Kerala Love Jihad Allegation

An interfaith marriage of a Muslim activist of the ruling CPI(M)'s youth wing has stirred a political storm after relatives of the Christian bride alleged "love jihad", with a senior left party leader supporting the charge, only to retract it later.

Backing Kerala bishop Joseph Kallarangatt's claim of "narcotics jihad", the BJP on Sunday said what he has alleged is the voice of the community and appealed to the central government to bring a law to deal with "narco terrorism and love jihad".

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and BJP leader Yogi Adityanath on Thursday alleged that the Left Democratic Front (LDF) and United Democratic Front (UDF) are supporting communal forces in Kerala and have failed to bring development to the state.

An influential body of Christian bishops has raised concern over rising cases of "love jihad" in Kerala, alleging that it is putting "societal peace" at risk.

A 19-year-old student of a Kerala polytechnic institute was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly raping his 18-year-old classmate and forcing her to convert to Islam

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked if a roving inquiry could be ordered into the "issue of consent" between two adults who married at will and if the Kerala High Court order annulling the marriage of Hadiya, an alleged victim of 'love jihad', was justified. The questions, from a bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D ...

The National Investigation Agency today questioned Shafin Jahan, days after the Supreme Court gave its nod to it to continue its probe into his marriage with Hadiya, a Kerala woman at the centre of an alleged love-jihad case.

Kerala's Hadiya, who was Akhila Asokan before she converted to Islam, said today that she would meet her husband Shafin Jahan after winning a reprieve from the Supreme Court. The 25-year-old was yesterday freed her from her parents, who have refused to accept her marriage to a Muslim man and have alleged in court that she was brainwashed and indoc...

A wife is not a chattel and the husband cannot be her guardian, the Supreme Court said today after interacting with Hadiya, a woman from Kerala, who is the alleged victim of "love jihad".

Hadiya, who grew up as Akhila Ashokan in Kerala, married a Muslim man Shafin Jahan last year. Hadiya will testify before the Supreme Court today after her family alleged that she forced to convert to Islam and marry. Here's a look at the timeline of Kerala 'love jihad' case.

Hadiya, who was known as Akhila Asokan before she converted to Islam last year, was released from her parents' custody in Kerala by the Supreme Court today. The court did not comment on her marriage but her lawyer says she can now meet her husband, Shafin Jahan, at the hostel where she will live till she completes her college course in homeopathy. ...

Akhila Ashokan, the young Kerala woman who converted to Islam and calls herself Hadiya now, is "smiling and safe", the National Commission for Women (NCW) has said. The commission's chief Rekha Sharma today visited the Kottayam home where 24-year-old Hadiya is currently living with her parents, who have alleged that her marriage to a Muslim man is ...

Hadiya is 24 years old and her consent as an adult is "prime", said the Supreme Court today as it examined the landmark "love jihad" case that is centred on a young woman's marriage to a Muslim man in Kerala and has become the subject of an investigation by the country's top counter-terror agency. Hadiya must be presented in court on November 27 by...

The December marriage of a young homeopath in Kerala to a Muslim man returned from the Gulf anchors a wide examination by the country's top counter-terror agency into whether the southern state is being used by terror groups who deploy "love jihad" to recruit young woman. Just days after the Supreme Court allowed the National Investigating Agency o...

When a group of women activists went to meet Hadiya at her home in Kerala's Kottayam, her parents did not allow them to meet her, they have said in a Facebook post. As they were leaving, they allege, they heard the 25-year-old cry out for help from a window.

An interfaith marriage of a Muslim activist of the ruling CPI(M)'s youth wing has stirred a political storm after relatives of the Christian bride alleged "love jihad", with a senior left party leader supporting the charge, only to retract it later.

Backing Kerala bishop Joseph Kallarangatt's claim of "narcotics jihad", the BJP on Sunday said what he has alleged is the voice of the community and appealed to the central government to bring a law to deal with "narco terrorism and love jihad".

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and BJP leader Yogi Adityanath on Thursday alleged that the Left Democratic Front (LDF) and United Democratic Front (UDF) are supporting communal forces in Kerala and have failed to bring development to the state.

An influential body of Christian bishops has raised concern over rising cases of "love jihad" in Kerala, alleging that it is putting "societal peace" at risk.

A 19-year-old student of a Kerala polytechnic institute was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly raping his 18-year-old classmate and forcing her to convert to Islam

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked if a roving inquiry could be ordered into the "issue of consent" between two adults who married at will and if the Kerala High Court order annulling the marriage of Hadiya, an alleged victim of 'love jihad', was justified. The questions, from a bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D ...

The National Investigation Agency today questioned Shafin Jahan, days after the Supreme Court gave its nod to it to continue its probe into his marriage with Hadiya, a Kerala woman at the centre of an alleged love-jihad case.

Kerala's Hadiya, who was Akhila Asokan before she converted to Islam, said today that she would meet her husband Shafin Jahan after winning a reprieve from the Supreme Court. The 25-year-old was yesterday freed her from her parents, who have refused to accept her marriage to a Muslim man and have alleged in court that she was brainwashed and indoc...

A wife is not a chattel and the husband cannot be her guardian, the Supreme Court said today after interacting with Hadiya, a woman from Kerala, who is the alleged victim of "love jihad".

Hadiya, who grew up as Akhila Ashokan in Kerala, married a Muslim man Shafin Jahan last year. Hadiya will testify before the Supreme Court today after her family alleged that she forced to convert to Islam and marry. Here's a look at the timeline of Kerala 'love jihad' case.

Hadiya, who was known as Akhila Asokan before she converted to Islam last year, was released from her parents' custody in Kerala by the Supreme Court today. The court did not comment on her marriage but her lawyer says she can now meet her husband, Shafin Jahan, at the hostel where she will live till she completes her college course in homeopathy. ...

Akhila Ashokan, the young Kerala woman who converted to Islam and calls herself Hadiya now, is "smiling and safe", the National Commission for Women (NCW) has said. The commission's chief Rekha Sharma today visited the Kottayam home where 24-year-old Hadiya is currently living with her parents, who have alleged that her marriage to a Muslim man is ...

Hadiya is 24 years old and her consent as an adult is "prime", said the Supreme Court today as it examined the landmark "love jihad" case that is centred on a young woman's marriage to a Muslim man in Kerala and has become the subject of an investigation by the country's top counter-terror agency. Hadiya must be presented in court on November 27 by...

The December marriage of a young homeopath in Kerala to a Muslim man returned from the Gulf anchors a wide examination by the country's top counter-terror agency into whether the southern state is being used by terror groups who deploy "love jihad" to recruit young woman. Just days after the Supreme Court allowed the National Investigating Agency o...

When a group of women activists went to meet Hadiya at her home in Kerala's Kottayam, her parents did not allow them to meet her, they have said in a Facebook post. As they were leaving, they allege, they heard the 25-year-old cry out for help from a window.