Re: [IAC#RG] Fwd: {ICAN} Fwd: [Manushi] Love Jehad -Real Threat or Phobic Fantasy?

Once again pseudo-secularists have been fooled
by Common Cause chameleons propaganda.

See the so-called evidence presented:

1) Salim Khan (Muslim) marries Ms.X (Hindu), and they
BOTH retain their faiths.

This implies that their marriage is under Special Marriage Act,
otherwise it is not a lawful marriage

2) Special Marriage Act allows only 1 spouse, so can this
Madhu Kishwar woman how Salim Khan (Muslim) later
marries "mehbooba o Mehbooba" M/s Helen (presumably
Christian). What is causing Hindu Ms. X not to complain of
bigamy (as only she can under the present law) ?

3) Can Ms. Kishwar explain the bigamy (aka Love Jihad)
of 2 MPs of her party - Dharmendra and Hema Malini and
their "colorable conversion". Are we to presume that
Bollywood's top hero's are "bastards" ?

It is a CORE principle for IAC that there should be hearty
organic union between the communities of India, so such
kind of trashy writing by political hacks should be roundly
denounced.

Sarbajit

On 10/18/14, Diwan Singh <diwans2007@gmail.com> wrote:
> I find this a worth reading article. One may agree or disagree but the
> evidence presented raise concerns.
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> From: Madhu Kishwar <madhukishwar@manushi-india.org>
> Date: Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 6:53 PM
> Subject: [Manushi] Love Jehad -Real Threat or Phobic Fantasy?
> To: Manushi-india <manushi-india@googlegroups.com>
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> *Love Jehad –Real Threat or Phobic Fantasy?*
> *Who is Afraid of Hindu-Muslim Couples?*
>
> *Madhu Purnima Kishwar*
>
> One of the most unfortunate tendencies in India's political discourse is to
> reduce every issue into a "for" versus "against" proposition following the
> pattern of school-college debating society's style of engagement with
> issues. This propensity for polarizing all issues into two extreme
> positions an important reason why almost every issue leads to a permanent
> stalemate and we rarely move towards solutions..
>
> "Love-Jehad" has come to be one of the latest additions to a meaninglessly
> polarized debate on a sensitive issue. On the one hand Love-Jehad has been
> portrayed by Hindutva groups as a sinister and well planned conspiracy to
> seduce, abduct, blackmail or coerce young Hindu women to convert to Islam
> under the guise of love affairs with Muslim men. On the other hand, the
> "secular" opponents of Hindutva are projecting it as a case of "freedom of
> choice" in marriage. They castigate the campaign against "Love-Jehad" as a
> conspiracy of obscurantist Hindu groups to keep the sexuality of Hindu
> women under the control of Hindu patriarchs.
>
> Let's try and sift the chaff from the grain of both sides:
> To begin with let us be clear, even the radical Hindutva groups do not
> object to genuine marriages between mutually caring individuals even if
> they be a case of Hindu-Muslim union. A good example of this is the
> marriage of film script writer Salim Khan with a Maharashtrian Hindu
> woman. Salim Khan neither eloped with nor abducted his wife. He secured
> the family's consent and did not insist on his wife abandoning her faith
> and family culture. Both the husband and wife not only follow their
> respective faiths but also fully respect each other's religious
> sensibilities and rituals. In their bedroom the wife has her *puja
> sthal* replete
> with Hindu deities while Salim Khan has a dedicated space for his namaz.
> The entire family celebrates both Hindu as well as Muslim festivals. Their
> sons have also gone for inter-faith marriages and follow the same inclusive
> lifestyle. Therefore, these marriages have neither evoked social
> disapproval nor invited any hostility among Hindus. If anything Salim
> Khan's family is often held up as an example of inter-faith harmony.
> However, Muslim fundamentalists do look upon Salim Khan's life style with
> hostility
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> Read More :
> http://madhukishwar.blogspot.in/2014/10/love-jehad-real-threat-or-phobic-fantasy_17.html
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