Muslims targeted under Indian state's 'love jihad' law
by Hannah Ellis-Petersen South Asia correspondent from on (#5BM2F)
Hindu rightwing conspiracy theory prompts crackdown on interfaith marriages in Uttar Pradesh
Police in India have rounded up Muslim men and disrupted interfaith marriage ceremonies under new laws prohibiting so-called love jihad".
In the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, police have begun cracking down on marriages between Muslims and Hindus and have arrested at least 10 Muslim men under a law that prohibits forced religious conversions.
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