[The fact that a girl and a boy together ran away, and they had been born in different religions, hardly by itself indicates any "jihad" or an organised venture as the causative factor as is being alleged; for that one will have to provide evidence of the existence of such an organisation and its workings.
Btw, Muthaik himself has reportedly conceded that the number 22 over a period of five years is too small. (Ref.: ""The number of cases may be low, but it's because most cases are not even reported," he said." at <http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/muthalik-finds-cases-of-love-jihad-in-state-cites-rti-info/>.)"***And the police has reportedly rejected the notion of "Love Jihad".*** It'd be interesting to know how many Hindu boys and Muslim girls ran away during the same period. The reported fact that the parents of the girls lodged the complaints only goes to show (strong) parental disapproval of their (presumably adult) daughters' (rightful) decisions - nothing less, nothing more. So, in absence of any relevant evidence and given the track record of the organisations spearheading the campaign, it's only a jihad based on deliberately fabricated lies meant to arouse communal passion and hatred to polarise the society along the religious divides.] http://www.asianage.com/mumbai/probe-love-jihad-state-pramod-muthalik-574 Probe 'love jihad' in state: Pramod Muthalik Sep 20, 2014 | Age Correspondent I mumbai (From left) Ramesh Shinde, Pramod Muthalik and I.G. Khandelwal, social activist during a press conference. --Rajesh Jadhav Hindu right-wing leader Pramod Muthalik on Friday demanded an enquiry into marriages between Hindu girls and Muslim boys in the state. Mr Muthalik distributed an RTI reply sought from the Maharashtra police that mentioned that the state has registered 22 cases of 'love jihad' between 2008 and 2011. However, ***the police has said that it hasn't recognised anything like this*** [emphasis added]. Mr Muthalik even criticised Union home minister Rajnath Singh for refusing to acknowledge anything like love jihad. Alleging that love jihad is an organised crime, Mr Muthalik said Hindu girls marrying Muslim boys were being victimised. "I have rescued 3,800 girls from love jihad and converted them back. However, we condemn our home minister Rajnath Singh who refuses to recognise love jihad. The government should investigate and collect data of such cases. We are going to hold a protest before Mr Singh's residence with the victims" he said. ***An RTI reply sought from Maharashtra police by one Sudhanshu Joshi also found that 22 cases of love jihad were registered in the state. The RTI was issued in 2013 and signed by the then IG Deven Bharati.*** [Emphasis added.] "The RTI reply from the Maharashtra police officially quotes 22 cases of love jihad and we congratulate them for recognising the cases. The Union home minister should learn from the Maharashtra police and initiate action against love jihad," he said. ***However, when contacted, Mr Bharati said the police does not recognise love jihad***. [Emphasis added.] "There was a query raised by Shiv Sena leader Diwakar Raote in the legislative council about love jihad quoting the figures from local newspapers. The information given by the right-wing organisation must be incomplete," he said. -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
