Move on from Bollywood films, pyaar ke dushman are now found on primetime debates in TV news studios.
This week, the bogey of #LoveJihad reached #Kashmir. The story of a Sikh woman from Srinagar made major headlines. It was alleged that she was kidnapped at gunpoint and forced to marry a 60-year-old Muslim man.
Anchors like #AmishDevgan, #ArnabGoswami & those from #ZeeNews played up this story but didn’t get the basics right. We were told minorities are a threat to the majority in India, and alleged forced #conversions to #Islam were the flavour of the week.
But what is the true story of #ManmeetKaur and #ShahidBhat, other Sikh women in #Srinagar whose names cropped up this week? What role did #ManjinderSinghSirsa play? Watch.
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Reading list
Newslaundry’s Covid coverage from Rajasthan and Maharashtra:
1.https://www.newslaundry.com/2021/06/26/the-curious-case-of-1000-conversions-who-is-umar-gautam
2. https://www.newslaundry.com/2021/06/26/the-curious-case-of-1000-conversions-who-is-umar-gautam
3.https://splainer.in/posts/2021/A-Very-Sikh-Woman
4. https://thekashmirwalla.com/2021/06/she-married-a-muslim-then-she-was-snatched-and-married-again/
5. https://indianexpress.com/article/india/jk-conversion-row-man-in-jail-sister-says-didnt-like-relationship-7383563/
6. https://indianexpress.com/article/india/day-after-jk-woman-caught-in-conversion-row-wed-to-fellow-sikh-7381831/
7. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/06/29/key-findings-about-religion-in-india/
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