On the new domicile policy, Sarma elaborated that under this law, only those born in Assam will be eligible for state government jobs.
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Karnataka Government Dismisses BJP's 'Love Jihad' Charge After Murder Of 23-Year-Old College Student
After the murder of a 23-year-old college student in Karnataka, the Congress government has dismissed the BJP's charge of the case being "love jihad".
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The chief minister had earlier said that some points would be incorporated in the bill with the objective to stop "Love Jihad" in the state.
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Addressing a rally in Kawardha assembly seat of poll-bound Chhattisgarh on Saturday, Adityanath termed the Congress as a "problem for the country, society and public".
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A controversy around Garba erupted last year when police officers publicly flogged three Muslim men by tying them to a pole after arresting them on charges of pelting stones in Undhela village in Kheda district.
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Hindu right-wing organisations are sensitising parents in Maharashtra through door-to-door campaigns on the importance of keeping an eye on girls in their households to save them from ‘love jihad’.
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Two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLCs – Pravin Darekar and Prasad Lad – had earlier demanded a law against ‘love jihad’ in Maharashtra on the lines of Uttar Pradesh.?Raising the issue in Maharashtra legislative council, Darekar alleged that Hindu girls are cheated in different parts of the state through the use of fake names and then forced to convert.
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Rajasthan: Teacher And Her Student Run Away Fearing Marriage, Spark 'Love Jihad' Protests in Bikaner
The family of the minor lodged an FIR at the police station in Bikaner accusing the teacher and her family members of influencing their daughter and orchestrating her disappearance as part of a plot.
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During a press conference in Madhya Pradesh, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Pankaja Munde claimed that 'love jihad' has not been part of the Modi government's agenda and she responded to a question regarding it by saying, 'love is love'.
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Sadhvi Prachi's inflammatory remarks draw condemnation for promoting divisive narratives and raising concerns about communal harmony in the country.
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He said he held a meeting with senior police officers here to get feedback on steps taken in connection with "love jihad" incidents reported recently from different parts of the state.
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Taking a swipe, he said BJP and the Centre should ?release a list banning names like Tipu, Aurangzeb and Babur, like the ban on 44 organisations under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. Quoting a Maharashtra minister as having said that 21 people have been nabbed, he said: "If keeping a photo is a crime, say what section of IPC (it was)?"
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The accused man, 20-year-old Sahil, has been arrested from Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr. He and the girl are said to have been in a relationship and he allegedly killed her after a quarrel.
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CM Pinarayi Vijayan said that the trailer of the Hindi film, at first glance, appears to be "deliberately produced" with the alleged aim of creating communal polarisation and spreading hate propaganda against the state.
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Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of double standards, alleging that when BJP leaders' daughters marry Muslims, it's called love but when others do it, it's called jihad. Baghel also accused the BJP of trying to take political advantage of communal violence in Biranpur village and called out their lack of action to stop it.
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Two years since the UP government brought in the anti-conversion law, most of the accused and arrested persons are Muslim men while in some cases even Christians and Buddhists, especially from the Dalit and OBC communities, have been arrested on charges of unlawful conversion.
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In Jharkhand, before August 2014, news reports about love affairs between two communities and the breach of promise, harassment or forced religious conversion cases linked to them did not carry headlines mentioning 'Love Jihad'. In fact, people of the state were largely unaware of the term.?
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Largely spread and preached by the Hindu-right wing groups, the term ‘Love Jihad’ refers to the idea that Muslim men allegedly ‘lure and trap’ women from other faith into marrying them forcing them to convert to Islam.
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The myth of ‘love jihad’ that spread out across the country originated in Kerala and Karnataka in the late 2000s. In this story, Shahina KK of Outlook looks at the well-known incidents in which love jihad was invoked and traces its roots in Kerala.
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Fifty rallies have been organised in the state in the past four months. All had one common theme—love jihad, land jihad, forced conversions and economic boycott of Muslims.
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Several right-wing organisations on Sunday took out a morcha in Bhayandar township near Mumbai demanding action by the Maharashtra government against love jihad and land jihad.?
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A division bench of Justices Vibha Kankanwadi and Abhay Waghwase in an order of February 26 granted anticipatory bail to the accused who were denied relief by the local court.
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The BJP MP made the comments at a party meeting?in?‘Booth Vijaya Abhiyana' in Mangaluru, Karnataka, where elections are due later this year.
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The police have ruled out any potential 'love-jihad' angle to the December 24 purported 'suicide' of actress Tunisha Sharma, days after a break-up with boyfriend actor Sheezan Khan, official sources said here on Monday.
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The Maharashtra government will study laws on "love jihad" framed by other states and take an appropriate decision, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has said.
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"If needed, the law regarding 'love jihad' will be made stronger so that none of the culprits go unpunished. It has been seen that some people marry tribal girls and their aim is to grab their property. The religious freedom act will be made stronger to check incidents of men marrying tribal women for grabbing the latter's family land. It will stop love jihad aimed at grabbing their land," MP CM said.
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Vishva Hindu Parishad joint general secretary Surendra Jain said a total of seven states have anti-conversion laws but they are not enough to deal with the menace of illegal conversion and love jihad across the country.
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On Tuesday, Union Minister Giriraj Singh claimed that "terrorism in the form of love jihad" was a ploy to "finish Sanatan dharma" by uniting people.
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The Assam CM also said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi looks like Saddam Hussain, saying Congress shouldn’t get angry over it as he didn’t say Rahul looks like Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last Mughal emperor.
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On Sunday, Himanta Biswa Sarma, the Chief Minister of Assam, raised the issue of the gruesome Mehrauli killing, which led to communal riots in northeast Delhi in 2020.
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On Wednesday, Ram Kadam, a BJP legislator from Mumbai, urged the Delhi Police to investigate the possible "Love Jihad" angle behind the murder of Shraddha Walkar.
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Shraddha Walkar was allegedly murdered by her live-in partner Aaftab Amin Poonawala who chopped her body in 35 parts and disposed it over months.
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The woman and the accused further moved the High Court seeking to quash the FIR filed by the Gujarat Police and alleged that they had?brought the Love-Jihad angle on its own and that it contained grossly incorrect and untrue facts, particularly regarding the all.
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Members of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) opened 13 Mehendi stalls with Hindu artists for putting Mehendi on women. They have ensured to cross-check their religion via their Aadhar Cards.?
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The announcements were made by Union Home Minister Amit Shah at the release of the 'Lok Kalyan Sankalp Patra 2022', just two days before the first phase of polling for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly.
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The document was released barely a couple of days before the state goes to the first phase of polling on Thursday.
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Persecuted and vilified, inter-faith and inter-caste couples in India have no place to call home. They have little choice, but to seek shelter at the ‘safe houses’ that too are far from safe. They are the invisible — doomed to live their lives in hiding?
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Love jihad is a new addition to the existing Islamophobic conspiracy theory.
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They met in college, nine years ago. As they opened up to each other, they became close. Their love is tainted by the term ‘love jihad’, today they wonder what will happen to their story.
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The bogey of ‘love jihad’ goes way back to Kanpur in 1924 when a Muslim administrator was accused of ‘seducing’ a Hindu girl and forcing her to convert.
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When the book triggered a row after various Muslim outfits asked the government to confiscate it, the church authorities expressed regret on Wednesday and clarified that they did not intend to hurt any religion or faith and aimed only to keep the youth rooted in the Christianity.
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The BJP said the remark made by the Bishop Joseph Kallarangatt is the voice of the community.
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BJP has accused Congress and CPI(M) of supporting ‘jihadis’, while the both have hit back at it saying BJP is using ‘Sangh Parivar’ agenda to destroy Christain-Muslim harmony in Kerala.
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Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said people holding responsible positions should desist from making statements causing communal discord.
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The Congress criticized the remark made by Catholic Bishop Joseph Kallarangatt, while the BJP supported him.
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The Gujarat High Court said the interim order has been passed to protect people from unnecessary harassment.
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Dakshina Kannada district president Sudarshan Moodbidri reacts over recent statement of Mangaluru MLA UT Khader.
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No Calm Before 'Toofan': Farhan Akhtar-Starrer Film In Another Controversy; This Time For Love Jihad
Many took to social media and said they will not be watching the Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra-directed film since it promotes the idea of Love Jihad
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The Bill will have provision for 3-10 years in jail and a fine of up to Rs 5 lakh if the accused is found guilty.
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Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) is the traditional ally of the Congress-led United Democratic Front UDF.
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