After
hitting the headlines with the unity pact, the Nair Service Society
(NSS) and the Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana (SNDP) Yogam are now
engaged in a frantic mission of collecting details regarding forced
conversions of Hindu women across the state.
Both the
communities would soon come out with a joint statement against forced
religious conversions after a comprehensive analysis.
While the NSS has entrusted its human resource department with the task,
the SNDP has launched awareness campaigns through its yogams against
activities of fundamentalist religious organisations, which indulge in
forced conversions.
The
leadership of both the communities is equally anxious about the rate of
conversions of Hindu women to Islam during the last five years.
According to the figures presented by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy in
the Assembly in the last session, a total of 7,713 persons were
converted to Islam since 2006 as against 2,803 conversions to Hinduism.
However, since 2009, as many as 2,195 young Hindu women and 492 young Christian women were converted to Islam.
However, the number of young women who got converted to Christianity and Hinduism stands at 79 and 2 respectively.
Apparently,
this shocking figures of the so-called ‘Love Jihad’ operating in the
state is one of the major reasons behind the fast-paced decision for
unification between the two communities.
SNDP
general secretary Vellapally Natesan told Express that ‘Love Jihad’ is
definitely one of the main reasons which hastened the Nair-Ezhava
unification.
“Of course, the alarming rate of forced religious conversions in the
state is certainly a matter of concern. The statistics of conversions of
Hindu women to Islam necessitates unification of all Hindu community
organisations in the state,” he said.
NSS general
secretary G Sukumaran Nair said, “Given the data presented in the
Assembly, the situation appears bad. The NSS would never allow such
illegal activities in the state. We will have more discussions with the
SNDP in the coming days and announce our stand on the issue.”
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