Tag Archive: muslim youth

US Muslim leaders try to counter radicals’ influence on their youths

Washington, Dec. 26 (ANI): Mosques and Islamic organizations across the United States regularly issue statements rejecting violence and fringe ideologies, but after the arrests of five Americans in Sargodha, Pakistan, on terror-related charges, Muslim leaders in [...]

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Two Kerala politicians squabble over ‘love jihad’

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 17 (IANS) They have for long been engaged in a running political battle, belonging as they do to the rival fronts of Kerala’s political spectrum.

Now P.C. George of the Kerala Congress (Mani) and Pinarayi Vijayan of the Communist Party of India-Marxist have crossed swords over their children.

The vice-chairman of the Kerala Congress (Mani) [...]

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Woman denies ‘love jihad’, court lets her to go with lover

Bangalore, Nov 13 (IANS) The Karnataka High Court Friday allowed a woman to go with her Muslim husband as the state police sought more time to complete their probe into reports of non-Muslim women being lured by Muslim youth with the intention to convert them to Islam.

‘There is no ‘love jihad’ and I had gone [...]

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Karnataka to probe ‘love jihad’

Bangalore, Oct 26 (IANS) Karnataka Police will probe whether a movement reportedly called the ‘love jihad’ exists in the state after charges that Muslim youths were luring non-Muslim women with promise of marriage and forcibly converting them to Islam, state Home Minister V.S. Acharya said Monday.

The Criminal Investigation Department will find out the source of [...]

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Karnataka to take steps to counter ‘Love Jihad’ movement

Bangalore, Oct 22 (IANS) The Karnataka government Thursday said ‘Love Jihad’, an alleged attempt by some Muslim men to lure non-Muslim girls with promises of marriage and get them converted to Islam, appeared to be a serious issue and it would take steps to counter it.

A meeting of senior police officials will be held either [...]

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Not all Kashmiri Muslim youth are terrorists: Pervez

Bangalore, Oct 22 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir’s young cricketers, bitter about the detention and release of teammate Pervez Rasool here on suspicion of carrying explosives, have asked fellow Indians not to look at all Kashmiri Muslim youth as terrorists.

‘It was a bitter episode,’ said Pervez, 21, who was briefly detained on Oct 17 by Bangalore [...]

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‘Not all Kashmiri Muslim youth are terrorists’

Bangalore, Oct 22 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir’s young cricketers, bitter over the detention of one their colleagues here last week on suspicion of carrying explosives, plead with fellow Indians not to look at all Kashmiri Muslim youth as terrorists.

‘It was a bitter episode,’ Pervez Rasool, 21, who was briefly detained Oct 17 by Bangalore police [...]

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