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Religious freedom does not include collective right to convert others: All
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The Allahabad High Court, on Tuesday observed that religious freedom does not include the collective right to convert others while rejecting the bail plea of a person accused of forcibly converting a girl to Islam and sexually exploiting her. The court stated that the Uttar Pradesh Prohibit
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"Negative Politics": Samajwadi party leader slams UP govt on changes in la
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The Yogi government of Uttar Pradesh on Monday introduced the UP Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion (Amendment) Bill in the Assembly, under which there will be life imprisonment for love jihad in UP.
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Percentage of Hindus in population fell between 1950-2015, that of minorit
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
"In the census of 1951, there were 88 per cent Hindus and 9.5 per cent Muslims while in the census of 2011, there were 79.8 per cent Hindus and 14.5 per cent Muslims...The population of SC, ST, and OBC will increase based only on natural causes. But the population of these people will grow
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FIR registered against 7 for forced religious conversion in Karnataka
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
An FIR was filed against a couple and five others for allegedly forcing a 28-year-old woman to convert to Islam by blackmailing her using her private photos, police said.
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"We have made sure Uttarakhand doesn't lose its original form": CM Dhami h
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
"We took action on land jihad. You all know the kind of encroachment... Till now, we have freed more than 4000 acres of land from encroachment... We made laws against religious conversion. We have made sure that Uttarakhand doesn't lose its original form," he said.
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UN experts lambast Pakistan for failing to stop forced conversions, marria
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
According to the same UN press release the experts expressed concern that forced marriages and religious conversions of girls from religious minorities which have been coerced are validated by the courts, often invoking religious law to justify keeping victims with their abductors rather tha
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UN experts condemn forced marriages, religious conversions in Pakistan
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
"Christian and Hindu girls remain particularly vulnerable to forced religious conversion, abduction, trafficking, child, early and forced marriage, domestic servitude and sexual violence," the experts said in a statement issued in Geneva on Thursday.
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SC extends interim protection from arrest to SHUATS's VC, other officials
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
A bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Sanjay Kumar also directed the State of Uttar Pradesh to file an affidavit within one week.
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Allahabad HC refuses to grant relief to interfaith couples seeking protect
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The Allahabad High Court has refused to grant relief on the petition filed by a couple demanding security after an inter-religious marriage. The court has said that the marriage of the couple is not contrary to the provisions of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Religious Conversion Act.
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Delhi HC refuses to quash rape FIR, issues guidelines on conversion for in
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
While refusing to quash an FIR of rape, the high court on Friday said that a person who undergoes a religious conversion for entering into a marriage with a person different religion must declare on an affidavit that he or she is well aware about the consequences and implication of the conve
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"Not against people following Christianity but oppose cow slaughtering, re
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Clarifying stance, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai stated that he is not against people following Christianity as their religious faith adding that his concerns revolve around specific actions like the slaughtering of cows and religious conversion.
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"Religious conversion a major problem, not only for Jharkhand but entire c
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Former Jharkhand Chief Minister and state BJP president Babulal Marandi termed religious conversion a "major problem" not only in the state but also in the entire country and further suggested conserving the religious places to deal with the issue.
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