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Abstract

In November 2020, Uttar Pradesh government enacted an ordinance – ‘Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Ordinance, 2020’. Since the ordinance has made the process of religious conversion and interfaith marriage complicated and prolonged in the state, it is commonly known as ‘anti- love jihad law’. This paper analyses and lays out the potential impact of this ordinance on inter-religious marriages, and how it conflicts with women’s religious, marital, and bodily autonomy. Here the author discusses the procedures of anti-conversion ordinance along with the Special Marriage Act (1954) and personal laws related to marriage to assess their impact on inter-religious couples and their prospect of getting married. The paper focuses on ‘opindia.com’, a self-proclaimed liberal right news portal that publishes news, current affairs, and opinion pieces from Hindu right-wing perspective, and it is frequently cited on social media by groups and people who believe in the conspiracy of love jihad in order to understand the discourse on love jihad and demand for anti-conversion law in various Indian states.

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Publication Date

10-2021

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