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Interfaith marriages face trouble amid ‘love jihad’ laws

On: July 22, 2021

By Sameer Yasir, Emily Schmall and Iqbal Kirmani SRINAGAR, Kashmir — Manmeet Kour Bali had to defend her marriage in court. A Sikh by birth, Ms. Bali converted to Islam to marry a Muslim man. Her parents objected to a marriage outside their community and filed a police complaint againstContinue Reading

Religion, sectarian nationalism and interfaith marriages

By: Ram Puniyani

On: July 12, 2021

In: Commentary

By Ram Puniyani Mumbai: One Hindu woman in Kanpur, UP, lodged a complaint against her Muslim husband on the charge that he forcibly converted her. As it turned out she was forced to sign the FIR by Hindutva groups and she went to the police station, turned hostile and statedContinue Reading