Kerala/ Love Jihad : Jihadi Romeosspread jitters

Love Jihad has become menacing in Kerala. Thousands of Hindu families have been living in constant threat of ‘Love Jihadis’, with police offering no help at all

VV Vishvanathan

There is an urgent need for all Hindus to wake up to the menace of love jihad affecting the demography and politics in Kerala, to which so far the Hindus have been blind, the way they were in Kashmir.
The history of love Jihad dates back to 1980s when people did not have access to information or news or there was limited publicity. As interfaith marriage was recognized by law, the Hindus resigned to their fate and considered it as isolated events. The Hindu leaders in the Congress and the Communist parties were too “secular”  to open their mouth against deliberate plans. The purpose of Love Jihad is to establish Caliphate in Kerala by cleansing Hindus just like what happened in Kashmir. The Kerala Jihadis have favourable atmosphere prevailing in the state under the Congress and the CPM vote bank rule.
Modus Operandi
Jihadis have full-time paid activists everywhere. Most of them are criminals while many others and from a poor background and are funded and brain-washed.
The victims are Hindu girls of single parents or from a poor family, even upper caste and affluent girls are also targeted in colleges. They are befriended by Jihadi girls who introduce them to Jihadi Romeos and then regular communication is
established in the name of love. The victim is soon fooled and made to believe that Islam is a great religion, her boyfriend is great or very rich or employed (not true).

These Jihadi Romeos also appear in matrimonial columns, Facebook and other chat sites as Hindus to lure their prey and will disclose true identity only after the victim is fully waylaid. There were cases where girls ran away from Registrar office when they came to know the true identity of Romeo, but it seldom
happens as the Romeo is accompanied by paid goons. Once they found that the Hindu girls accept their love and marriage proposal, the Jihadi girls take the
victim to some conversion centre located deep inside Muslim area of North Kerala. The victims are strictly instructed not to contact parents or relatives as they may stop their
journey to heaven. In some cases girls are subjected to sexual exploitation as well, threat or rape and video are used to blackmail them. These Hindu victims then disappear for few days and undergo brainwashing. By the time victims, parents realise the truth their daughter is already married and converted to Islam or left for ISIS camp in Afghanistan, Syria or religious centres in Kerala and Karnataka. These girls are then not accessible and even police cannot find them. Higher officials are heavily bribed by the organisations sponsoring love Jihad like Jamat-E-Islami, SDPI, PDP, Popular Front, Indian Mujahid and NDF. They also bribe politicians of all levels in Congress, CPIM, UDF and LDF so that no one will speak for the victim or against Love Jihad.
The Congress and the CPM leaders have close links with all these Jihadi organisations. Complaints from parents seeking the intervention of the chief minister did not get any attention and the police coulddo nothing.
Demographic Changes
In 2011 Census Kerala Muslim population is 26.56% compared to 17% in 1951. Even though Muslim population is 50% of Hindus as per 2011 census; in 2015 it was reported that Muslim child birth rate is equal to Hindus at 42%. The reason is a minimum age for marriage, up to four marriage and child birth control not applicable to their religion. More than 95% of the 45000 child marriages reported from Kerala since 2001 are from Muslim communities and
happened in North Kerala where the Muslim population is significant.
The successive state and central governments have ignored this demographic threat. During the same period, Hindu population declined from 65% to 54% a de-growth of 11%. While the Hindu and the Christian population is shrinking, that of the  Muslims has been growing faster as per their Jihad plan.
Political Implications
In 2004 the number of assembly seats in Muslim populated areas of North Kerala were increased by four and in Travancore area, occupied by Hindus and Christians, seats were reduced by four due to demographic changes. The beneficiary is Kerala Muslims league silent partner in Jihad; they became the second biggest party in Kerala UDF after Congress. The same Jihadis were involved in defeating BJP leader K Surendran by fraud voting in Manjeswaram assembly seat during 2016 election.
As per a report appeared in Kerala Kalakumudi weekly in 2012, about 10% of the members of the DYFI and Youth Congress constituted separatist leaders who have
infiltrated into these organisations.
Law & Order Collapses
According to Chief Minister, a total number of 7713 persons were converted to Islam during 2006-2012. Among those converted to Islam during 2009-12, as many as 2667 were young women of which 2195 were Hindus and 492 were Christians. As against this number of young women converted during 2009-12 to Christianity and Hinduism were 79 and two, respectively.
In an incident a 23-year-old Hindu girl studying for MBA was found missing from her college at Kasargod. Her parents received a letter stating she left to study Islam. Police could not locate her even after her parents complained, later
produced her after court intervention.
Kerala Hindu helpline number (9497545511) had received around 8,000 calls in 2010 within 6 months. 750 cases have been reported to the police. of this, 366 girls from various communities, had been rescued by Bajrang Dal workers from the love trap, 195 out of 209 was Hindu girls.
Alarming Statistics
The exact number of Love Jihad victims in Kerala cannot be
ascertained as Kerala police under Congress and CPIM rule has concealed evidence and statistics. However, estimates put the figure could be above 40,000 from the year 2000; average 2500 per year.
Kalakaumudi a weekly in Malayalam once reported in 2012 the available statistics of conversions by an Islamic council in Malabar. Those who converted to Islam in 2007 were 627 including 441 Hindus and 186 Christians. 885 people in 2008 – 727 Hindus, 158 Christians. 674 in 2009 – 566 Hindus and 108 Christians. 664 in 2010 – 566 Hindus and 98 Christians. 393 in 2011 – 305 Hindus and 88 Christians. Young women constitute a majority of those who convert. In a raid at such a conversion centre in 2008, 17 people who were staying there for getting converted were arrested.
(The writer is managing trustee of Jagadguru Memorial Charitable Trust, Chennai)