Conversion Conflicts
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Himachal Pradesh Assembly passes Bill that bans forced mass conversions
The proposed law also increases the punishment for illegal conversions to 10 years from seven years.
Scroll Staff
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How have legal cases seeking to strike down India’s anti-conversion laws fared?
Such laws are used to target religious minorities and inter-faith couples, critics say.
Umang Poddar
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RSS says people should declare if they have converted, not take advantages from both communities
Anti-conversion laws are needed to stop minorities from increasing their population through ‘fraud or allurement’, the organisation’s general secretary said.
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Trending
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Why many young Muslims are leaving India
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Opinion: Pakistan has learnt little from India and India has taken the worst lessons from Pakistan
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How Indian newspapers reported Independence and Partition in 1947
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‘What’s behind the flag?’: India’s cartoonists prompt a laugh on the country’s 75th Independence Day
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Romila Thapar: ‘The rights of citizenship have faded’
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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.’
Vijayta Lalwani
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Two Delhi men were accused of illegally converting thousands to Islam. But what is the case?
The men were arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terror Squad, but the police have not been able to establish much.
Vijayta Lalwani
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UP’s ‘love jihad’ law attacks Muslims, infantalises Hindu women – and curbs Dalit rights
The law also bans mass conversions.
Shoaib Daniyal
Video
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Watch: Arvind Kejriwal’s speech accidentally played at BJP’s ‘tiranga yatra’ in Gujarat
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Watch: When former Pakistan PM Imran Khan praised India for not bowing to the West
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Gateway of India to Howrah Bridge: Monuments, structures, buildings lit up for Independence Day
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Watch: Indian flag unfurled 30 kilometres above the surface of the earth to mark Independence Day
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Watch: Young refugees in India sing ‘Jana Gana Mana’ with Grammy Award-winner Ricky Kej
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Madhya Pradesh: Eight Christians acquitted of forced conversion and kidnapping charges
The case dates back to May 22, 2017 when they were escorting 60 children from Adivasi Christian families to a religious retreat in Nagpur, Maharashtra.
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Himachal Pradesh government passes new bill to prohibit forced conversions
The bill was passed unanimously by a voice vote as the Opposition did not oppose it.
Scroll Staff
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Himachal Pradesh: Bill against forced religious conversions introduced in Assembly
The proposed law prohibits conversion by misrepresentation, force, undue influence, coercion, inducement, marriage or any fraudulent means.
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The Reel
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Watch: ‘Pippa’ teaser is out, release date set for December 2
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Does Netflix series ‘The Sandman’ make your every comic-loving dream come true?
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‘The Legend of Maula Jatt’ trailer: Fawad Khan leads reboot of a Pakistani classic
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Start the week with a film: Get a much-needed dose of ‘Gandhigiri’ with ‘Lage Raho Munnabhai’
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‘Darlings’ director Jasmeet K Reen on her heroines: ‘They are simple, scared, a bit off’
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Love, pressure or economics? The many questions about Hindu women converting to Islam in Pakistan
Incidents of young women, including minors, from Hindu families converting and marrying Muslim men have become frequent.
Maham Javaid
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Jharkhand: 16 arrested for allegedly trying to convert Adivasis to Christianity in Dumka district
Police said the arrests came days after 25 ‘religious preachers’, including the 16, were rescued after being held hostage by villagers.
Scroll Staff
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Arunachal Pradesh: Christians welcome plan to repeal anti-conversion law but tribal groups oppose it
The state passed the Arunachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act in 1978.
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The Field
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Davis Cup: Nadal rested for Spain’s group stage matches, Zverev included in German squad
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Football: Manchester City’s Benjamin Mendy termed ‘predator’ as rape trial begins
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Man Utd sit bottom of the table, Man City on top – Talking points from the Premier League weekend
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Cricket: In-form Cheteshwar Pujara lights up Royal London One Day Cup with another century
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La Liga: Alaba stars as Real Madrid begin title defence with 2-1 win against Almeria