'Love-Jihad' A Conspiracy To Establish Dominance Over India Where Muslim Men Target Hindu Women For Conversion: UP Court

Additional District and Sessions Judge, Bareilly, Ravi Kumar Diwakar, in his 42-page order, noted that the main objective of 'Love-Jihad' is to establish supremacy/dominance over India by some 'anarchist elements of a particular religion' by waging demographic war and international conspiracy.

He also added that illegal conversions through 'love jihad' are done to fulfil some bigger objective and that if the Indian Government does not stop illegal conversion through 'Love Jihad' in time, then the country may have to suffer 'severe consequences' in the future.

“The crime of illegal conversion of Hindu girls by trapping them in love through love jihad is being carried out on a large scale by a rival gang i.e. syndicate, by brainwashing people belonging to the weaker sections of non-Muslims, Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and OBC communities, women and children and by speaking ill of their religion, by making derogatory comments about the gods and goddesses, by applying psychological pressure and by luring them with various types of temptations like marriage, job etc., so that conditions like Pakistan and Bangladesh can be created in India too,” the Court's order reads.

The court made these observations while sentencing Alam to life imprisonment (imprisonment for the remaining period of his natural life), finding him guilty under Sections 376 (2) (n), 323, 504, and 506 IPC and his father to two years of imprisonment under Section 504 IPC.

Sentencing a man to life imprisonment, a UP Court explains 'Love Jihad' in following terms:

"In Love-Jihad, Muslim men systematically target Hindu women for conversion to Islam through marriage and they fraudulently marry Hindu women under the pretense of love to convert them." pic.twitter.com/X5NiutnMiV

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In brief, the prosecution argued that the victim was undergoing a computer course in a coaching centre in Bareilly, where she met Mohammad Alam (convict), who introduced himself as Anand.

He promised to marry her in court within ten days, and under the pretext of marrying her, he took her to a hotel room and raped her and also made a video of the act.

Later, after threatening to make the video public, he took her to the hotel several times and raped her. When she became pregnant, her fetus was aborted, and she was forced to convert to Islam, but when she did not agree to it, she was assaulted by the convict and his family members.

Calling it a case of 'Love Jihad', the Court said that illegal conversion through 'love jihad' is carried out by some unruly elements; however, due to their acts, the entire religion gets defamed. The Court also added that the involvement of foreign funding can't be denied in cases of 'love jihad'.