{"id":76688,"date":"2020-01-10T15:13:18","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T09:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=76688"},"modified":"2020-09-28T12:44:56","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T07:14:56","slug":"delhis-jama-masjid-protests-caa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/delhis-jama-masjid-protests-caa\/","title":{"rendered":"Delhi&#8217;s Jama Masjid witnesses fresh protests against CAA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Delhi\u2019s Jama Masjid today witnessed fresh protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 and the proposal to implement a nation-wide National Register of Citizens (NRC).<\/p>\n<p>People gathered around the mosque demanding the withdrawal of the Citizenship Act, which was passed in Parliament in December 2019.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"et\">Delhi: Protest underway at Jama Masjid against <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CitizenshipAmendmentAct?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CitizenshipAmendmentAct<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NationalRegisterofCitizens?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NationalRegisterofCitizens<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0N4ShhdJAT\">pic.twitter.com\/0N4ShhdJAT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ANI (@ANI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANI\/status\/1215547544333246465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 10, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>Before the protests, Friday prayers were held in the Masjid in the afternoon. Protesters carried placards \u2013 one of them read \u201cSave Constitution, save country\u2026CAA NRC Rejected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On December 8 evening, many people gathered in old Delhi to take part in a candle light march against the controversial law. The march started from Lal Kuan, moved through Chawri Bazaar and ended at Gate No 1 of the Masjid. The demonstrators shouted slogans, before ending the protest with the recitation of national anthem.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NationalAnthem?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NationalAnthem<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;National Anthem&#8221; is just sung in school and theatres ! This is from Jama Masjid ..Take a breath&#8230;!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JamaMasjid?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JamaMasjid<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JamiaMilia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JamiaMilia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7LO1JWo37C\">pic.twitter.com\/7LO1JWo37C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mohammed Ashraf REJECT CAA (@Ashraf9630) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ashraf9630\/status\/1215134495965204481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><a href=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/11-killed-in-anti-citizenship-act-protests-in-uttar-pradesh\/\">Protests against the CAA<\/a> is underway at various places across the nation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">West Bengal: Protest march against Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens, underway in Kolkata <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m4dlOx9pVu\">pic.twitter.com\/m4dlOx9pVu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ANI (@ANI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANI\/status\/1215551234691592193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 10, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>In Hyderabad, Tiranga Rally, organised by the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) led United Muslim Action Committee, against the CAA began at 2 pm from Mir Alam Eidgah.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) supporters at Miralam Mandi for party&#8217;s &#8216;Tiranga Yatra&#8217; to Shashtripuram, in protest against Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PlVx7DFW8P\">pic.twitter.com\/PlVx7DFW8P<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ANI (@ANI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANI\/status\/1215550537988358144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 10, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>The Hyderabad Traffic Police had put restrictions in place in the city in view of the protests.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TirangaRally?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TirangaRally<\/a> Business establishments across the older parts of Hyderabad to remain close between 1 p.m and 5 p.m on Friday, announced old city traders association. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Charminar?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Charminar<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/tirangarally?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#tirangarally<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/fridaymorning?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#fridaymorning<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h6tRQEkoAb\">pic.twitter.com\/h6tRQEkoAb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Abdul Khadar (@khadarbhojani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/khadarbhojani\/status\/1215520428052996096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 10, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delhi\u2019s Jama Masjid today witnessed fresh protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 and the proposal to implement a nation-wide National Register of Citizens (NRC).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":76707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1497,17],"tags":[85361,85102,37,10378],"yst_prominent_words":[],"ppma_author":[140543],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2020\/01\/10151025\/Jama-Masjid.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":140543,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"apnnewsdesk","display_name":"APN Live","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/478eacb893eda88aa6ed8d99b005bf58?s=96&r=g"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76688"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76688"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=76688"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=76688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- html is corrupted -->