. Dr. Salman Shahid, University of Maryland, MD, USA
53. Dr. Afzal Nadeem, Florida International University, FL, USA
54. Mr. Saad Ahmad (BS student), Temple University, PA, USA
55. Dr. Najma Ali, Tufts University, MA, USA
56. Dr. Sania Zainuddin, University of Michigan, MI, USA
57. Dr. Shabana Islam, Corning Life Sciences, MD, USA
58. Dr. Farhan Rizvi, Aurora Research Institute, Wisconsin, USA
59. Dr. Rizwan F, University of Texas HSC, Houston, TX, USA
60. Dr. Syed Mohd Fasial, University of Michigan, MI, USA
61. Dr. Zeeshan Ahmad, Wayne State University, MI, USA
62. Dr. Anees Ahmad, Weil Cornell University, NY, USA
63. Dr. Merajuddin Lone, University of Virginia, VA, USA
64. Dr. Gul Ahmad, Peru State College, NE, USA
65. Dr. Khwaja Aftab Rashid, Boston University, MD, USA
66. Dr. Aftab Ansari, National Institute of Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
67. Mrs. Nazneen Khan, Montgomery County Public Schools, MD, USA
68. Dr. Sohaib Khan, University of Cincinnati, OH, USA
69. Dr. Shakil Khan, University of Chicago, IL, USA
70. Dr. Abida Haque, Houston Methodist, Houston, TX, USA
71. Dr. Ameen Ismahil, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA
72. Dr. Asif Sherwani, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA
73. Dr. Mohammad Khursheed Siddiqi, Case Western Reserve University, OH, USA
74. Dr. Syed Adeel H Zaidi, Medical University of South Carolina, SC, USA.
75. Dr. Zulfiqar Ahmad, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, MO, USA
76. Dr. Suhail Akhtar, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, MO, USA
77. Dr. Mohammad Minhajuddin, University of Colorado, Denver, USA
78. Dr. Nabila Khan, University of Colorado, Denver, USA
79. Dr. Kaiser M. Bijli, Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA
80. Dr. Moammir Hasan Aziz, East Tennesse State University, USA
81. Dr. Israr Ansari, University of Wisconsin, WI, USA
82. Dr. Syed Shiraz Mujtaba, City Colleges of New York, NY, USA
83. Dr. Mohammad Saleem, Vanderbilt University, TN, USA
84. Mr. Abdus Saeed (Doctoral student), Cleveland State University, OH, USA
85. Dr. Shagufta Khan, University of Scranton, PA, USA