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Over 2500 women converted to Islam in Kerala since 2006, says Oommen Chandy
06/09/2012 07:15:38 http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/love-jihad-oommen-chandy-islam-kerala-muslim-marriage/1/215942.html

The shrill debate over love jihad is back again following a spate of recent incidents. On June 25, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy informed the state legislature that 2667 young women were converted to Islam in the state since 2006.

On June 27, the state high court ordered the Kozhikode City Police Commissioner on June 27 to probe an alleged case of "love jihad" in which a 20-year-old Hindu girl eloped from a hospital in Kochi with a Muslim boy after the girl's parents filed a habeas corpus petition. On July 19, Deepa Cherian (31) a former Christian housewife converted to Islam was arrested for allegedly delivering SIM cards to a key terror suspect languishing in prison.

Chandy gave the figures related to conversions in state legislature as a written answer to an unstarred question raised by K K Latika, a CPI(M) legislator. According to Chief Minister a total number of 7713 persons were converted to Islam during 2006-2012 as against 2803 conversions to Hinduism. Interestingly he said no statistics was available as to the number converted to Christianity during the period. Among those converted to Islam during 2009-12, as many as 2667 were young women of which 2195 were Hindus and 492 were Christians. As against this number of young women converted during 2009-12 to Christianity and Hinduism were 79 and two respectively.

Chief Minister said there was no information regarding the original religions of women who converted to Hinduism and Christianity.

However Chandy said that there was no evidence for forced conversions in the state and the fears about love jihad were baseless. "We will not allow forcible conversions. Nor will we allow to spread hate campaign against Muslims in the name of love jihad" said Chandy in response to Lathika's demand for inquiry into forcible conversions.

Hindu and Christian groups are up in arms again repeating their long-standing demand for a thorough investigation into the phenomenon of "love jihad" in which Muslim youths allegedly lure young women from other communities to convert to Islam feigning love.

"Love Jihad in Kerala is part of global Islamisation project" said Global Council of Indian Christians. In 2009 Kerala Catholic Bishops Council (KCBC) had stated that more than 2600 young Christian women were converted to Islam since 2006. KCBC's Vigilance Commission for Social Harmony had called Christians to be on guard against the phenomenon.

Rahul Eswar of the Kerala's Hindu Parliament, an umbrella organisation of various Hindu groups called for an immediate inquiry into the phenomenon. "The state police's attempt in 2009 was to suppress facts about this phenomenon. This will lead to communal flare-ups. Forced conversions undertaken by Islamists will be cited by Hindu fanatics to establish their legitimacy" warned he.

Organisations like BJP, Hindu Aikyavedi etc too have called for inquiry and lambasted the state government's policy to whitewash the issue under pressure from Muslim League. Hindu groups have pointed out growth in Kerala's Muslim population rate has been double that of Hindus and Christians. Hindus, Muslims and Christians form 55, 25 and 19 percent respectively in Kerala's population of 3.33 crore.

Cherian, a former Christian housewife was arrested in Kochi for allegedly providing two SIM cards to V Noushad - her boyfriend according to the police - who is interred in Ernakulam sub jail in connection with a drug peddling case. Naushad allegedly handed over the cards to T. Nazir suspected to be a top Lashkar-e-Tayeba operative in South India who also is languishing in the same prison in connection with a number of terror cases including the bomb blasts in Bangalore.

According to the police Cherian who was in Dubai with her husband and children had become friendly with Noushad who was working as a bus driver there. She allegedly left her family and returned to India with Noushad subsequently and got converted to Islam. According to police Noushad is suspected to have faked involvement in a narcotic case in order to get lodged in the jail and assist Nazeer who is alleged to have made many international calls using the SIM card.

"Love Jihad" had kicked up much dust in 2009 in Kerala and Karnataka after Hindu groups like Hindu Aikyavedi and Sree Rama Sene began campaign against alleged attempts to lure young women by Muslim youths feigning love and using them for immoral or terror activities. The issue acquired serious attention when the state high court ordered asked the police to inquire into the allegations related to love jihad. This followed the complaints filed by the parents of two Hindu college girls saying their two Muslim college mates had cheated them into converting to Islam by promises of love. But the state police after investigation had informed the court that though there were complaints about attempts to convert by feigning love that there was no evidence for the existence of an organisation named love jihad in the state. After this the court withdrew its order to inquire into the issue.

In another case in 2009 Karnataka Police too had informed the Karnataka high court that there was no evidence for the prevalence of love jihad in that state. This led to the fizzling out of the campaign by Hindu and Christian groups about the phenomenon in both states.

Muslim groups condemned the repeated attempts to spread hatred against Muslims in the name of a non-existent love jihad. Muslim League, second largest constituent in the ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) government has strongly denied occurrence of any forced conversions.

"Love Jihad is a myth being perpetrated by interested groups to vilify Muslims. How can any one use force in a state like Kerala where all religions, media and civil society in general are so vigilant? The conversions could be voluntary or the result of inter-religious marriages" said Abdurehman Randathani, MLA and League's secretary.

"It reminded of the racist propaganda in the US some time ago against blacks who were accused of luring white women. It is an attempt to demonise the Muslims" Umer Tasneem, Muslim scholar and English professor at the Calicut University. He smells a rat in Chief Minister Chandy, a Christian, not revealing the statistics of conversions to Christianity. "Why only conversion to Islam evokes emotions? Conversions to other groups are seen spontaneous".

Eswar too says Christians still lead in organising conversions. "A single major evangelist in Kerala has officially admitted of receiving more than Rs.1000 crores last year as financial contributions from abroad. Pentacoastal Missions in Kerala have converted lakhs of persons in last 5 years giving allurements" says Eswar.

According to top sources in police as many as 15 lakhs have been converted to Christianity in the last 20 years as per official statistics provided by the State Converted Christian Corporation. "Muslims have only two institutions and Hindus only one who have the authority to convert. But every Christian church has this right" said a top police official.

According the Christian Persecution Update, a website run by Bangalore-based Christian group, Cherian was only the latest victim of Love Jihad also called Romeo Jihad, a global project by Islamist groups to lure women from other communities feigning love to make them accomplices in immoral or terror activities.

"It is a serious issue. We should seriously address it so that no tension is created in Kerala between communities" warned Fr Paul Thelakat, spokesperson of the Syro Malabar church, the largest Catholic church.

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skg 08/02/2013 18:42:51	Bloody Islam and love Jihad It is sad that so many people converted to this barbaric religion called Islam. Islam hell hole is spreading in Kerala. Hindus should collectively fight together against this green demon. Jai Hindu.
Sunil 23/01/2013 10:33:45	To Satish Chandra You can blame "RSS VHP Bajrang Dal Shiv Sena for not being able to control Love Jehad." But the real question is this - What are YOU doing to stop Love Jehad, my friend? Other than venting on this forum, have you even bothered to take a concrete step in real life? Have you even bothered to donate Rs.100 to a Hindu organisation working for this cause. The RSS and other Hindu organisations are composed of people (like you and me) who are doing whatever they can, in spite of their limited resources. It is due to their efforts that you see only 2500 conversions, not 25 lakh conversions to Islam. How much is the honour of your Hindu society and Hindu women worth to you? 100 Rs? 1000 Rs? If you really wish to help them extend their activities, then please considering offering 1% of your monthly income to Hindu activist organisations. Otherwise, talk is cheap.
kb 24/11/2012 10:28:50	this hindu terrorism this is information stupid i think truth is opposit/ in my area too many muslim gils go with hindus
kavitha 16/10/2012 23:30:55	GOD EXISTS God exists and no proof or evidence is required for that. God is almighty and surely exists no matter whtever you call him rama, jesus, buddha or allah..... Lets not try to prove his existence...
prathish 16/10/2012 22:46:32	To Jaikumar Dear Mr Jaikumar How do you say jesus didn't exist. You may be an atheist to tell so. There are lot of evidences to prove he existed. There are roman documents, archeological proof and non christian evidences too. Even in Bhavishyapurana, there is a reference of jesus conversing with king shalivahana..
jaikumar 15/10/2012 20:44:59	Jesus never existed There are lot of scientific proofs and evidences that jesus never existed. Many westerners have now very well understood this and coming out of the church..Infact they have done soul searching and looking for truth outside this church... Then why convert in his name....
Divya 14/09/2012 16:07:40	Irresistible grace Everyone knows it automatically. Even Hitler did if he was a human being but none of us meet even our own expectations as to leading a good life. Even those people who lead morally perfect lives cannot bear the pride that weighs on them and those who cannot obey their own internal code of right and wrong cannot bear the guilt. Its not a surprise. Its the human condition. Its one's right to ask these questions about life and death as each one us of will die anyways and some people are very bothered about the whole question of human existence. For you who ascribe to Hinduism this is a question of your culture but for me its a question of life,death, justice and hope and compared to that a culture or tradition that one is born into does not bear much weight in my eyes. Are you angry because the people who change their view on God (i mean those who make an informed choice - forcing and tricking a person into anything misses the WHOLE POINT :))loose their lives? or loose all hope in their lives? or suffers eternally? or is it just because you, your particular view point and your particular tradition or culture is threatened? The christian message is one filled with hope and justice. Its a God who will not spare anyone. Its a God who will not tolerate one aorta of injustice and its a God who pays the ultimate price to fulfil the requirement of the law that is deeply engraved in all of us so that we can be redeemed back to our original destiny of being the sons and daughters of the Most High God.
Divya 14/09/2012 15:32:48	Irresistible grace I am a christian. There was a lot of stuff that liars and imposters did and still do in the name of christ which were AGAINST CHRIST'S TEACHINGS. THESE WERE CRUEL GREEDY MEN USING RELIGION TO MEET THEIR ENDS. Now the true universal church of christ which is not divided by denominations exists. These are men and women (belonging to various denominations all over the world)whose lives have been transformed by God in Christ. For this group there is only one motive to share the gospel of the good news of Christ. The news about a good God who actually CARES. Now what the listener does with what they hear is entirely upto the listener (I'm talking about the true church of transformed people - not the greedy imposters who go through the motions but have no heart change). Its a good question. Why preach your faith? I'll tell you why. Its because a true christian wants everyone to experience the saving grace of God. Their heart burns for it and they cannot help themselves in this regard. For the guy whose head is going to be chopped off for SURE in Iran or Saudi arabia for sharing his faith increasing the number of christians in the world is not a good enough motivation. a feeble young man on gun point is told - ' denounce christ and your life will be spared ' - He is trembling from head to foot but he says ' I'm sorry - I cannot'. Its not ' I will not'. Its ' I cannot' - I'm not able to denounce this 'good God' whom I 'KNOW'. Its not an idea, a theory or culture he is born into. Its a personal God who cares. Now people who cannot understand this will be angry but the true church cannot help but share the gospel for their hearts burn for the aching hearts who does not 'KNOW' Him. This is not a joke. Its important. Everyone has a right to ask questions about their own existence. We all have a moral law with in us because of which we 'know' what is right and wrong. You do not go to open a Bhagavat Gita or Koran or Bible to find out if its ok to cheat or murder.
Params 13/09/2012 20:56:27	Why Conversion ? The very reason for Conversion is nothing else but to increase one's own population. Christianity has been doing so earlier, followed by Islam since its inception. Both these religions have been trying this with the sole intention stating that their relgion is the Only True religion. How can that be logically true ? which means Christianity and Islam must decide amongst them as to which is Real and Which is Fake. To gain a majority across the world, both of them have been trying to eliminate everybody else. In this process believers of Hindus, Jews, Sikhs, Buddhists etc have been the sufferers. This needs to be understood by one and all, and also should be made understood to those who are ignorant. To know is to Understand. Anybody who wishes to change from Hinduism should first Understand what Islam or Christianity is. If you Understand how these religion began, then you won't need another advice.
Divya 13/09/2012 10:49:58	Conversion I am a Christian. If I decide to change my world view - say I do my research and decide - this god stuff is hogwash i prefer humanism or agnosticism or if I am that convinced atheism or if I feel that other world views eg Budhism, Hinduism, Jainism, Islam, Judaism is more in line with the 'TRUTH' about the creator, I have the right to change my opinion and its really no one else's business but IF PEOPLE ARE TRICKED OR FORCED INTO ISLAM OR CHRISTIANITY OR ANY OTHER VIEWS ON GOD, THEN ITS A CAUSE FOR CONCERN SPECIALLY IF THEIR LIVES ARE IN DANGER WHEN THEY REALISE THEY WERE TRICKED AND WANT TO DENOUNCE THEIR NEW FOUND FAITH.
GSK Menon 10/09/2012 22:19:43	Over 2500 women converted Converting people has been the single minded agenda of these two desert religions. Now, when one has started preying on the other, what right have they got to cry foul ? I will not be surprised if some Padre comes up with a demand to stop conversions !
Satish Chandra 10/09/2012 22:29:18	Blame RSS VHP Bajrang Dal Shiv Sena Blame RSS VHP Bajrang Dal Shiv Sena for not being able to control Love Jehad. Can't they start a door to door campaign, alerting all parents of alerting their daughters of Love Jehad. Can't they snatch away a daughter who is in Love with a Jehadi, brainwash her with her parents consent within closed doors to bring her out of the trap. If they can't do this much - why do these organisations exist? Satish Chandra
R Muralidharan, Coimbatore 07/09/2012 00:18:31	Church is feeling the pinch When Christian missionaries and Churches converted large number of Hindus into Christianity, they did not feel the pinch of Hindus. Now, Muslim youths under the name of Love Jihad convert Christian girls into Islam, now they feel the pinch. They should know how painful conversion is and how it affects the secular fabric of this society
Ravi 06/09/2012 09:17:32	Wording The wording should have been "lured conversion'/d'deceived conversion'/'trapped conversion'

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