Intro: The case of Tara Sahdev has again brought the issue of Love Jihad to the forefront. Instead of outrightly discarding it, we need to analyse the reality. This might take us to the Uniform Civil Code as a one of the solutions.
In simple words, Love jihad is trap of Muslim organisations to seduce Hindu girls, to use Hindu women for physical desires, to convert them, to sell them or to use them for terrorist activities. The concept of ‘Love Jihad’ is neither new nor invention of any nationalist organisation. There are examples of feigning love, followed by devastating tales of pain, suffering, blackmailing and torture for conversion.
Since 2009 Kerala incidents, there have been talks of Love Jihad. Recently, there have been similar trends visible in northern parts of India, especially in UP, Assam and now Jharkhand. Despite various investigations and court judgements indicating existence of such phenomenon, secular intellectuals and media refused to recognise it. As a reaction there is a talk of backlash from Hindu, Christian and Sikh organisations.
It is true that some investigations in Kerala and Karnataka have failed to prove the organised attempts of ‘Love Jihad’. But no illegal or terrorist activity starts as an open policy of any organisation. In fact, it is a discrete way of furthering the cause, so finding evidences against any organisation or a group is always difficult. We should not forget that the same investigations in the specific cases have ratified the phenomenon of Love Jihad.
Tara Sahdev case is not an exception. Kerala cases are well known. There were similar cases in Britain too. According to media reports, in January 2014, Jathedar Gurucharan Singh demanded probe into alleged Love Jihad incidences in Punjab. He was talking on the basis of a printout of the website that had Indian and Pakistan telephone numbers, besides reward money to be given to Muslims boys for converting Sikh and Hindu girls. There are also reports of Hindu parents approaching seers and sadhus to save their girls from the clutches of ‘Muslim’ lovers in UP. What is the reality behind such allegations? If true, what are the sources of funding? Are there any connections with fundamentalists and terrorist organisations operating outside India? Before, discarding it as a mere rhetoric of Hindu nationalists, there is a need for objective probe in such series of incidences and come up with social and legal measures to curb it.
Another ‘love jihad’ case from Jharkhand |
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Holy Deception’ for Waging ‘Love Jihad’ across GlobeIn all the cases of ‘Love Jihad’, it is found that Muslim boys have used the Quranic but lesser known principle ‘Al-Taqiyyah’ (or Holy Deception) to trap the gullible and vulnerable non-Muslim girls into their ‘love trap’ i.e. going to Temples, attending Pujas, wearing Tilak, eating Prasads while ridiculing fellow Muslims, talking against Islam/Quran/Prophet – all of which are permissible under the Quranic ‘Al-Taqiyyah’ principle to befool the infidels; thereby creating a more moderate and liberal image for themselves and convincing the targeted Hindu girls that they are ‘good Muslims’ and their ‘true lovers’. The same is done with other Christian and Sikh girls, among others in both India and abroad. |
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