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Indian Muslims flee their homes after Love Jihad laws leave them in fear of Hindu neighbours  Families say they have been subjected to a campaign of harassment The Love Jihad laws have sparked protests Credit: AFP Nearly 40 Muslim families in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh are planning to flee their village after saying they had been subjected to a campaign of harassment by a Hindu nationalist group, one month after laws were passed criminalising marriage between Hindus and Muslims. On Dec  23, two dozen members of the Bajrang Dal fired bullets at the house of a Muslim shopkeeper in the village of Mavi Meera after he refused to give them free cigarettes.

Jammu and kashmirUttar pradeshZakir ali tyagiMavi meera muslimBajrang dalMavi meeraSartaj alamAarif malikUttar pradesh policeAli tyagiAsia stateஜம்மு மற்றும் காஷ்மீர்உத்தர் பிரதேஷ்ஜாகிர் அலி தியாகிமாவி மீரா முஸ்லீம்பஜ்ரங் பருப்பு