‘Love Jihad’ is an Islamophobic Campaign: Why Honour is about Controlling Women s Bodies
In light of the renewed demand from certain sections of society to enact laws against religious conversions for marriage, this reading list analyses the harmful impact of the narrative of “love jihad” on Hindu women.
“Love jihad” is an Islamophobic conspiracy theory. It claims that Muslim men are “luring” women (mostly Hindu women) into converting to Islam, under the pretext of love and marriage.
Claims of an alleged “love jihad” are not new this phrasing first gained notoriety in 2009 with groups such as the Vishva Hindu Parishad and the Shri Ram Sena claiming that women in Kerala were being converted to Islam for the sake of marriage to Muslim men.
‘Shakti Bill reflects patriarchal perspective about women, should not be passed in present form’
The bill proposes the death penalty, life sentence and hefty fines as retribution for the offences, apart from setting up special courts for trial. The Bill also seeks to make certain changes in the IPC, CrPC and the POCSO Act of 2012. December 14, 2020 10:07:29 pm
The bill proposes the death penalty, life sentence and hefty fines as retribution for the offences, apart from setting up special courts for trial.
“IT is not the severity of the punishment but surety of conviction when a crime happens that brings down cases of rape,” says Manisha Gupte, founder of Mahila Sarvangeen Utkarsh Mandal (MASUM) who, along with a host of women’s organisations, civil liberties and human rights groups, has opposed the Shakti Bill that was tabled in the Maharashtra Assembly session on Monday.
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