Love jihad: India's lethal religious conspiracy theory

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The mutilated body of a 24-year-old Muslim, Arbaaz Aftab Mullah, was discovered on a railway track near his home.
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His family believe he was murdered because of his interfaith relationship with a Hindu woman and that he is one of the latest victims of the 'love jihad' conspiracy theory, which has swept across groups of Hindu nationalists in India. The theory claims that Muslim men are seducing Hindu women and luring them into marriage in order to convert them to Islam. The claims are baseless, yet the consequences are real

• This video was amended on 24 January 2022 to correctly refer to [Narendra] Modi as prime minister rather than president.

‘They cut him into pieces’: India’s ‘love jihad’ conspiracy theory turns lethal https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/21/they-cut-him-into-pieces-indias-love-jihad-conspiracy-theory-turns-lethal

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