India’s 'love jihad' anti-conversion laws aim to further oppress minorities, and it's working
- Written by Ghazala Jamil, Assistant Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University
A new anti-conversion law passed in India’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, is being used to prevent inter-faith couples from getting married. Media reports suggest right wing groups are preventing interfaith marriages by claiming it involves “forced conversion”, or what they call “love jihad”.
