Karnataka Govt Wants To Bring Law Against 'Love Jihad' After UP, MP & Haryana

The Bharatiya Janata Party is mulling to bring a legislation in the states where they govern against make-believe 'Love Jihad'. After Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana, the BJP-led Karnataka government is mulling a law to curb religious conversions.

Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai claimed that 'Love Jihad' has been there for some time now, calling it a 'social evil'.

He added that the government has been planning a law to defeat this.

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"So, we are looking into what are the steps they (UP, Haryana and MP) are going to take as well as we are going to consult our law experts. Based on those two decisions, we will also like to have some kind of protection against allurement of youngsters into this love jihad and then into conversion," Karnataka home minister Basavaraj Bommai said.

"Love Jihad" is a term used by right-wing groups to target relationships between Muslim men and Hindu women, which, they claim, is a ruse to forcibly convert the women.

On lines of Allahabad High Court's order, Karnataka will enact a law banning religious conversions for the sake of marriage.

We will not remain silent when Jihadis strip the dignity of Our Sisters.

Any one involved in the act of conversion shall face severe & swift punishment.

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Meanwhile, earlier this year, Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said Article 25 of the Constitution guarantees the freedom to profess, practice and propagate religion subject to public order, morality and health.

¡°The term ¡®Love Jihad¡¯ is not defined under the extant laws. No such case of ¡®Love Jihad¡¯ has been reported by any of the central agencies,¡± he said in reply to a written question.