Author: Arif Theruvath
Love Jihad, Forced Conversion, and the Kerala Tragedy
Introduction: The Kerala Suicide and the ‘Love Jihad’ Debate The recent suicide of a young woman in Kerala, allegedly linked to forced conversion to Islam, has reignited the contentious debate around the concept of ‘love jihad.’ This term, which has become a political and social flashpoint, is used to describe cases where interfaith marriages – particularly between Mu...
Press release by NonReligious Citizens and Exmuslims of Kerala
PRESS RELEASE March 16th Declared as International Day for Exposing Islamophobia and Combating Muslimophobia An international online event hosted by the NonReligious Citizens (NRC) and Exmuslims of Kerala yesterday unanimously condemned the Resolution by UN General Assembly to announce March 15th as the International day for Combating Islamophobia and pressed the further need for exposing islam an...
Therefore, we criticize Islam
In view of the public lynching and charring to death of a Sri Lankan citizen in Pakistan by vigilantes of Islam on accusations of blasphemy, I would like to make some points clear. First, this brutal murder of Priyantha Kumara Diyawadana proved yet again that, the common believers who claim to be devout Muslims, and the Islamists who see themselves as saviors and enforcers of Islam, have no clear ...
A Case of Alleged Passive “Love Jihad”: Manipulative Religious Conversion, Marriage-linked Entrapment, and a Survivor’s Suicide Attempt
I am placing this note on record as a summary of a grave incident narrated by a young woman in a public conversation. Her identity and private details are being withheld out of concern for her safety, dignity, and mental condition. She is devastated and is not presently willing to enter into prolonged legal battles. That hesitation itself must not become a reason for institutions to ignore the lar...