Second Indian state adopts love jihad law criminalising weddings between Hindus and Muslims
21 Dec, 2020 09:39 PM
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A second Indian state has introduced controversial love jihad laws that effectively criminalise weddings between Hindus and Muslims. File photo / AP
Daily Telegraph UK
By: Joe Wallen
A second Indian state has introduced controversial love jihad laws effectively criminalising weddings between Hindus and Muslims.
Under the new law in Himachal Pradesh, any resident forcing another to change religion before marriage will now face up to seven years in prison and have the union declared void.
Opponents of the law in India say the move in Himachal Pradesh is an attack on interfaith unions and India s historic secularism by the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
16 Dec 2020
A pregnant woman detained in north India’s Uttar Pradesh last week under the state’s “love jihad” law said Tuesday she received injections from authorities while in detention that she believes induced a miscarriage.
“I was tortured at the Nari Niketan [women’s shelter] for three days after which I developed abdominal pain. First they didn’t listen to me, but when my condition got serious they took me to the hospital, and after which doctors gave me injections. Once the injections were administered, I started bleeding heavily,” Pinki Jahan, 22, told reporters Tuesday, according to India’s News18. She was three to four months pregnant before authorities detained her on December 6.
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