Islam

The Delhi High Court tomorrow will hear a plea by a woman who converted her religion from Hinduism to Islam alleging she and her family members constantly being targeted by state police officials & media persons.

The Supreme Court bench led by CJI N.V. Ramana said the plea was compiled on the strength of newspaper reports and refused to hear it. The plea said Muslims were forcing Hindus in the district to convert to Islam by threatening them with force.

It is further clarified that the fact of the petitioner having converted to Islam would not be a relevant factor while ensuring that there is no interference in the liberty of the petitioners unless there is any allegation by petitioner no.1 regarding forcible conversion.

Ravi Shankar Prasad, however, made it clear that there exists a clear distinction between Dalits adopting Islam and Christianity with those choosing to remain Hindus.

A 32-year-old Hindu man moves to Gujarat High to convert in Islam as his petition was pending from the last one year. The petitioner stated in his affidavit that he was attracted to Islam and wanted to adopt this religion.

The Allahabad High Court has recently directed the Uttar Pradesh Police to provide protection to an inter-faith couple of whom the woman had converted to Islam.

The Kerala High Court has granted anticipatory bail to a man accused under section 153A IPC for promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, while propagating his religious thoughts through a YouTube channel.

The Allahabad High Court recently permitted the recital of azaan during the lockdown by a single person—muezzins from mosques in UP—without using loudspeakers. While the recital of the azaan is held to be an essential and integral part of Islam, doing so through loudspeakers and sound amplifying devices

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