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Mumbai, Dec 17 (EFE/EPA).- Protests against a recently passed legal amendment to grant citizenship to non-Muslim immigrants spread to several Indian universities early on Monday with fresh demonstrations by a large number of students.The Jamia Millia Islamia University in New Delhi has turned into one of the epicenters of the student-led protests and on Sunday witnessed violent scenes when the police stormed the campus at dusk.On Monday several hundred students again gathered outside the university in New Delhi to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), passed by Parliament last week.The bill seeks to grant citizenship to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsee (Zoroastrian) and Christian immigrants from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh, and has been heavily criticized for going against India's secular spirit by making religion a factor in obtaining citizenship. (Camera: DIVYAKANT SOLANKI).SHOT LIST: A PROTEST AGAINST THE CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT BILL (CAB) IN MUMBAI, INDIA

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