Love Jihad
- India
To tackle ‘love-jihad’, Maharashtra to set-up DIG-led panel
To curb ‘love jihad’ cases in Maharashtra, the state chief minister Devendra Fednavis has ordered a seven-member committee headed by the director general of police to look into its technical and legal…
- India
Will not tolerate love jihad, land jihad & cow slaughter, warns Nitesh Rane
Chandrapur: Maharashtra Ports and Fisheries Minister Nitesh Rane said on Monday here that the government of Hindutva ideology is ruling in the state and it will not tolerate “love jihad, land jihad,…
- India
MP: Right-wing mob assaults couple over ‘love jihad’ allegations
A Hindutva mob harassed an interfaith couple after spotting them together on a public road in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore city. Although the incident occurred on January 9, it came to light on…
- India
Videos: Interfaith couples harassed by right-wing groups
In recent events, two alarming incidents of harassment targeting interfaith couples have come to light from Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, shedding light on the ongoing threat of right-wing vigilante groups and…
- India
Mob attack victim Bangle seller Taslim Ali acquitted in POCSO case after 3 years
After enduring nearly four years of legal battle, bangle seller Taslim Ali who had several cases lodged against him including the POCSO Act, was finally acquitted of all charges by an Indore…
- India
Uttarakhand: Far-right groups vandalize shops amid ‘love jihad’ allegations
Communal tension erupted in Uttrakhand’s Tehri on Tuesday, October 29, after a Hindu far-right group attacked and vandalised stores owned by Muslims in response to the alleged elopement of a teenage girl…
- India
Watch: Bajrang Dal disrupts Mehndi application for Karva Chauth, harasses artists
A group of Bajrang Dal members harassed Muslim mehndi (henna) artists and targeted Hindu women seeking their services for the Karva Chauth festival. The incident occurred in Delhi’s Karol Bagh on Saturday,…
- India
UP court sentences man to life imprisonment over ‘love jihad’
A court in Uttar Pradesh sentenced a Muslim man to life imprisonment accusing him of ‘love jihad’ after he allegedly forced a Hindu woman to embrace Islam and married her under a…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: BJP accuses Jani Master of ‘love jihad’
Hyderabad: BJP state mahila morcha chief Shilpa Reddy on Wednesday, September 18, accused Tollywood choreographer Shaik Jani Basha, known as Jani ‘Master,’ of “love jihad” after he allegedly entrapped a 21-year-old woman…
- India
After being thrashed and paraded naked, Class 12 student held under POCSO
A class 12 Muslim student was arrested by Assam police in the Cachar district shortly after a brutal assault by a mob linked to Hindutva groups, accusing him of “love jihad” for…
- India
Assam govt to bring law for life imprisonment in ‘love jihad’ cases: CM
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said his government will soon introduce a law for life imprisonment in cases of ‘love jihad’. Speaking at the state BJP executive meet…
- India
UP proposes life term in strict ‘love jihad’ law
New Delhi: The Yogi Adityanth-led government has introduced the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion (Amendment) Bill, 2024 in the Assembly, which proposes harsher punishment, leading up to life imprisonment…
- India
UP Assembly to take up Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act amendment
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Assembly is on Tuesday scheduled to take up for consideration and pass a bill that seeks to amend the Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act to increase the maximum…
- India
Bajrang Dal opposes mosque construction in Chhattisgarh, cites ‘love jihad’
Tensions flared in Chhattisgarh’s Rajnandgaon as Bajrang Dal members mobilised locals to protest against the construction of a mosque on Friday, July 5. The protesters objected to the construction of the mosque…