Kerala Forced Conversion

'The Kerala Story', which puts spotlight on forced conversion & radicalisation of women in the state, has sparked a row. Amid protests, petitions challenging the film's release reached Supreme Court. The court has refused to intervene in the matter.

The woman, originally from Kerala who now lives in Gujarat, appealed to the Kerala High Court in November, asking it to nullify her marriage. In her petition, she said she was coerced into a sexual relationship and blackmailed with recorded videos.

The National Investigation Agency has taken over the probe into a case of alleged forcible conversion of a Kerala woman and attempts to take her to Syria after she was married to a Muslim man to be sold off to Islamic State terrorists.

Hadiya, the Kerala woman whose marriage with a Muslim man, Shafin Jahan, was annulled by the high court seven months ago, had a telephonic conversation with him on Wednesday. The chat took place from the college where she was admitted on Tuesday after months of being confined in her parents' home in Kottayam. On Monday, the Supreme Court freed her ...

A 25-year-old woman has filed a petition in the Kerala High Court for her marriage to be nullified, alleging she was sexually exploited, coerced into a sexual relationship and blackmailed with recorded videos, after which she was forcefully converted into becoming a Muslim and taken to Saudi Arabia for sex slavery.

Akhila Ashokan, the young Kerala woman who converted to Islam and calls herself Hadiya now, is "smiling and safe", the National Commission for Women (NCW) has said. The commission's chief Rekha Sharma today visited the Kottayam home where 24-year-old Hadiya is currently living with her parents, who have alleged that her marriage to a Muslim man is ...

A 22-year-old Hindu woman who appeared in a burqa in the Rajasthan High Court yesterday and declared that she had married a Muslim, has been ordered to stay in a government-run shelter until her family's case against the marriage is taken up next week

Observing that there are indications of "forceful" religious conversions under the guise of "love" in Kerala, the state high court on Wednesday suggested the government to consider enacting a law to prohibit such "deceptive" acts.

'The Kerala Story', which puts spotlight on forced conversion & radicalisation of women in the state, has sparked a row. Amid protests, petitions challenging the film's release reached Supreme Court. The court has refused to intervene in the matter.

The woman, originally from Kerala who now lives in Gujarat, appealed to the Kerala High Court in November, asking it to nullify her marriage. In her petition, she said she was coerced into a sexual relationship and blackmailed with recorded videos.

The National Investigation Agency has taken over the probe into a case of alleged forcible conversion of a Kerala woman and attempts to take her to Syria after she was married to a Muslim man to be sold off to Islamic State terrorists.

Hadiya, the Kerala woman whose marriage with a Muslim man, Shafin Jahan, was annulled by the high court seven months ago, had a telephonic conversation with him on Wednesday. The chat took place from the college where she was admitted on Tuesday after months of being confined in her parents' home in Kottayam. On Monday, the Supreme Court freed her ...

A 25-year-old woman has filed a petition in the Kerala High Court for her marriage to be nullified, alleging she was sexually exploited, coerced into a sexual relationship and blackmailed with recorded videos, after which she was forcefully converted into becoming a Muslim and taken to Saudi Arabia for sex slavery.

Akhila Ashokan, the young Kerala woman who converted to Islam and calls herself Hadiya now, is "smiling and safe", the National Commission for Women (NCW) has said. The commission's chief Rekha Sharma today visited the Kottayam home where 24-year-old Hadiya is currently living with her parents, who have alleged that her marriage to a Muslim man is ...

A 22-year-old Hindu woman who appeared in a burqa in the Rajasthan High Court yesterday and declared that she had married a Muslim, has been ordered to stay in a government-run shelter until her family's case against the marriage is taken up next week

Observing that there are indications of "forceful" religious conversions under the guise of "love" in Kerala, the state high court on Wednesday suggested the government to consider enacting a law to prohibit such "deceptive" acts.