The menace of ‘Love Jihad’ is widespread in India. Every day we hear about its occurrence in some parts of the country. While the mainstream media and the political correctness of all political parties, governments, and other mechanisms of the state machinery attempt to create an illusion that such an issue doesn’t exist, every discerning Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, and Christian knows it otherwise. In fact, the Christian community of Kerala is credited with coming up with the term, ‘Love Jihad’, after they realized the attack on their girls and subsequent conversions from Christianity to Islam.
Even when this problem is so well spread and well known all around the country, the urban educated class, particularly the rich/middle-class Hindus, are more skeptical and hesitant in accepting this issue as a reality than the rest. There are many reasons for this. The widespread liberal and the left controlled education system, be it in schools and colleges or be it in media, where the barbarism and cruelties of Muslim rulers are whitewashed while simultaneously indulging in the demonization of Hindu religion, its culture, its traditions, and its rulers, has systematically spawned generations of Hindus who have been wallowing in self-guilt and self-hate for some decades now. This has resulted in them completely alienating themselves from the problems that their community faces. The effect of other factors like state-sponsored secularism that is forced down the throat of every individual and the ‘Ganga-Jamuni Tehzeeb‘ doctrine of the entertainment industry with Bollywood leading the way, has only helped this narrative become mainstream. Consequently, a large portion of Hindus has shown scant interest in this disastrous conspiracy that is now knocking on their doors.
These are the ideas that are taught in Madrassas and even in supposedly ‘modern progressive’ families as a part of the religion, then it is no wonder that boys when they grow up, end up as foot soldiers of Love Jihad.
During the research for our film, ‘The Judge’, we could see a pattern in these Love Jihad cases. Based on that, these cases could be broadly classified into nine categories.
In many of these categories, the Muslim male tends to be already married with one or more wives and with children before he targets the Hindu girl and marries her. The Hindu girl is completely unaware of this fact.
By making and presenting this film, we are trying to create awareness and sensitize people on this issue throughout India so that girls, parents, and society at large can be more alert in fighting this menace.
All these categories of Love Jihad may seem disconnected at the outset, even quite extraordinary, because in many instances the kafir girls themselves participate in it willingly. But under all this, there is an underlying concept that is rooted in the Islamic ideology. And that is the need to expand the Ummah and the concept that kafir women are basically slaves and need to be treated so. Hence they are totally dispensable. When these are the ideas that are taught in Madrassas and even in supposedly ‘modern progressive’ families as a part of the religion, then it is no wonder that boys when they grow up, end up as foot soldiers of Love Jihad. It is a system approved and sanctioned by the highest authorities of their religion: Collect as many kafir wombs as possible. Increase the Ummah and simultaneously decrease the population of kafirs. And if things don’t go as per the plan then kill or injure the woman as she is just a kafir, a slave, in status. Hence such violence.
My film ‘The Judge’ is an attempt to depict the typical liberal reaction of Hindus to this issue. It explores how blinded they are when they encounter such a situation. Though they may be given the benefit of doubt, owing to their ignorance due to the sparse media coverage and governments’ interference, their deliberate attempt to not even consider it as a serious issue, when sufficient evidence is presented is something that is despicable and which needs to be addressed. And our film attempts to do just that. The film also explores another aspect of the liberal Hindu elites. And that is their reaction to the issues of their fellow Hindu brethren, who tend to be practicing Hindus with a better Dharmic foundation. The elites typically display a ‘holier than thou’ attitude towards them and for the most part, consider them with contempt. They don’t hesitate for a second to categorize such people as Bhakts, Sanghis or Gaumutra drinkers, etc (ignorantly believing these words/phrases are pejoratives). This Hinduphobia (yes, practiced by Hindus themselves) leads to a total rejection of the problems that normal Hindus face. And Love Jihad is typically one such problem.
This film tries to present an issue that has been neglected for so long as a result of political correctness and the power that is wielded by the liberal/left ecosystem. Bollywood wouldn’t dare to make a movie on this subject under present conditions when it is one of the culprits promoting Love Jihad through its films and its film stars. Although this film isn’t exactly based on any of the actual Love Jihad cases and the story is fictional, it has been inspired by many of them. By making and presenting this film, we are trying to create awareness and sensitize people on this issue throughout India so that girls, parents, and society at large can be more alert in fighting this menace.
The film was made on a shoestring budget and was crowdfunded with several people donating generously for the cause. We wish that people watch this film, enjoy it and share it with their friends and family. We also wish that more such issues of Dharmic communities in India (which are neglected by the mainstream media and the left/liberal/secular system), are taken up by more filmmakers and more films/web series/short films are made.
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1. The views expressed here are those of the author and do not necessarily represent or reflect the views of PGurus.
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A factual movie.
Very good initiative. Make the film dubbed into regional languages and approach BJP state govnt for tax exemption. Why can’t films be made on hindu genocide since 1000AD covering 2/ 3 parts. When Hollywood produced movies on genocide of Jews, why can’t hindus produce movies on their race.