{"id":5138,"date":"2026-03-06T11:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T11:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebombaydurpun.com\/?p=5138"},"modified":"2026-03-06T11:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T11:18:11","slug":"cabinet-gives-nod-to-controversial-love-jihad-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebombaydurpun.com\/?p=5138","title":{"rendered":"Cabinet Gives Nod to Controversial \u2018Love Jihad\u2019 Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A state cabinet in India has approved the love jihad bill, which&#8217;s a law that wants to control when people change their religion because of marriage. This has caused a lot of argument and discussion over the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The love jihad bill wants to stop people from being forced to change their religion when they get married or are in a relationship. The people who support this law say it is necessary to protect people, women from being tricked or forced into changing their religion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The love jihad bill will now be discussed in the state legislature before it can become a law. If it is passed it will make rules for people who want to change their religion and punish those who force others to change their religion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some states in India have already made laws. These laws say that people who want to change their religion have to tell the authorities and make sure they are not being forced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The people who support the love jihad bill say it will make sure that people change their religion freely. The government officials who support the bill say it will stop people from being forced to change their religion because of someone they&#8217;re in a relationship with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The love jihad bill is also being criticized by people who are against it human rights groups and legal experts. They say this law could take away peoples freedom and their rights as citizens. They also say that the idea of love jihad is not clear and there is not proof to support it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The people who are against the love jihad bill say it could cause problems for couples who&#8217;re from different religions and make it harder for them to get married.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Legal experts are also worried that this law could go against the constitution, which says people have the right to choose their religion and marry whoever they want. This issue has already been to court in India. The judges have said that people should be able to make their own choices when it comes to their personal lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With all the criticism the people who support the love jihad bill say it is meant to protect people from being taken advantage of and make sure they change their religion freely. They think there should be laws to protect people who are vulnerable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The argument about the love jihad bill shows the problems in India about religion, personal freedom and the governments role in peoples private lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the love jihad bill is discussed in the assembly the lawmakers are going to have an argument about what the law should say and how it will affect society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What happens next will decide if the love jihad bill becomes a law and how it will change the rules, about religion and marriage in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A state cabinet in India has approved the love jihad bill, which&#8217;s a law that wants to control when people change their religion because of marriage. This has caused a lot of argument and discussion over the country. The love jihad bill wants to stop people from being forced to change their religion when they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5139,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[2410,3131,3132,3130],"class_list":["post-5138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-indian-politics","tag-interfaith-marriage-india","tag-love-jihad-bill","tag-religious-conversion-law"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebombaydurpun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebombaydurpun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebombaydurpun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebombaydurpun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebombaydurpun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5138"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thebombaydurpun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5140,"href":"https:\/\/thebombaydurpun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5138\/revisions\/5140"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebombaydurpun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebombaydurpun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebombaydurpun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebombaydurpun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}