Harsh Mander: The ‘love jihad’ bogey in Kashmir is another attempt to deny women freedom of choice
Harsh Mander: The ‘love jihad’ bogey in Kashmir is another attempt to deny women freedom of choice
This hate propaganda assumes that adult women who consent to relationships with Muslims are gullible and must be rescued by gallant men. 9 hours ago A protest in Bengaluru in December against Bharatiya Janata Party state governments around the country passing laws against so-called love jihad. | Manjunath Kiran/AFP
The drafting committee of the Indian Constitution included two women members, Hansa Mehta and Rajkumari Amrit Kaur. They proposed, for inclusion in the fundamental rights of the Constitution, the right of every woman to choose her spouse, or at least consent to the person to whom she is wed. This did not find support among most other members of the committee, all men. Therefore, this right was not included in the final draft of the Const
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‘We are not children’: A Kashmiri couple recall their marriage ordeal amid conversion controversies
‘If a woman becomes a big officer then people say that she has her own mind but if she marries someone of her choice then people think otherwise.’ 13 hours ago A civil right activist holds a placard during a demonstration condemning the decision of various Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led state governments in the country for the proposed passing of laws against Love Jihad in Bangalore on December 1, 2020. | Manjunath Kiran / AFP
“I am 110% sure that I converted on my own will,” said a 28-year-old woman from Jammu and Kashmir. She had converted to Islam from Sikhism this year and married a man of her choice who is also Muslim. “There are lots of rumours about forced conversion but I would like to say that nothing of the sort happened to me,” she said.
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Why two Sikh women marrying Muslims triggered disputes in KashmirKashmir, Kashmir -IOK 2021-07-02, by Editor Comments Off 0
Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – For more than a week now, a section of the minority Sikh community in Indian-administered Kashmir has been protesting against what they call the “forced conversion” of two women who married Muslim men – a claim denied by police officials and the men’s families who say the unions are interfaith marriages.
Manmeet Kaur, a 19-year-old Sikh woman, and her 29-year-old partner Shahid Nazir Bhat, both residents of the Muslim-majority region’s main city of Srinagar, fled their homes on June 21, according to their families and the police.
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