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Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind moves SC against UP law on religious conversion
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 6 (ANI): Islamic organisation Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind has approached the Supreme Court on Wednesday challenging the Constitutional validity of the Uttar Pradesh Unlawful Religious Conversion Ordinance, 2020.
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Supreme Court refuses to stay anti-conversion laws in UP, Uttarakhand
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 6 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to stay laws enacted by Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand governments concerning marriages based on religious conversion.
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Over 200 retired judges, civil servants, diplomats, armed forces veterans
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 4 (ANI): A forum of concerned citizens from various walks of life including the judiciary, civil and police services, armed forces and academia have supported the Uttar Pradesh law against "unlawful conversion of religion" and said it applies to everyone and pro
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Madhya Pradesh Cabinet approves ordinance to deal with 'love jihad' cases
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], December 29 (ANI): The Madhya Pradesh Cabinet on Tuesday approved the Dharma Swatantrata (Religious Freedom) Ordinance, 2020 to deal with "love jihad" cases in the state.
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UP Police provide security to Aligarh man receiving threats after conversi
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 25 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Police has provided security to a man who was allegedly receiving threats after he converted to Hinduism.
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SC dismisses plea seeking to set aside Allahabad HC order over religious c
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea seeking to set aside an Allahabad High Court order, which held that conversions just for the sake of marriage are invalid.
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Religious conversion after hiding own religion to attract imprisonment in
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], December 6 (ANI): Religious conversion after hiding one's own religion will attract 3-10 years of imprisonment and a minimum Rs 50,000 fine, said Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister's Office on Saturday.
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UP, Uttarakhand's 'love jihad' laws challenged in Supreme Court
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): A public suit in the Supreme Court has challenged the laws brought by the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand governments to check religious conversions in their respective states and sought directions to authorities not to give effect to the same.
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Bringing law to curb 'forced religious conversion' in the 'garb of love',
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], November 30 (ANI): We are bringing a law to curb "forced religious conversions" that take place in the "garb of love", said Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday referring to the 'love jihad' related offences.
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'Love jihad' funded by foreign countries, conspiracy against India, says M
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], November 26 (ANI): Amid the uproar over 'love jihad', Madhya Pradesh cabinet minister Arvind Bhadoria on Thursday said love jihad and religious conversions were being funded by foreign countries and termed it a conspiracy against India.
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Will not allow 'love-jihad' in MP, says CM Chouhan
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Umaria/Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], November 26 (ANI): Following in the footsteps of the Uttar Pradesh government, Madhya Pradesh government has proposed a maximum punishment of 10 years for so-called 'Love Jihad'-related offences, in its new ordinance.
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Owaisi trying to divert attention from 'love-jihad', says Telangana BJP le
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], November 25 (ANI): Reacting to AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi's comments about 'love jihad', Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader NV Subhash said that Owaisi was trying to avoid public attention on the matter and people were shocked to see such a
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