Love Jihad

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If the couple did not intend so, the marriage officer has to solemnise their marriage forthwith without publication of 30 days notice, the order said. (Representational Photo:PTI)

Mandate of 30 days' notice under Special Marriage Act optional: Allahabad HC

Making such publication mandatory would invade in the fundamental rights of liberty and privacy

14 Jan 2021 4:16 AM

Activists belonging to various human and civil rights organisations hold placards during a demonstration condemning the decision of various Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led state governments in the country for the proposed passing of laws against "Love Jihad" in Bangalore. (AFP)

About 35 arrests, dozen FIRs as UP 'love jihad' law completes one month

A PIL has already been filed in the Allahabad High Court challenging the law and now it is for the court to decide

26 Dec 2020 2:35 PM

Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot. (PTI)

Love jihad is a word manufactured by BJP to divide the nation: Gehlot

BJP leaders use the term 'love jihad' while alleging that Hindu women face harassment and forced conversion in the name of love and marriage

21 Nov 2020 9:10 AM

Members of Vishwa Hindu Mahasangh take oath against love jihad. (PTI)

Madhya Pradesh Assembly to bring 'love jihad' law, make it non-bailable offence

The Bharatiya Janata Party and several rightwing, Hindutva outfits have been targeting young couples and interfaith marriages

18 Nov 2020 5:49 AM

The accused Mohammed Jasim has been arrested under charges of rape, extortion and criminal intimidation, as well as deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious sentiments by insulting a religion or its beliefs. (Representational Image)

Kerala student arrested for rape, forcing girlfriend to convert to Islam

The girl, who was involved in a two-year relationship with the accused, said he had compelled her to convert if she wanted to marry.

25 Sep 2019 1:56 PM

In the 29-second video, male police officers are seen asking the woman why she is in a relationship with a Muslim man when there are so many Hindu men around. (Photo: Screengrab)

On video, UP cops abuse, slap woman for ‘relationship’ with Muslim man

The four cops seen in video have been suspended and an investigation has been ordered in the case.

25 Sep 2018 7:57 PM

The victim was identified as Mohammed Afrazul Khan, Bengali migrant worker in Rajasthan, and the accused as Regar (in pic), a former marble trader. (Photo: ANI)

Shambhulal Regar, who lynched man on camera, may contest 2019 polls

Videos were uploaded on social media by 14-yr-old nephew of Regar, recorded him saying he killed Afrazul to save woman from 'love jihad'.

20 Sep 2018 3:29 PM

When the habeas corups petition filed by Fasil Mahmood of Kuttiyandi came up for hearing, a bench comprising V Chitambresh and KP Jyothindranath ordered notice to the girl’s father residing in Bengaluru. (Photo: File)

Muslim man moves Kerala HC seeking to free Hindu wife from father’s custody

The youth further alleged he had received a phone call on May 29 from a person who threatened to kill him if he did not give up on his wife.

13 Jun 2018 9:46 PM

This is the latest in a series of hate crime incidents in Rajasthan in last one year. (Photo: File/Representational)

Bikaner: Man lynched over religion

The girl reportedly wanted to marry with her boyfriend Saif, however, boy’s religion became the seed of discord.

03 May 2018 4:16 AM

Jawaharlal Nehru University (Photo: PTI/File)

Screening of film on love jihad disrupted at JNU

The students breached the security cordons and disrupted the screening by holding placards in front of the screen.

28 Apr 2018 6:39 AM

The Police said the woman came in contact with the Kashmiri man when he was working at a coffee house in Barmer for a few years but left about five months ago. (Photo: Pixabay)

Barmer girl weds Muslim, family alleges love jihad

As per the documents received with the HC order, Ritu Khandelwal converted to Islam on her own will and became Zeenab.

31 Mar 2018 5:05 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

Modi’s achche din over the horizon

Working on the philosophy ‘either you are with us or against us’, the BJP-RSS have not left any middle ground.

18 Mar 2018 12:00 AM

Hadiya, who is in Kerala with her husband Shafin Jahan, on Saturday reached the Popular Front of India (PFI) headquarters at Kozhikode and thanked its chairman, P Aboobacker for all the support during the couple's legal battle. (Photo: File)

Everything happened as I became Muslim: Hadiya after SC retains marriage

Supreme Court scrapped the Kerala High Court order annulling the marriage of Hadiya aka Akhila.

10 Mar 2018 6:44 PM

Akhila had married a Muslim man called Shafin, embraced Islam and changed her name to Hadiya. (Photo: File)

SC rejects basis of ‘love jihad’

The court’s judgment has the effect of outlawing “love jihad” as a concept.

10 Mar 2018 1:46 AM

Hadiya's marriage to Shafin Jahan was annulled by the Kerala HC in 2017 after her parents alleged that she had been brainwashed, forced to convert to Islam. (Photo: File)

Love, actually, says Supreme Court and restores Hadiya marriage

SC said Hadiya is free to live with her husband and 'pursue her endeavours', stating that Kerala HC shouldn't have intervened.

09 Mar 2018 4:16 AM

Hadiya, the 24-year-old woman who was born to a Hindu couple in Kerala, made headlines after she converted to Islam and married a Muslim man against wishes of her parents. (Photo: File)

Kerala 'love jihad': The curious case of Hadiya aka Akhila

The Supreme Court has cancelled a Kerala High Court order annulling the marriage of Hadiya.

08 Mar 2018 5:06 PM

The NIA rejected Hadiya’s charge that the agency had created a story (of love jihad’ and forced conversions to Islam) and were trying to establish it without any proof. (Photo: File)

Kerala love jihad: Didn't portray Hadiya's spouse as terrorist, says NIA

In an affidavit filed on Wednesday, the NIA denied that the agency behaved with her with prejudice as if she is a criminal.

07 Mar 2018 8:29 PM

I am a Muslim, will remain one, says Hadiya

She has also sought compensation for violation of her fundamental rights.

21 Feb 2018 2:26 AM

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