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Updated: Feb 04, 2020 23:20 IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 4 (ANI): The Union Home Ministry on Tuesday clarified the term 'love jihad' is not defined under the
existing laws and no such case has been reported so far.In a reply in Lok Sabha to Congress MP Behanan Benny's question as to if any
central agency has reported any case of love jihad from Kerala in the past two years, the Home Ministry said: "The term 'love jihad' is not
defined under the extant laws
No such case has been reported by any of the central agencies.""However, two cases from Kerala involving inter-faith marriages have been
investigated by the National Investigation Agency (NIA)," it added.The Syro-Malabar Church reacted to the Home Ministry reply and said: "The
Public Affairs Commission of the Syro-Malabar Church has analyzed the written information provided by the Union Home Ministry in the Lok
Sabha about the ill-advised inter-religious love affair known as 'love jihad'
The Home Ministry is of the view that Love Jihad has not been reported in Kerala and Love Jihad has no interpretation in the present
law.""As already stated, the Synod expressed concern about the inter-religious love affairs and related issues in the light of discussions
received from various dioceses of the Syro-Malabar Church
The Synod has not evaluated these issues to the detriment of their friendship with Islam
The Synod demanded that the case be investigated as a matter of serious concern to society and the families
The situation in which the Synod made this demand still exists," it added.It further said, "The Public Affairs Commission of the
Syro-Malabar Church has assessed that there are moves at some level to misrepresent the need of the Church in this regard
The church strongly disagrees with such moves
Believers and the public need to be vigilant against any attempt to disrupt the religious fraternity that exists in Kerala by activating
this issue in the channels and other news media
The Syro-Malabar Church wishes to ensure that the communal harmony and brotherhood prevailing in the society should not be impaired
The Commission reminded the believers to be vigilant in this regard.'' (ANI)
