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A Hindi WhatsApp message doing the rounds of a group called 'Meem to Meem' (Meem means Muslim) cautions Muslim girls about recharging their mobile phones. They should either get the recharge done at Muslim-owned shops, or buy coupons and do it themselves.
Any method in which a Hindu shop owner writes down the phone number is fraught with danger, the message says. That's because the shop owner passes on their number to the RSS, which then starts 'operation seduction'. The girl ends up converting and marrying a Hindu, who divorces her after few months. Spurned by her parents, she has no option then but to follow the RSS diktat and help ensnare other Muslim girls.
Aam Aadmi Party member Zafar Ali Shaikh, administrator of the WhatsApp group, told Mumbai Mirror he has no idea who sent the message. He said he started the group during Ramzan to share religious sayings. "If such messages are posted, I will have to delete the group," Shaikh said.
The message, however, is only one manifestation of an existing fear in the community. This reporter was told last week about 'Smartfriends', a group allegedly set up to ensnare Muslim girls. In 2009, a question about 'SmartFriends' was asked on 'Yahoo answers. com', and last year a blogpost described it as an RSS group comprising Hindus trained in seducing Muslim girls. However, the only activity seen on the group's Facebook page was in 2010, when its profile picture — a saffron flag — was uploaded.
Surendra Sharma, karyalay pramukh of RSS in Mumbai, told Mirror no such group was set up by the Sangh.
On the flip side is a WhatsApp message that emerged from a group called `Yoddha Shetkari', set up by Aurangabad farmer leader Jayajirao Suryavanshi to exchange news about their problems. But the message now being circulated has little to do with farmers. It describes a discussion among friends about love jihad, in which one girl was unconvinced. The group then proceeded to convince her through a series of arguments against marrying Muslims that ranged from four wives, burqa, slaughtering one animal a day for food, producing children every year, not being allowed to work, etc.
Like Shaikh, Suryavanshi denied knowledge of the message. "I've been involved in people's movements led by Medha Patkar and Baba Adhav. I don't believe in communal and caste differences," he said. "I also condemn this love jihad theory."
Suryavanshi said any of the 30 group members may have Hindutva connections and might have posted the message. Like Shaikh, he too felt he would have to close down the group if it was being misused.
However, human rights activist Shakeel Ahmed, who received the two messages on his WhatsApp account, said he felt "sickened" by both. "This is just a way by the men of both communities to restrict women. Inter-religious marriages should be encouraged with no conversion on either side.
Love jihad warning for Muslim girls on WhatsApp - Mumbai Mirror
May Allah bless the wise Muslim girls !!!
Any method in which a Hindu shop owner writes down the phone number is fraught with danger, the message says. That's because the shop owner passes on their number to the RSS, which then starts 'operation seduction'. The girl ends up converting and marrying a Hindu, who divorces her after few months. Spurned by her parents, she has no option then but to follow the RSS diktat and help ensnare other Muslim girls.
Aam Aadmi Party member Zafar Ali Shaikh, administrator of the WhatsApp group, told Mumbai Mirror he has no idea who sent the message. He said he started the group during Ramzan to share religious sayings. "If such messages are posted, I will have to delete the group," Shaikh said.
The message, however, is only one manifestation of an existing fear in the community. This reporter was told last week about 'Smartfriends', a group allegedly set up to ensnare Muslim girls. In 2009, a question about 'SmartFriends' was asked on 'Yahoo answers. com', and last year a blogpost described it as an RSS group comprising Hindus trained in seducing Muslim girls. However, the only activity seen on the group's Facebook page was in 2010, when its profile picture — a saffron flag — was uploaded.
Surendra Sharma, karyalay pramukh of RSS in Mumbai, told Mirror no such group was set up by the Sangh.
On the flip side is a WhatsApp message that emerged from a group called `Yoddha Shetkari', set up by Aurangabad farmer leader Jayajirao Suryavanshi to exchange news about their problems. But the message now being circulated has little to do with farmers. It describes a discussion among friends about love jihad, in which one girl was unconvinced. The group then proceeded to convince her through a series of arguments against marrying Muslims that ranged from four wives, burqa, slaughtering one animal a day for food, producing children every year, not being allowed to work, etc.
Like Shaikh, Suryavanshi denied knowledge of the message. "I've been involved in people's movements led by Medha Patkar and Baba Adhav. I don't believe in communal and caste differences," he said. "I also condemn this love jihad theory."
Suryavanshi said any of the 30 group members may have Hindutva connections and might have posted the message. Like Shaikh, he too felt he would have to close down the group if it was being misused.
However, human rights activist Shakeel Ahmed, who received the two messages on his WhatsApp account, said he felt "sickened" by both. "This is just a way by the men of both communities to restrict women. Inter-religious marriages should be encouraged with no conversion on either side.
Love jihad warning for Muslim girls on WhatsApp - Mumbai Mirror
May Allah bless the wise Muslim girls !!!
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