There comes a time- in the life of nation as in the life of an individual, when you must make tough decisions and stand by them. It is time to say coercive religious conversions are human rights violation. No free society should accept forced conversion borne out of intimidation.
This becomes even more important in a society where majority DOES NOT proselytize. There is no point sugarcoating this. Few celebrities in South Mumbai and South Delhi cannot be a template for what is the lived reality of thousands.
Those who stand for Human Rights, those who stand for freedom, liberty and individual rights, must call out forced conversions. Those who stand for gender rights must stand for women having agency to not convert under intimidation.
This is not about inter-faith marriages. This is not about couples marrying under special Marriage act of 1954. That is personal freedom. This is about one faith NOT allowing inter-faith marriage while liberals go to the town calling it ‘inter-faith’ when it is not that.
India’s constitution gave freedom to couples decades ago to marry who they choose under Special Marriage Act. No one has any issues with that. Instead of obfuscating, why don’t liberals ask that it is time that Islam allows inter-faith marriages?
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