Conversion Conflicts
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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
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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.
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Trending
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Air France flight makes emergency landing after Indian passenger’s disruptive behaviour
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With new OCI notification, India has ended its experiment with dual citizenship
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Indian IT companies have found ways to avoid the stress of H-1B visas
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‘I kept feeling it was a nightmare’: Safoora Zargar on surviving 38 days in solitary confinement
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India’s poor were struggling to refill LPG cylinders. Now with record price hike, many have given up
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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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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.
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Video
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‘India’s illiberal slide has been steady and swift’: Journalist Fareed Zakaria
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Watch: AR Rahman posts video of young boy playing the drums in Nagaland
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Watch: Comedy film ‘Dahej Ka Scooter’ highlights fears, excitement, courage of women during weddings
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Watch: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s Oprah interview reimagined as Indian soap opera
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‘Totally un-self-aware’: How social media reacted to Meghan Markle’s interview with Oprah Winfrey
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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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Controversy was because I decided to convert to Islam, says Hadiya after court verdict
Hadiya claimed that some Muslim organisations had failed to support her when she approached them with her desire to embrace the religion.
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‘Personal relationships are core of India’s plurality’: Supreme Court restores Hadiya’s marriage
The bench, however, allowed the NIA to continue its investigation into the allegations of forced conversion.
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The Reel
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‘OK Computer’ trailer: In sci-fi comedy, a robot named Ajeeb gets involved with a murder
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Actress Devika Rani ‘kept her dignity despite all the things done to her’: biographer Kishwar Desai
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‘The Married Woman’ review: Passion, caution and unanswered questions as two women fall in love
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‘Saina’ trailer: Watch Parineeti Chopra as badminton champion Saina Nehwal
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‘Bombay Begums’ review: Spirited performances in show about the different shades of womanhood
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Kerala conversion case: There was an attempt to take Hadiya to Yemen, claims her father
She was already in a vulnerable state when her classmates Faseena and Jaseena ‘laid the trap’, Ashokan told the Supreme Court.
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Can a court interfere when consenting adults say they married, asks Supreme Court in Hadiya case
The bench held that in ‘personal law, the court cannot annul marriages because the woman did not marry the right person’.
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Madhya Pradesh: Visually-impaired couple among 13 sent to six months in jail for converting tribals
Villagers in Dhar district had accused them of converting tribals to Christianity by offering incentives.
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The Field
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Playing IPL 2021 in India will be great preparation for T20 World Cup, says England’s Sam Curran
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India vs England: Few of our players were ill during fourth Test, suffered weight loss, says Stokes
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Really slack: Justin Langer rues Australia missing out on World Test C’ship final due to over rate
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ISL semi-final: Brilliant but wasteful FC Goa, adaptive Mumbai City, madness scoring over method
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Serie A: Milan Skriniar stars as Inter defeat Atalanta to go six points clear