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Rajasthan government's ‘Savitaben Ambedkar Antarjatiya Vivah Protsahan Yojana’ promotes inter-caste marriages

Is Rajasthan's Scheme Promoting Inter-caste Marriages Enough To Fight ‘Criminalisation of Love’?

Rajasthan government’s attempts at recognising the political salience of matters like religious conversion should receive appreciation but there is an increasing need towards reading their impact on the larger...

12 April 2023

Photograph of a damaged idol after an attack on a church in Chhattisgarh (Representative Photo)

Conversion Racket Or Targeted Violence? Christians Living In Fears Of Persecution

The shadows of alleged conversion bid that the police claimed to have busted in Hariharganj in Uttar Pradesh’s Fatehpur on April 14, 2022 continues to hang over the district. While the police try to crack the...

14 March 2023

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath

Do Away With Caste And Regional Discrimination For Nation's Progress, Says Adityanath; Hails UP's Anti-Conversion Law

Touching upon the topic of religious conversions, the UP CM said his state had a stringent law against such activities with offenders liable to be jailed for as long as 10 years.

30 January 2023

The prejudice behind 'religious conversions' in UP (Representative image)

Love Jihad And The Prejudice Behind ‘Forced Conversion’ In Uttar Pradesh

Two years since the UP government brought in the anti-conversion law, most of the accused and arrested persons are Muslim men while in some cases even Christians and Buddhists, especially from the Dalit and OBC communities,...

12 April 2023

The Supreme Court addressed the question of whether right to propagate also means right to proselytize in Stainislaus (1977) verdict

Constitution And Conversion: Does Right To Propagate Religion Mean Right To Proselytise, What’s Scope Of Article 25?

Article 25 of the Constitution of India provides the freedom to practise, profess, and propagate religion, but does it also cover the right to proselytise and convert others?

13 March 2023

Recently a mob comprising Hindu right-wing groups vandalised a church in Narayanpur, Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh Mob Violence: The Violent Avatar Of The Old Politics Of Conversion 

Recently there has been a series of violent incidents in villages in the Narayanpur and Kondagoan districts related to issues of forced conversion and reconversion creating an environment of tension and mistrust.

06 January 2023

Uttar Pradesh: 7 Booked Under Anti-conversion Law In Budaun District (Representative Image)

Uttar Pradesh: 7 Booked Under Anti-conversion Law In Budaun District

The FIR was lodged on the basis of a complaint filed by the father of 22-year-old Rahul Sharma who was reported to have converted to Islam, said police.

31 March 2023

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Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind Moves SC Against Anti-Conversion Laws Of 5 States

Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind on Thursday moved the Supreme Court challenging anti-conversion laws of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh

06 January 2023

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03 January 2023
Anti-Conversion Law: SC Agrees To Hear MP Govt's Plea Against HC Order

Anti-Conversion Law: SC Agrees To Hear MP Govt's Plea Against HC Order

Despite the Supreme Court's ruling, the Madhya Pradesh government cannot prosecute interfaith couples who marry without informing the district magistrate to...


24 December 2022
Uttarakhand: Hindu Mob Disrupts Christmas Celebrations, Attacks Pastor Over Alleged 'Conversion'

Uttarakhand: Hindu Mob Disrupts Christmas Celebrations, Attacks Pastor Over Alleged 'Conversion'

The police detained the Pastor and his wife over allegations of forced conversions but later released them, saying the matter had been amicably resolved.


03 December 2022
Couple Among 9 People Booked Under Anti-Conversion Law In Haryana

Couple Among 9 People Booked Under Anti-Conversion Law In Haryana

Haryana: The woman's father, who filed the complaint, alleged that his daughter had recently married a Muslim man and was forcibly to converted to Islam.


01 December 2022
Anti-Conversion Laws In India: Are We Ready To Debate Presumptions, Prejudices And Preferences?

Anti-Conversion Laws In India: Are We Ready To Debate Presumptions, Prejudices And Preferences?

Most of the anti-conversion Bills in different states impose enhanced penal measures for the conversion of SCs, STs, women and minors. Our debates on religious...


29 November 2022
Conversion Debate: Freedom Of Religion Doesn’t Give Right To Convert; Centre Tells SC

Conversion Debate: Freedom Of Religion Doesn’t Give Right To Convert; Centre Tells SC

The bench headed by Justice MR Shah earlier expressed serious concern over the issue and sought the response of central government.


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28 November 2022
Uniform Civil Code: Gathering Info On Developments In Various States And Constitution, Says Karnataka CM

Uniform Civil Code: Gathering Info On Developments In Various States And Constitution, Says Karnataka CM

After going through all of them, we will decide. But the Union Home Minister (Amit Shah) or anyone else from the central government has not spoken to me in...


26 November 2022
Karnataka Government Considering Implementation Of Uniform Civil Code: CM Basavaraj Bommai

Karnataka Government Considering Implementation Of Uniform Civil Code: CM Basavaraj Bommai

Karnataka is the fourth BJP-run state to call for the implementation of Uniform Civil Code (UCC) after Uttarakhand, Assam, and Gujarat.


21 November 2022
Uttar Pradesh: Six Booked For Forced Religious Conversion In Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh: Six Booked For Forced Religious Conversion In Bareilly

The case of alleged forced religious conversion in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly comes weeks after nine people were booked in a similar case in Meerut.


29 October 2022
Uttar Pradesh: FIR Filed Against Nine Over Forced Conversions To Christianity In Meerut, Three Arrested

Uttar Pradesh: FIR Filed Against Nine Over Forced Conversions To Christianity In Meerut, Three Arrested

It's alleged that a group of people initially distributed ration to poor people during Covid-19 lockdowns and then forced them to convert.


18 May 2022
Cong President Shivakumar Questions Karnataka Govt On 'Anti-Conversion' Ordinance, Asks Will It Create Jobs

Cong President Shivakumar Questions Karnataka Govt On 'Anti-Conversion' Ordinance, Asks Will It Create Jobs

“What is the great hurry to bring an anti-conversion law via ordinance, avoiding debate in the assembly and the council?” asked the Congress president.


14 January 2022
War Against Love: Bogey Of ‘Love Jihad’ Ignores Ways Of The Heart

War Against Love: Bogey Of ‘Love Jihad’ Ignores Ways Of The Heart

The bogey of ‘love jihad’ goes way back to Kanpur in 1924 when a Muslim administrator was accused of ‘seducing’ a Hindu girl and forcing her to convert.


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31 December 2021
Cong revels in Karnataka local polls win, says people keen to oust BJP govt

Cong revels in Karnataka local polls win, says people keen to oust BJP govt

Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Vadra greeted party workers and leaders in Karnataka for the "spectacular performance" in the local body elections.


28 December 2021
Cong will repeal anti-conversion legislation immediately after coming to power in K'taka

Cong will repeal anti-conversion legislation immediately after coming to power in K'taka

Calling the "Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Bill, 2021" popularly known as the anti-conversion Bill as "anti-constitution" and...


27 December 2021
Every Temple Should Have Yearly Targets On Reconversion, Says BJP Yuva Morcha Chief, Withdraws Statements Later

Every Temple Should Have Yearly Targets On Reconversion, Says BJP Yuva Morcha Chief, Withdraws Statements Later

The MP has however not specified which statements he was referring to from his nearly one-and-half hour long speech.


20 December 2021
Religious Conversion Is Silent Invasion, Shouldn't Be Allowed: Karnataka CM Bommai

Religious Conversion Is Silent Invasion, Shouldn't Be Allowed: Karnataka CM Bommai

Seers of various Maths under the banner of VHP and Bajrang Dal organised the event urging the Chief Minister to bring the anti-conversion Bill he had been...


18 December 2021
Karnataka: Rights Group Accuses Police Of Complicity In Growing ‘Hate Crimes’ Against Christians

Karnataka: Rights Group Accuses Police Of Complicity In Growing ‘Hate Crimes’ Against Christians

The People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) questions the rationale behind the Karnataka government’s proposal for tabling the anti-conversion bill in...


28 September 2021
K'taka Govt Is Seriously Considering Bringing In Law Against Religious Conversion: CM Basavaraj Bommai

K'taka Govt Is Seriously Considering Bringing In Law Against Religious Conversion: CM Basavaraj Bommai

Either by force or through inducement in the state, the Karnataka government would bring the law, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said.


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