I knew Justice Hidayatullah and his wife personally. To begin with his wife retained her Hindu name. The couple followed both the Hindu and the Muslim customs. She had a Tulsi tree in the backyard which the Judge showed me.. They celebrated Hindu and Muslim festivals with gusto. I remember that in deference to her custom no non vegetarian dishes were prepared at home. Being a male in the male dominated Indian society, the Judge went the extra mile to make his wife comfortable. The couple also owned a vintage model Austin car which was a symbol of their mutual love from their youth!
However this was an exception. Whenever a Hindu falls in love with a Muslim or Christian the other partner says that the marriage must be performed according to his/her religion and that this would be impossible without the Hindu partner's conversion. First the conversion has to take place and only then a wedding can follow. This has happened in my own family. Hence the Hindu is coerced or compelled to convert. Not only that. Along with the conversion the Hindu is compelled to change his/her name and lose the identity he/she had from birth. Even in an otherwise liberal family the children cannot have a Hindu name. Thus the change of religion is made permanent. Hindus will be consoled only if such a coercive practice is abolished by law or otherwise.
With regards
Prof N.Natarajan
On Tuesday, 21 October 2014 10:18 PM, SV Subramanian <iansubraman@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Shanti Bhushan ji
The main issue is were the Hindu wives married to Muslim men were allowed to follow their religion or were converted It is observed that even a Muslim Woman marries a Hindu it is the husband who gets converted
S V Subramanian
The main issue is were the Hindu wives married to Muslim men were allowed to follow their religion or were converted It is observed that even a Muslim Woman marries a Hindu it is the husband who gets converted
S V Subramanian
From: Shanti Bhushan
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I believe Justice Chagla married a hindu girl and so did Justice Hidayatullah.Even BJP leaders Naqavi and Shah nawaz Khan have hindu wives Earlier BJP leader Sikander Bakht also had a hindu wife.Even in the filmworld Amir Khan Shah Rukh Khan as well as Saif Ali Khan all have hindu wives.Among cricketers also Nawab Pataudi had a hindu wife.
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From: Madhu Kishwar <madhukishwar@manushi-india.org>
Date: Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 6:53 PM
Subject: [Manushi] Love Jehad -Real Threat or Phobic Fantasy?
To: Manushi-india <manushi-india@googlegroups.com>--Love Jehad –Real Threat or Phobic Fantasy?Who is Afraid of Hindu-Muslim Couples?Madhu Purnima KishwarOne of the most unfortunate tendencies in India's political discourse is to reduce every issue into a "for" versus "against" proposition following the pattern of school-college debating society's style of engagement with issues. This propensity for polarizing all issues into two extreme positions an important reason why almost every issue leads to a permanent stalemate and we rarely move towards solutions.."Love-Jehad" has come to be one of the latest additions to a meaninglessly polarized debate on a sensitive issue. On the one hand Love-Jehad has been portrayed by Hindutva groups as a sinister and well planned conspiracy to seduce, abduct, blackmail or coerce young Hindu women to convert to Islam under the guise of love affairs with Muslim men. On the other hand, the "secular" opponents of Hindutva are projecting it as a case of "freedom of choice" in marriage. They castigate the campaign against "Love-Jehad" as a conspiracy of obscurantist Hindu groups to keep the sexuality of Hindu women under the control of Hindu patriarchs.Let's try and sift the chaff from the grain of both sides:To begin with let us be clear, even the radical Hindutva groups do not object to genuine marriages between mutually caring individuals even if they be a case of Hindu-Muslim union. A good example of this is the marriage of film script writer Salim Khan with a Maharashtrian Hindu woman. Salim Khan neither eloped with nor abducted his wife. He secured the family's consent and did not insist on his wife abandoning her faith and family culture. Both the husband and wife not only follow their respective faiths but also fully respect each other's religious sensibilities and rituals. In their bedroom the wife has her puja sthal replete with Hindu deities while Salim Khan has a dedicated space for his namaz. The entire family celebrates both Hindu as well as Muslim festivals. Their sons have also gone for inter-faith marriages and follow the same inclusive lifestyle. Therefore, these marriages have neither evoked social disapproval nor invited any hostility among Hindus. If anything Salim Khan's family is often held up as an example of inter-faith harmony. However, Muslim fundamentalists do look upon Salim Khan's life style with hostilityRead More : http://madhukishwar.blogspot.in/2014/10/love-jehad-real-threat-or-phobic-fantasy_17.html
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