India's 'Love Jihad' Crackdown: Personal Marriages Become Policed

Ismat Ara critiques India's enforcement of 'love jihad' laws, which criminalize interfaith marriages, framing them as a violent infringement on personal autonomy. The piece highlights a broader pattern of state and vigilante policing of Muslim-Hindu unions, with legal and social consequences. This reflects an ongoing erosion of minority rights and rising communal tensions in India.