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TopicInterfaith Marriage

Topic: Interfaith Marriage

India’s police need to stop policing women’s choices

Similar to their colonial predecessors, Indian police are obsessed with policing defiant daughters – not defending their rights.

Maharashtra interfaith marriage panel not about love jihad, but helping women: Minister Lodha

Maharashtra’s women & child development minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha says panel was formed in reaction to Shraddha murder case, to facilitate communication between woman & her family.

‘Begged bystanders, touched feet, no one helped’, says wife of Hyderabad ‘honour killing’ victim

The family of a Dalit man who was allegedly murdered by his Muslim wife’s relatives Wednesday claims police ignored couple’s protection request. NHRC has sought report on incident.

‘Suspicious death’ of Hindu woman in interfaith marriage stokes tension in Agra

The 26-year-old woman, identified as Varsha, had married a Muslim man, Fahim, a year and a half ago. Her family has alleged that she had been facing harassment.

‘Will fight to get my wife back’ — Muslim man in Kashmir Sikh ‘conversion’ row won’t back down

Shahid Nazir Bhatt, 29, has been accused of forcefully converting a Sikh woman. But he claims she converted to Islam and married her of her free will.

Forced conversion or boomer-talk? Twitter’s verdict on interfaith marriages is one-sided

While elders are already brazen with their bigotry as they promote intra-caste and religious weddings, leading voices on social media aren't far behind.

India’s embrace of modernity is now threatened by social regression

If Indians were to truly carry out their fundamental duties, then regressive trends like laws against inter-faith marriages would be energetically countered.

SC agrees to examine UP, Uttarakhand laws regulating religious conversions due to marriage

A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde however refused to stay the controversial provisions of the laws and issued notices to both state governments on two different petitions.

Interfaith couple booked for religious conversion in violation of Uttarakhand law

The woman converted to Islam without informing her parents or the district authorities prior to her marriage as required under Uttarakhand Freedom of Religion Act, an official said.

On Camera

Oka to Nagarathna—Bombay High Court judges taking up the cudgel when faith in courts eroding

When lynching, hate speech and bulldozer politics do not speedily invite the wrath of courts, then something is wrong with the third pillar of governance.

Congress attacks chief economic advisor over statement on unemployment, asks BJP govt to ‘vacate seat’

While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.