A Sikh married a Muslim for love, and her parents called the police
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By Sameer Yasir, Emily Schmall and Iqbal Kirmani
Updated
July 22, 2021 — 11.27am
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Srinagar, Kashmir: Manmeet Kour Bali had to defend her marriage in court.
A Sikh by birth, Bali converted to Islam to marry a Muslim man, Shahid Nazir Bhat. Her parents objected to a marriage outside their community and filed a police complaint against her new husband.
Shahid Nazir Bhat, a Muslim, displays a photograph of Manmeet Kour Bali, a Sikh by birth who converted to Islam to marry him, in Srinagar, India.