"love-jihad"

Congress councillor accused of being involved in a conspiracy to convert people with the power of money

The woman had alleged that she had joined Jani Master and started working as an assistant choreographer and during film shootings she was sexually assaulted by him several times

The State BJP Mahila Morcha chief accused the choreographer of entrapping the 21-year-old woman as part of a "Love Jihad" scheme and subjecting her to five years of torture. She also claimed that Jani Master had a criminal record, including a 2019 court sentence of six months imprisonment for assaulting a woman in a college in 2015.

The demand came in the backdrop of the kidnap and rape of a young woman in Karkala town of Udupi District.

Yogi Adityanth-led govt introduces Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion (Amendment) Bill, 2024 in the Assembly

Speaking about the Supreme Court staying Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's conviction, Fadnavis made a veiled attack on the opposition party by saying "some people think if the Supreme Court rules in their favour, then it is good or else it is bad"

'Love jihad' is a term often used by right-wing activists to allege a ploy by Muslim men to lure Hindu women into religious conversion through marriage.

Bengaluru man, Ajith has accused his own friend of brainwashing his wife and alleged that his wife has become a victim of 'love jihad'.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been seen targeting its opposition parties by making Muslim appeasement and 'love jihad' part of its core agenda.

Bajrang Dal (VHP's sister organisation) activists are visiting garba venues in the city to create awareness among Hindu girls and women against falling

Bhopal: A group of Bajrang Dal workers allegedly beat a Muslim man, who was travelling with a married Hindu woman, in an Ajmer-bound train and was forcibly picked up from the train at Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain railway station. Bajrang Dal members assaulted the Muslim man, accusing him of being involved in ‘Love Jihad’ and they […]

Adityanath also said that the state government has failed to stop dangerous activities like cow smuggling and love jihad, which will show adverse results in the time to come.

Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on November 26 had announced that a three-member drafting committee has been formed to frame law on "love jihad" in the state.

Though the Kerala High Court had made remarks against love jihad in 2009, the state government had done nothing so far to check it, he claimed here.

The Gujarat government will implement the Love Jihad Act soon, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani said.

Under this law, there is a provision of awarding a maximum of 10 years imprisonment and a penalty of Rs 1 lakh for forceful conversion of any person under the pretext of marriage

Uwaish Ahmad was booked under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020, for "threatening to kidnap" and convert a 20-year-old married woman.

Marriage is a matter of personal liberty and bringing a law to curb it in any manner is completely unconstitutional

"The enacted or proposed laws of some state governments will be struck down as unconstitutional," he said.

Owaisi had earlier said that the BJP was trying to bring laws against 'love jihad' as they were unable to solve problems like unemployment and joblessness