The Citizen Amendment Bill (CAB) passed by the lower house of Indian parliament is nothing short of a hangman’s noose around the necks of Indian Muslims, already virtual second-class citizens. First, it defines India in majoritarian terms that will inevitably impact the morality of the nation-state, far removed from anything that the founders of the republic could have imagined. But beyond the argument that it violates the essential spirit of the Indian Constitution, the CAB, in conjunction with the National Register of Citizens (NRC) actually weaponises the state and law enforcement agencies against Indian Muslims.