A poisonous Propaganda started by Communal Forces
By Maulana Nadeemul Wajidee
Translated from Urdu by Raihan Nezami, NewAgeIslam.com
An endless debate and a lot of hue and cry have been raised by the media on the issue of inter-community marriages. The moment such a contentious incident takes place, communal Hindu organizations like Shiv Sena and Bajrang Dal begin poisoning the social atmosphere by provoking the innocent citizens of the country. This threatens to destroy the very fabric of national unity.
Recently a communal controversy arose in Saharanpur district, when a Muslim youth married a Hindu girl living in his vicinity. The girl converted to Islam. It is possible that the girl herself willingly converted to Islam for the sake of her love, but her parents and relatives created a great racket. The concerned people were arrested by the police. Thanks be to God, the girl was proved in the court to be of 19 years of age. She expressed her desire to live with her Muslim husband. This statement of the girl in the court went in favour of the boy and the court’s verdict proved to be a soothing balm for the Muslim youth. Yet the plaintiff demonstrated in an anti-social and illegal way. He went on to loot and burn properties, shouting provocative anti-Muslim slogans even in the court of law. At present, the matter is under wraps due to the strict order of the court, but a new debate on the topic, “Love in Jihad” has been initiated by the communal forces.
Plural, inter-community marriages are of two kinds.
In the first kind - the parties may have different religions; in the second, one party should already be a Muslim and the second might have got married after converting to Islam. The first case is an open inter-community marriage, but the second can’t be fully considered an inter-community marriage in the sense that both belonged to different religions before their marriage, although they were Muslims at the time of Nikah. In this way, both these kinds of marriages are of different nature and there are different norms for both of them.
http://newageislam.com/love-in-jihad-myth-or-reality?/islam-and-pluralism/d/1576
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