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The problem is that the term ‘Love Jihad’ is so corny that it makes a lot of educated people turn away from the real issue. This particular case certainly involved major deceit by Tuafiq and I do not believe for a second that he would have converted into a Hindu after the wedding. In fact, if Priya’s family had not exposed Taufiq’s real identity, we can all be certain that very soon he would have started forcing Priya to convert to Islam. That is how their religion works.
I am sure that Priya herself believed that Taufiq was a Hindu when they first started courting. Difficult to say when Priya herself found out the truth about the man but if she had fallen in love by then, it would explain her defending him later. Without sounding sexist, I have to say that women can be rather odd when in love and throw common sense out of the window.
As for The Print, it is the typical bleeding heart liberal publication that drws its opinions from cuckoo-land. Never take it seriously.
How many list you want dear. If you blind towards the truth that does not mean all is going good. It is a case of false identity whether you like it or not or what is the problem to follow proper procedure?
A man lies to a woman about his religion. He does so because he clearly knows or at least feels that it would come it between their relationship. Once she falls in love, she is told the truth. By then it is too late. Both of them lie to her parents about his religion. The love starts on the basis of a deceit. It culminates also into marriage, also on the bedrock of a lie. If this is not love jihad, what else is?
Bro, list me cases of that happening. Please do. Because everything you said is simply false, as love jihad is not a real thing.
Clear case of love jihad. Main question to ask is would the girl have had relationship with him if he initially introduced himself as Taufiq? Probably not.
what I don’t understand is why the girl was so stupid. Why did she hide the truth from her parents? Yes they would not have agreed and the fuss would have been huge but now look at the even greater mess.
And she is a teacher! Her intelligence leaves much to be desired.
It looks to me that she herself was not aware because he lied . Once married and disclosure came. What to do? Girl has been duped . In Hindu culture -even now marriage is considered sacrosanct . That is the reason she is defending him.
And she is a teacher! Her intelligence leaves much to be desired.–The Result of ” LOVE JIHAD “. That is why the Law in UP. The elopment /deceit /conversion is on High.No one talks.So YOGI acted on Time.
The fact that Taufiq initially lied and posed as a Hindu is certainly a good enough reason for him to be in jail. Its really unfortunate that the nees item seems to be biased in his favour and against the girl’s parents.
This report is an example of a news outlet trying to sensationalize a case where the existing law in the statute book has been clearly violated. Please don’t take me wrong. I’m not against inter-faith or inter-caste marriages. I also support the ultimate wishes of the wedding adult partners. However, here the statement that there wouldn’t have been an issue if the couple had “followed proper (legal) procedures” stands right.
This case also reveals how weird are social dynamics of India where attempts are made to whitewash many lies and deceits.
At first, Priya introduced Taufiq to her parents as Rahul Verma,, fearing her parents wouldn’t approve of her marriage to a Muslim, a big act of deceit by a daughter to her parents. Before that, while trying to court Priya, Taufiq also didn’t tell her his real identity. In Priya’s own words, Taufiq “did lie to her” about being Hindu but later told her the truth. “He hid it from me because he did not want to lose me,” Priya confesses.
This is a classic illustration of alleged ‘Love Jihad,’ on the part of Taufiq (or, Rahul Verma!), the supporters of the U.P. Chief Minister would argue: first, win over the heart and mind of a girl in a romantic relationship through lies, marry her and then convert her religion. [Of course, in this case the conversion of the bride didn’t take place!]
Another absurdity of the social dynamics of India is revealed here when two educated young people, the Indian Police Services aspirants, decided to ride rough shod over not only the social boundary, but also the legal boundaries. They thought laws didn’t exist for them. They should have understood that the best way to circumvent the complicated procedural cobweb was to wait out the suggested two months and get every thing legally on the table.
I know the “progressives” would like the “lovers” to be given a free ride. Me too, but they know in many other countries also where there’s the rule of law, a marriage license has to be obtained before a wedding to streamline many issues.
In India, unfortunately, any attempt on the part of the government to rational modernization of the system is subjected to partisan attacks and political blackmail. The “love-jihad” statutes may have certain extremes, but it also tries to address certain social anomalies that easily pass by as a norm and later on become a major source of trouble.
Dear Dr Prasad, Girl has been duped so what choice she has now . Why did the boy lied ab initio. Let us be very clear about it , marriage in Hindus is sacrosanct so she has to defend . Look at the boy, staying just one km away and lying to his in laws? He is total cheat . Where is the doubt ? How many Hindu boys get married to Muslim girls? Let us be honest about it , they will be killed . Love Jehad is real and has got approval from Muslim community . In a month how many cases have come to be reported. Did you get a Muslim girl being married to Hindu boy? Please see the bigger picture?
Points well taken. The Muslims, in general, keep a very tight circle around their girls and a wedding with parental consensus is extremely difficult, particularly in under-educated and un-enlightened sections of the community. In the West too cases abound in Muslim families where girls — who dared to marry or have a boy friend from different faith — have been murdered by their own family members. They call it ‘honor killing.’
Another difference in the definition of marriage in the Hindu and the Muslim tradition is that in the former marriage is a ‘union’ of two individuals that could be broken up only upon death, whereas in the latter, marriage is a ‘contract.’ The Muslim man pledges certain ‘rakam’ (amount) at the time of ‘nikah’ that could be paid down to annul (or, to obtain a talaq) a marriage. The Muslim community, like in the Hindu society, has a long way to go to introduce and adopt social reforms: Among the Hindus reforms have always been discussed, fought for and implemented; among the Muslims, even a conversation on ‘reform’ is a taboo. They have to liberate themselves from the clutches of the Imams and the Mullahs.
She is 29 years old … She doesn’t have to stay with parents
1) What has happened is wrong. The couple should get married and the boy should keep his end of promise of converting to Hinduism.
2) However if it was other way around. That is boy was Hindu and girl was muslim and then the boy wouldn’t ve been in jail but in grave.
3) The problem is Hindus bring up their daughters with liberal approach to life and thus are more open minded when it comes to interfaith marriages. Whereas Muslim families teach their children/daughters more orthodox/radical approach to life so they are rigid and prejudiced against interfaith marriages.
4) I don’t know how a girl brought up in an atmosphere with no restriction of wearing the kind of clothes or covering her face agrees to marry into a family where women are told to hide their face and where women are considered as lesser beings than men. Where women are not allowed to pray in the same palce as men?
Stop defending the indefensible. Seriously, Mouslems and Dindus are no different. Are you aware about the honour killings that Hindus do everyday, maybe I need to remind you of that UC lady who was murdered by her own brothers for marrying a LC guy.
We must all come together to dismiss the myth of LOVE JIHAD.
That a particular community indulges in LOVE JIHAD with family as well as religious leaders backing is a myth.
THE only way to dispel the myth of LOVE JIHAD is information
1) How many Muslims boys marry HINDU girls
2) HOW MANY HINDU BOYS AND MUSLIM GIRLS GET MARRIED.
3) How many conversion takes place from which religion to which religion.
As human beings living in democracy and not some religion specific country it will show that their will be much similar things happening in both communities. Hence the myth will be destroyed.
If the girl has no problem marrying a Muslim then why do you have a problem?
Are you saying that girls/women from Hindu family are (/ must be) a property of Hindutva-facists? just like how Islamic Arabs treat their women and how Nazi Germany treated German/White women?
If this trend of Talibani Hindutva-nationalism grows then soon all liberal empowered Indian women would start migrating to western countries just like thousands of Arab women are feeling their home countries. Then what, like Saudi and North Korea, will you guys bring a new ordinance 2025 prohibiting Hindu women from migrating outside India. I have no doubt regarding the latter if these Hindutva-facists are in power.
She does have a problem marrying a muslim and Taufiq also knew it — that’s why he lied about his religion to her in the beginning. Ik bar commitment ho gaya aur ladki kay sath masti kar lee fir its at point of no-return and he then mentions his real name and religion. This guy will be in prison for 10 years I hope. I feel bad for the parents – and also a bit for the girl. Pehle sey he apne aap ko Musalman batana tha. Why lie? Clear case of love-jihad.
This is what those evade the special marriage act 1954 should be punished with. You don’t wanna be in jail then don’t evade the SPECIAL MARRIAGE ACT1 1954
How many list you want dear. If you blind towards the truth that does not mean all is going good. It is a case of false identity whether you like it or not or what is the problem to follow proper procedure?
Wow this article got 30 mins of my life wasted for no reason.a typical case of jihad no wonder print would print this bias
You took 30 mins to read an article that can be read in 2 mins ?
Oh shut up. The girl said there was no deciet, there was no fooling, how you bhakts gonna call everything love jihad? This is a case of parents controlling the lives of their kids.
The problem is that the term ‘Love Jihad’ is so corny that it makes a lot of educated people turn away from the real issue. This particular case certainly involved major deceit by Tuafiq and I do not believe for a second that he would have converted into a Hindu after the wedding. In fact, if Priya’s family had not exposed Taufiq’s real identity, we can all be certain that very soon he would have started forcing Priya to convert to Islam. That is how their religion works.
I am sure that Priya herself believed that Taufiq was a Hindu when they first started courting. Difficult to say when Priya herself found out the truth about the man but if she had fallen in love by then, it would explain her defending him later. Without sounding sexist, I have to say that women can be rather odd when in love and throw common sense out of the window.
As for The Print, it is the typical bleeding heart liberal publication that drws its opinions from cuckoo-land. Never take it seriously.
How many list you want dear. If you blind towards the truth that does not mean all is going good. It is a case of false identity whether you like it or not or what is the problem to follow proper procedure?
A man lies to a woman about his religion. He does so because he clearly knows or at least feels that it would come it between their relationship. Once she falls in love, she is told the truth. By then it is too late. Both of them lie to her parents about his religion. The love starts on the basis of a deceit. It culminates also into marriage, also on the bedrock of a lie. If this is not love jihad, what else is?
Bro, list me cases of that happening. Please do. Because everything you said is simply false, as love jihad is not a real thing.
Clear case of love jihad. Main question to ask is would the girl have had relationship with him if he initially introduced himself as Taufiq? Probably not.
what I don’t understand is why the girl was so stupid. Why did she hide the truth from her parents? Yes they would not have agreed and the fuss would have been huge but now look at the even greater mess.
And she is a teacher! Her intelligence leaves much to be desired.
It looks to me that she herself was not aware because he lied . Once married and disclosure came. What to do? Girl has been duped . In Hindu culture -even now marriage is considered sacrosanct . That is the reason she is defending him.
And she is a teacher! Her intelligence leaves much to be desired.–The Result of ” LOVE JIHAD “. That is why the Law in UP. The elopment /deceit /conversion is on High.No one talks.So YOGI acted on Time.
It’s an open case of love jihad..no it’s and buts
It is always the Hindu girls fall in love with Muslim boys, but the opposite never happens. Muslim girls do not know what love is.
Non disclosure of real identity is tantamount to fraudulent marriage.
Hindu Pakistan has arrived. This is not the country I was born into and grew up.
The fact that Taufiq initially lied and posed as a Hindu is certainly a good enough reason for him to be in jail. Its really unfortunate that the nees item seems to be biased in his favour and against the girl’s parents.
This report is an example of a news outlet trying to sensationalize a case where the existing law in the statute book has been clearly violated. Please don’t take me wrong. I’m not against inter-faith or inter-caste marriages. I also support the ultimate wishes of the wedding adult partners. However, here the statement that there wouldn’t have been an issue if the couple had “followed proper (legal) procedures” stands right.
This case also reveals how weird are social dynamics of India where attempts are made to whitewash many lies and deceits.
At first, Priya introduced Taufiq to her parents as Rahul Verma,, fearing her parents wouldn’t approve of her marriage to a Muslim, a big act of deceit by a daughter to her parents. Before that, while trying to court Priya, Taufiq also didn’t tell her his real identity. In Priya’s own words, Taufiq “did lie to her” about being Hindu but later told her the truth. “He hid it from me because he did not want to lose me,” Priya confesses.
This is a classic illustration of alleged ‘Love Jihad,’ on the part of Taufiq (or, Rahul Verma!), the supporters of the U.P. Chief Minister would argue: first, win over the heart and mind of a girl in a romantic relationship through lies, marry her and then convert her religion. [Of course, in this case the conversion of the bride didn’t take place!]
Another absurdity of the social dynamics of India is revealed here when two educated young people, the Indian Police Services aspirants, decided to ride rough shod over not only the social boundary, but also the legal boundaries. They thought laws didn’t exist for them. They should have understood that the best way to circumvent the complicated procedural cobweb was to wait out the suggested two months and get every thing legally on the table.
I know the “progressives” would like the “lovers” to be given a free ride. Me too, but they know in many other countries also where there’s the rule of law, a marriage license has to be obtained before a wedding to streamline many issues.
In India, unfortunately, any attempt on the part of the government to rational modernization of the system is subjected to partisan attacks and political blackmail. The “love-jihad” statutes may have certain extremes, but it also tries to address certain social anomalies that easily pass by as a norm and later on become a major source of trouble.
Dear Dr Prasad, Girl has been duped so what choice she has now . Why did the boy lied ab initio. Let us be very clear about it , marriage in Hindus is sacrosanct so she has to defend . Look at the boy, staying just one km away and lying to his in laws? He is total cheat . Where is the doubt ? How many Hindu boys get married to Muslim girls? Let us be honest about it , they will be killed . Love Jehad is real and has got approval from Muslim community . In a month how many cases have come to be reported. Did you get a Muslim girl being married to Hindu boy? Please see the bigger picture?
Points well taken. The Muslims, in general, keep a very tight circle around their girls and a wedding with parental consensus is extremely difficult, particularly in under-educated and un-enlightened sections of the community. In the West too cases abound in Muslim families where girls — who dared to marry or have a boy friend from different faith — have been murdered by their own family members. They call it ‘honor killing.’
Another difference in the definition of marriage in the Hindu and the Muslim tradition is that in the former marriage is a ‘union’ of two individuals that could be broken up only upon death, whereas in the latter, marriage is a ‘contract.’ The Muslim man pledges certain ‘rakam’ (amount) at the time of ‘nikah’ that could be paid down to annul (or, to obtain a talaq) a marriage. The Muslim community, like in the Hindu society, has a long way to go to introduce and adopt social reforms: Among the Hindus reforms have always been discussed, fought for and implemented; among the Muslims, even a conversation on ‘reform’ is a taboo. They have to liberate themselves from the clutches of the Imams and the Mullahs.
She is 29 years old … She doesn’t have to stay with parents
1) What has happened is wrong. The couple should get married and the boy should keep his end of promise of converting to Hinduism.
2) However if it was other way around. That is boy was Hindu and girl was muslim and then the boy wouldn’t ve been in jail but in grave.
3) The problem is Hindus bring up their daughters with liberal approach to life and thus are more open minded when it comes to interfaith marriages. Whereas Muslim families teach their children/daughters more orthodox/radical approach to life so they are rigid and prejudiced against interfaith marriages.
4) I don’t know how a girl brought up in an atmosphere with no restriction of wearing the kind of clothes or covering her face agrees to marry into a family where women are told to hide their face and where women are considered as lesser beings than men. Where women are not allowed to pray in the same palce as men?
Stop defending the indefensible. Seriously, Mouslems and Dindus are no different. Are you aware about the honour killings that Hindus do everyday, maybe I need to remind you of that UC lady who was murdered by her own brothers for marrying a LC guy.
We must all come together to dismiss the myth of LOVE JIHAD.
That a particular community indulges in LOVE JIHAD with family as well as religious leaders backing is a myth.
THE only way to dispel the myth of LOVE JIHAD is information
1) How many Muslims boys marry HINDU girls
2) HOW MANY HINDU BOYS AND MUSLIM GIRLS GET MARRIED.
3) How many conversion takes place from which religion to which religion.
As human beings living in democracy and not some religion specific country it will show that their will be much similar things happening in both communities. Hence the myth will be destroyed.
If the girl has no problem marrying a Muslim then why do you have a problem?
Are you saying that girls/women from Hindu family are (/ must be) a property of Hindutva-facists? just like how Islamic Arabs treat their women and how Nazi Germany treated German/White women?
If this trend of Talibani Hindutva-nationalism grows then soon all liberal empowered Indian women would start migrating to western countries just like thousands of Arab women are feeling their home countries. Then what, like Saudi and North Korea, will you guys bring a new ordinance 2025 prohibiting Hindu women from migrating outside India. I have no doubt regarding the latter if these Hindutva-facists are in power.
She does have a problem marrying a muslim and Taufiq also knew it — that’s why he lied about his religion to her in the beginning. Ik bar commitment ho gaya aur ladki kay sath masti kar lee fir its at point of no-return and he then mentions his real name and religion. This guy will be in prison for 10 years I hope. I feel bad for the parents – and also a bit for the girl. Pehle sey he apne aap ko Musalman batana tha. Why lie? Clear case of love-jihad.
This is what those evade the special marriage act 1954 should be punished with. You don’t wanna be in jail then don’t evade the SPECIAL MARRIAGE ACT1 1954
How many list you want dear. If you blind towards the truth that does not mean all is going good. It is a case of false identity whether you like it or not or what is the problem to follow proper procedure?
Wow this article got 30 mins of my life wasted for no reason.a typical case of jihad no wonder print would print this bias
You took 30 mins to read an article that can be read in 2 mins ?
Oh shut up. The girl said there was no deciet, there was no fooling, how you bhakts gonna call everything love jihad? This is a case of parents controlling the lives of their kids.