Author: Ketan Ranga
Publication: Mid Day
Date: October 30, 2009
URL: http://www.mid-day.com/news/2009/oct/301009-Islamic-body-Love-Jihad-Hindu-Christian.htm
Introduction: A group called Love Jihad recruits
young Muslim boys to woo Hindu and Christian girls, convert them to Islam
and become baby-making machines. For the task the boys are given only…
Over 2,000 girls missing from different places
in Kerala from 2005 onwards, may have been lured into marriage, converted
to Islam and repeatedly raped to produce children a brood of at least four
â€" say Hindu and Christian groups in south India.
The alleged plot, hatched by a group called
Love Jihad, recruits young Muslim boys to make Hindu or Christian girls fall
in love with them (in a time span of two weeks) and then convert them to Islam
in six months.
If the recruits can't make the girl fall in love in two weeks, they are told
to move on to the next target.
A Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader who did not
want to be named said, "There are over 2,800 girls who have gone missing
from Kerala.
They want our girls to be converted and then
made to bear children and then force them into terror activities.
We have been getting threatening calls from Saudi Arabia and Dubai for trying
to rescue the girls."
Case one
Two women ran away from the abuse and returned
to their families.
They have also approached psychiatrists and
priests for support. One of these women, Rosy Kurien (21, name changed), a
copy of whose complaint to the Kerala High Court is available with this paper,
said, "We fell in love with the boys, but came to know of the truth only
after we ran away with them.
The boy I eloped with was a senior from my
college.
During the courtship period he used to talk
to me about Islam and make me read religious books. He told me that after
the wedding I would have to convert to Islam."
When asked, if she was sexually abused, the
girl said she was and had been told that the motive behind the love affair
was for her to bear children.
"His family kept watch so that I wouldn't
run away, but I managed after four months of virtual imprisonment," she
said. Luckily, Kurien is not pregnant.
Case two
The other girl, Latha Nair (23, name changed)
from Pathanamthitta in Kerala, in her statement to the court writes, "I
was a MBA student sharing a room with my best friend Anne.
I met a Muslim man, Shahenshah, a senior student,
who was helpful and friendly. He became friends with both Annie and me.
"He took us home to meet his family and
his mother taught us Islamic rituals. He used to talk a lot about religion
and tell us how wonderful Islam was.
"On July 18, 2009, Anne and I ran away
â€" she with another Muslim guy and I with Shahenshah.
We got married and then he forced me to convert.
I heard that one of the girls we were staying with had been sexually abused."
'Sexually abused'
Dr Malika G S, director of Man Shakti counseling
centre in Kerala said, "The two girls have been sexually abused, but
do not want to admit to it.
When I spoke to them, I realised that the
main intention of these people is to increase the Muslim population.
Last year, three girls who had committed suicide
had eloped with Muslim boys. They had been then raped by their lovers and
their friends."
Jacob Punnoose, director general of Police,
Kerala, in his statement to the court said, "It is not established that
any particular organisation is actively engaged in religious conversions.
We have received two complaints of conversion
and have registered cases and are investigating the matter."
