'Love Jihad' is an Islamophobic Campaign: Why Honour is about Controlling Women's Bodies
‘Love Jihad’ is an Islamophobic Campaign: Why Honour is about Controlling Women's Bodies In light of the renewed demand from certain sections of society to enact laws against religious conversions for marriage, this reading list analyses the harmful impact of the narrative of “love jihad” on Hindu women. “Love jihad” is an Islamophobic conspiracy theory. It claims that Muslim men are “luring” women (mostly Hindu women) into converting to Islam, under the pretext of love and marriage. Claims of an alleged “love jihad” are not new—this phrasing first gained notoriety in 2...
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