The 16-year-old girl has repeatedly said that all allegations of “love jihad” are completely false, and that the boy was a friend of hers. They made videos of me and are now calling it love jihad. Around 10 pm on December 14, two of them were walking home from a friend’s birthday party when they were allegedly chased by a group of right-wing Hindu men, beaten with sticks and questioned. They made videos of my daughter and falsely claimed that this was a case of love jihad. UP’s new law has been criticized by a large number of experts, who believe it is giving the police and right-wing Hindu groups power to harass Muslim men and interfaith couples.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 25, 2020 08:03 UTC