How ‘clerical error’ in form led to suspension of three Muslim teachers over ‘religious conversion’
Zafar Aafaq | 28 February 2024 | Scroll.in
On February 5, an 18-year-old Hindu girl from Rajasthan’s Kota district eloped with a 21-year-old Muslim man. Weeks later, three Muslim teachers of the government school in Khajuri Odpur village she had studied in were accused of facilitating religious conversion and encouraging “love jihad” – even though she had passed out of the school two years ago.
“Love jihad” is a Hindutva conspiracy theory that accuses Muslim men of trapping Hindu women in romantic relationships expressly to convert them to Islam.
The parents of the woman have claimed that she is underage and accused the man, a car mechanic, of kidnapping her. A first information report has been filed at the Sangud police station…