Justice Tripathi said that the conversion solely for the purpose of marriage, cannot be said to be a valid conversion to Islam religion.

We’re a country built upon the personal freedoms of secular citizens. It is what sets India apart as possibly the most colourful dot on the world map.

The Kerala High Court has said that all interfaith marriages should not be portrayed as ‘love jihad’ or ‘ghar wapsi’. Viewing interfaith marriages in such a light could jeapardise the harmony of the state, said the Kerala HC. It has ordered police to close centres run by religious fundamentalists that aim to cover those who […]

Kerala’s Hindu Aikya Vedi (HAV) state president K P Sasikala on Tuesday (Sept 12) asked, “Why should a woman leave her religion while marrying outside it, for the sake of fulfilling love?” Her question was in connection with the controversial Akhila-Hadiya love jihad case. The Kerala High Court had annulled Akhila alias Hadiya’s marriage with Shafin […]

Being the offspring of an inter-religious marriage, to me religion –the following of, the belief in or the lack of was never something that even crossed my mind while I grew up. I realise now how lucky I was in that my parents, all those decades ago, had the kind of idealistic marriage where my […]