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Some great articles by great journalists debunking “Love Jihad”.
“A Hindu girl marrying a Muslim in today’s forward looking world would ordinarily be taken as a simple inter-faith marriage. But that is not how the right-wing Hindutva groups think” https://m.thewire.in/article/communalism/uttar-pradesh-love-jihad-police-yogi-adityanath-hindutva-vigilantes
“A Hindu girl marrying a Muslim in today’s forward looking world would ordinarily be taken as a simple inter-faith marriage. But that is not how the right-wing Hindutva groups think” https://m.thewire.in/article/communalism/uttar-pradesh-love-jihad-police-yogi-adityanath-hindutva-vigilantes
“Radical Hindu groups do not bother about the government’s own denial of love jihad.” https://thewire.in/communalism/love-jihad-laws-muslim-exclusion-ulterior-motive-hindutva
From 2014. Incredibly comprehensive look at the issue from partition till now: https://foreignpolicy.com/2014/09/04/indias-fake-love-jihad/
The first Western writing on this is quite sattirical, from 2009.
“Handsome Muslim Men Accused of Waging ‘Love Jihad’ in India” https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/6316966/Handsome-Muslim-men-accused-of-waging-love-jihad-in-India.html
“Handsome Muslim Men Accused of Waging ‘Love Jihad’ in India” https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/6316966/Handsome-Muslim-men-accused-of-waging-love-jihad-in-India.html
The first Indian writing on this in 2009 is much more insinuation-based. I bet people ate this stuff right up back then ...... https://m.timesofindia.com/india/Love-Jihad-racket-VHP-Christian-groups-find-common-cause/articleshow/5117548.cms
US intelligence picked up on the conspiracy in 2011 and called it “Romeo Jihad” as a joke lol https://m.timesofindia.com/india/Love-jihad-piqued-US-interest/articleshow/9877883.cms?referral=PM
The articles in this thread have all the data one needs to refute the “love jihad “conspiracy, but my fear is that it won’t matter. Nobody seems to listen to evidence in this post-truth world. Alas, hope it helps someone......
