India's law against 'love jihad' reflects dangers of populism - opinion

For Muslims, who make up at best 14% of India's population, to become the majority by “love jihad” will require Muslim men to marry at least 481 million Hindu girls.

SUPPORTERS OF Yogi Adityanath (center), chief minister of India’s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh, present him with a garland on the birthday of Nritya Gopal Das, a famous Hindu priest, in Ayodhya, in 2017.

(photo credit: PAWAN KUMA/REUTERS)

ByGWYNNE DYER

JANUARY 4, 2021 20:32

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