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Claim: Access audit of 1662 important buildings in 50 cities has been completed till date. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2018-06-23): Claim 4: Access audit of 1,662 important buildings in 50 cities completed till date. Fact: True. The audit of 1,673 buildings across 50 cities has been completed, according to this reply to the Rajya Sabha on 9 March, 2017. Access audit is an assessment of a building or a structure that determines how accessible it is to a differently-abled person. As many as 50 percent of all government buildings in the national and state capitals must be made differently-abled friendly by July 2018, according to the Accessible India scheme launched in 2015.
Claim: Access audit of 1662 important buildings in 50 cities has been completed till date. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2023-06-01): Our buildings and environments should be inclusive to all, but how can we assess this? The Access Audit Handbook is an indispensable tool for auditing the accessibility of buildings and services. This book offers straightforward advice about undertaking access audits and explains how they make buildings, environments and services more inclusive. Following the audit, the book explains how each of the various report formats works best to communicate recommendations in the content of current legislation, funding requirements and best practice in building management. Well established as the best resource for conducting access audits, the third edition of The Access Audit Handbook is fully up to date with the latest legal and technical standards as well as developments in equipment and building maintenance. Featuring advice on: - Commissioning an access audit - Audit methodology - Making recommendations - Report writing
Claim: Access audit of 1662 important buildings in 50 cities has been completed till date. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2024-01-01): Get an accessibility expert to audit your building’s accessibility every 3 years, or more regularly if necessary. You could ask a colleague who is very familiar with one of these documents to audit your building's accessibility, or you could find an expert outside your organisation: [...] That will give you prioritised advice about accessibility problems in your building and practical advice on how to solve those problems. A good accessibility expert will often be able to suggest affordable solutions. The National Disability Authority’s Guidelines for Access Auditing of the Built Environment describes the structure of an access audit report that is comprehensive and useful. You can ask an accessibilty expert to use that structure for your report. As soon as possible after the audit, develop an implementation plan for addressing each issue that the report identifies, according to the issues’ priorities. [...] Tips for making your buildings accessible - Audit your building’s accessibility every 3 years.
Claim: Access audit of 1662 important buildings in 50 cities has been completed till date. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2018-06-23): Claim 4: Access audit of 1,662 important buildings in 50 cities completed till date. Fact: True. Audit of 1,673 buildings across 50 cities has been completed, according to this reply to the Rajya Sabha on March 9, 2017. Access audit is an assessment of a building or a structure that determines how accessible it is to a disabled person.
Claim: A Muslim boy attacked a Hindu girl in Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, in yet another Love Jihad incident (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-21)
Evidence (2023-06-21): The boy who attacked the girl is a Hindu named Sushil Yadav. Local Police clarified that there is no Love Jihad angle in this incident. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
Claim: A Muslim boy attacked a Hindu girl in Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, in yet another Love Jihad incident (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-21)
Evidence (2023-06-01): The violence began on August 27, 2013 after a 29-year-old Muslim man was stabbed to death over allegations of harassing a Hindu girl. Minutes later, the two men who stabbed the Muslim man were caught by a mob and beaten to death. The incident triggered large-scale rioting between Hindus and Muslims for two weeks and even spread to the neighbouring Shamli district. More than 60 people – most of them Muslims – were killed and nearly 60,000 displaced from their ancestral homes. Rights groups say the number of dead was higher. [...] The attackers – 62-year-old Maheshvir Prakash and Sikander Malik, 37 – were sentenced to 20 years in jail by a Muzaffarnagar court on May 9, while the third accused, Kuldeep Singh, died in 2020 of health issues.
Claim: A Muslim boy attacked a Hindu girl in Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, in yet another Love Jihad incident (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-21)
Evidence (2020-12-08): Love jihad: The Indian law threatening interfaith love [...] The bogey of "love-jihad", a term radical Hindu groups use to accuse Muslim men of converting Hindu women by marriage, has returned to haunt India's interfaith relationships. [...] It was not only the stereotyping of the Muslim male that fed the narrative. There were rumours about a "global Islamist conspiracy" to lure Hindu women. It was alleged that Muslim men were receiving funds from abroad to purchase expensive clothes and cars and gifts and even posing as Hindus to woo Hindu women. A BJP spokesperson in Uttar Pradesh said this was "part of a global love jihad that targets vulnerable Hindu girls". All this was an "attempt at political and religious mobilisation in the name of women", according to Prof Gupta.
Claim: A Muslim boy attacked a Hindu girl in Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, in yet another Love Jihad incident (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-21)
Evidence (2017-08-24): Far-right Hindu groups allege that "Love Jihad" is a conspiracy by Muslim groups to lure Hindu women into marriages with Muslim men and to convert them to Islam. [...] "There is nothing that proves that "Love Jihad" exists. It is a way to control women and to build up the bogeyman of evil Muslims," Charu Gupta, a professor of history at the University of Delhi, said. [...] Gupta said that in the "Love Jihad" myth "lecherous behaviour, skill in luring Hindu women through false promises, a high sexual appetite, a life of luxury and religious fanaticism are all portrayed as dominant traits of the male Muslim character".
Claim: A Muslim boy attacked a Hindu girl in Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, in yet another Love Jihad incident (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-21)
Evidence (2023-01-19): A shockingly brutal video clip of a young man, said to be Muslim, being beaten up by a Hindu vigilante mob in India's Madhya Pradesh state has gone viral and drawn condemnation from human rights organisations from around the world. [...] According to the human rights organisation, Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP), the victim has filed a first information report (FIR) against the attackers, which states that the incident took place on January 3. [...] Instances of Hindu vigilantism in India are on the rise as the Hindu nationalist policies of the incumbent government embolden those with anti-Muslim tendencies.
Claim: A Muslim boy attacked a Hindu girl in Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, in yet another Love Jihad incident (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-21)
Evidence (2021-12-18): 'Love Jihad' is an oft-used term, popularised by the right wing, which refers to the alleged campaign of Muslims forcefully converting Hindu girls in the guise of love. [...] (Translation: How Hindu girls are trapped in the case of love-jihad by Muslims. Watch this video and circulate it.) [...] Clearly, yet another "awareness" video is being circulated on social media, this time linking it to a Love Jihad case.
Claim: A Muslim boy attacked a Hindu girl in Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, in yet another Love Jihad incident (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-21)
Evidence (2021-09-04): Dewas: A 16-year-old Hindu boy who had run away with a girl was beaten up by a group of men in Madhya Pradesh’s Dewas district allegedly on suspicion that it was a case of so-called ‘love jihad’, police said on Saturday. [...] "They thought it was a case of ’love jihad’. We were telling them that both were from the same community, but they didn’t listen," he said, adding that if the boy had not been rescued by the police in time, he might not have survived. ‘Love jihad’ is a term used by some right-wing leaders who claim that there is a "conspiracy’’ to lure Hindu girls and convert them to Islam through marriage.
Claim: A Muslim boy attacked a Hindu girl in Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, in yet another Love Jihad incident (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-21)
Evidence (2022-07-26): "Love jihad" is a term used by the Hindu political and religious right to describe an alleged phenomenon where Muslim men lure Hindu women into marrying them and converting to Islam. Hindu groups claim, without evidence, it is a conspiracy of an organised racket. [...] When asked about the targeting of Muslim men by Hindu right-wing groups in alleged "love jihad" cases, a New Delhi-based member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) who requested anonymity, told Al Jazeera: "I am not aware of any surveillance or involvement of Hindu organisations in such anti-conversion cases." [...] The bogey of ‘love jihad’ is divisive, built on fake news, and designed to foster hatred and suspicion between religious communities.
Claim: A Muslim boy attacked a Hindu girl in Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, in yet another Love Jihad incident (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-21)
Evidence (2024-08-25): Love jihad (or Romeo jihad)[5] is an Islamophobic[11] conspiracy theory[22] promoted by right-wing Hindutva activists.[25] The conspiracy theory purports that Muslim men target Hindu women for conversion to Islam by means such as seduction,[28] feigning love,[30] deception,[31] kidnapping,[34] and marriage,[37] as part of a broader demographic "war" by Muslims against India,[39] and an organised international conspiracy,[42] for domination through demographic growth and replacement.[46] [...] Vigilante action is targeted against what right-wing attackers describe as "love jihad," finding cause in the conspiracy theory of conniving Muslim men seducing gullible Hindu women into marriage and submission. "Love jihad" is a violent expression of the broader politics of regulating female sexuality—a core element of online Hindu nationalism manifest variously as shaming and abuse (Udupa 2017). [...] - ^ "'Love jihad': Madhya Pradesh proposes 10-year jail term in draft bill". Scroll.in. 26 November 2020. Archived from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
Claim: A Muslim boy attacked a Hindu girl in Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, in yet another Love Jihad incident (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-21)
Evidence (2023-11-23): A controversial theory that some Hindu groups call "Love Jihad" - which claims that many Muslim men are taking part in a plot to seduce Hindu women and convert them - has circulated in India for years, despite lack of evidence. Now a reverse theory - that Hindu men are deliberately trying to seduce Muslim women - is going viral online. It's called the "Bhagwa Love Trap", and again, evidence for the claim is scant. But that hasn't stopped it spilling over into real-world violence. [...] The theory is a reversal of an older, and better known idea: "love jihad". It puts forward the opposing narrative, claiming Muslim men are trying to seduce Hindu women, and has been pushed online by Hindu nationalists for many years. Like the "Bhagwa Love Trap" theory, these claims have spread in an absence of proof and have led to real world violence. [...] Perhaps predictably, Mr Kumar believes "love jihad" is real. "There is a large section of Muslim men… who lure Hindu women into their trap," he says.
Claim: A Muslim boy attacked a Hindu girl in Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, in yet another Love Jihad incident (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-21)
Evidence (2021-01-15): On January 6, the Supreme Court of India declined to stay controversial laws recently enacted in several states to tackle "love jihad" – a baseless conspiracy theory accusing Muslim men of luring Hindu women into marriage with the aim of forcefully converting them to Islam. [...] By allowing the so-called "love jihad" laws to remain in force, the Supreme Court increased the vulnerability of India’s Muslims, who are already subject to immense discrimination and religious persecution under the rule of Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). [...] "Love jihad" is not a new conspiracy. Since the 19th century, far-right Hindutva groups in India have been baselessly claiming that Muslim men are predatory. That they are working to seduce Hindu women to convert them to Islam. That they want to use Hindu women’s wombs to produce Muslim babies and alter the demographics of the Hindu-majority country.
Claim: A Muslim boy attacked a Hindu girl in Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, in yet another Love Jihad incident (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-21)
Evidence (2021-09-01): A few days later, another viral video surfaced showing a Muslim bangle-seller being slapped, kicked and punched by a Hindu mob in Indore, a city in the central state of Madhya Pradesh. The attackers could be heard abusing Tasleem Ali and telling him to stay away from Hindu areas in future. [...] Then followed "roti jihad" which included wild allegations that Muslim cooks were spitting on roti - handmade bread - to spread the virus to Hindus In recent months, several states have introduced laws to curb "love jihad" - an Islamophobic term fringe Hindu groups use to imply that Muslim men prey on Hindu women to convert them to Islam through marriage.
Claim: A Muslim boy attacked a Hindu girl in Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, in yet another Love Jihad incident (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-21)
Evidence (2020-12-03): India Muslim man arrested under 'love jihad' law - Published [...] He's the first to be arrested under a new anti-conversion law that targets "love jihad" - a term radical Hindu groups use to accuse Muslim men of converting Hindu women by marriage. [...] But it might not be the last, external as at least four other states - Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Karnataka and Assam - have said that they are planning to bring in laws against "love jihad". All five states are governed by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), who have been accused of normalising anti-Muslim sentiment.
Claim: A Muslim boy attacked a Hindu girl in Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, in yet another Love Jihad incident (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-21)
Evidence (2024-07-17): "Love jihad" is a conspiracy theory that accuses Muslim men of being part of an organised plot to trick unsuspecting Hindu women into romantic relationships to ultimately convert them to Islam. [...] On May 31, the Times of India reported an "alleged ‘love jihad’ case" in Purola involving two young men, "including one from a minority community". [...] "The audacity and foolishness of the love jihadis have fired up Hindutva groups," added the reporter.
Claim: A Muslim boy attacked a Hindu girl in Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, in yet another Love Jihad incident (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-21)
Evidence (2020-12-01): A concerted campaign is under way to assert Hindu primacy and render Muslims invisible in a rewritten history, from renamed public spaces to political and other spheres of public life. The subtext of this new playbook is that Muslims must lie low in a new India where Hindus are more equal than others. "Love jihad" has consequently traveled from the fringes to mainstream legitimacy as part of a state-sponsored campaign to show the Muslim ‘other’ their place. A jewelry company last month had to withdraw its advertisement featuring the baby shower of an interfaith couple after it was set upon by the Hindu right-wing troll army, which is now hash-tagging to boycott Netflix. Hindu vigilante groups have in the past used the ruse of "love jihad" to disrupt mixed weddings and harass and intimidate interfaith couples even though investigations by state agencies in the past have found no evidence of such a conspiracy theory. Relentless online misinformation campaigns—enabled by compliant social and legacy media platforms that do the ruling dispensation’s bidding—have now established the trope of lustful and criminal-minded Muslim man as a truism and "love jihad" as a clear and present danger. In a climate of hate, love is now a conspiracy.
Claim: A Muslim boy attacked a Hindu girl in Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, in yet another Love Jihad incident (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-21)
Evidence (2021-10-10): The couples are fleeing laws that prohibit "unlawful" religious conversion in the context of marriage. Hard-line Hindu conservatives have labeled it "love jihad" — a conspiracy theory accusing Muslim men of wooing Hindu women to force them to convert to Islam. [...] The idea behind the "love jihad" laws is to halt forced conversions. But critics of India's Hindu nationalist government accuse it of amplifying an unfounded theory to consolidate Hindu votes across the country and spread hatred for Muslims. [...] "The term 'love jihad' is very dangerous, because once you get labeled like that, everyone starts looking at you with hatred. People think that you've wronged a woman from their community, so they want to punish you," Shameem says. "That's what makes it scary."
Claim: A Muslim boy attacked a Hindu girl in Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, in yet another Love Jihad incident (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-21)
Evidence (2020-12-04): The 21-year-old student was arrested on Wednesday in Uttar Pradesh, only days after the state enacted the law targeting "love jihad" – a term used by radical Hindu groups who accuse Muslim men of attempting to convert women of other faiths to Islam. [...] Critics of the BJP say religious polarization has increased since Modi swept into power in 2014. Hindu-Muslim marriages have long attracted controversy in India – but tensions have ratcheted up lately, with the concept of "love jihad" dominating headlines in recent months. In October, the popular jewelry brand Tanishq ran an advertisement featuring an interfaith couple – a Hindu woman and a Muslim man. After right-wing Indians accused them of promoting "love jihad" and trolled them heavily online, the company pulled the ad, saying it feared for the "well being" of its employees.
Claim: A Muslim boy attacked a Hindu girl in Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, in yet another Love Jihad incident (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-21)
Evidence (2023-06-27): A social media post accompanied by a video claims that a Hindu girl was attacked with a knife by a Muslim boy in Seoni, Madhya Pradesh. This is being branded as yet another incident of Love Jihad. Let’s verify the claim made in this post through this article. [...] Fact: The boy who attacked the girl is a Hindu named Sushil Yadav. Local Police clarified that there is no Love Jihad angle in this incident. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE. [...] To sum up, There is no "Love Jihad" angle in the Seoni knife attack incident.
Claim: A Muslim boy attacked a Hindu girl in Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, in yet another Love Jihad incident (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-21)
Evidence (2024-09-16): 4 states where Indian Muslims faced 'retaliatory' attacks following reports of anti-Hindu violence in Bangladesh. [...] - 15 August, 2024 (Cachar, Assam): A Muslim youth was arrested under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, after he was accosted by Hindu extremists while speaking to a Hindu girl, accusing him of involvement in ‘love jihad’. Despite video evidence of the incident, the assailants were not arrested. [...] - Other Hindu nationalist leaders, all aligned to the BJP, also continued to organise public events where local-level leaders demonised minorities by peddling common conspiracy theories—such as the ‘love jihad’ charge against Muslims, and the charge of unlawful mass conversions against Christians, and of India’s Hindu majority being at risk of demographic overhaul—and openly incited discrimination, hostility, and violence. Open calls for social and economic boycotts, as well as open calls for violence, were common and continued to be reported throughout the period under review. These events were organised by groups such as the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and the Bajrang Dal (BD), militant outfits spawned by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)* to, according to scholars, act as its armed wing, as well as lead various grassroots-level ‘everyday communalism’ campaigns that keep majoritarian attitudes and religious hostilities alive. These shock troops continued to mobilise and radicalise young men and women on a massive scale. During the period under review, we documented 16 events where participants were distributed weapons, including guns and swords, and/or trained in their use.
Claim: A Muslim boy attacked a Hindu girl in Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, in yet another Love Jihad incident (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-21)
Evidence (2023-02-14): The anti-conversion laws and the fabricated narrative based on allegations and conspiracy theory of Muslim men "luring" Hindu women into marriages to convert them have led to assaults on inter-faith couples by Hindu right wing organizations. Such laws and inaction by the state to protect them have made it very difficult for two adult individuals and citizens to marry a partner of their own choice. It especially undermines agency of women to step out of patriarchal institutions like families and exercise their choice to marry the person they want. Ironically, there is no data to prove the theory of ‘love jihad’ at state level or at centre. [...] - Two tribal men -Dhansa, 54 & Sampat Batti 60 were lynched by 10 to 15 people on the suspicion of cow slaughter and another man Brajesh, who intervene to save them, was gravely beaten up in Simaria village of Madhya Pradesh’s Seoni district around 3.00 am in early May. The Congress, opposition party in MP alleged that accused were associated with Bajrang Dal. The National Human Rights Commission took action in the case after a complaint by a rights activist. Special Investigation Team (SIT) was constituted to probe the entire incident. Seoni district police superintendent Kumar Prateek was removed from the tribal-dominated district and as was the entire staff of Kurai police station and Badalpur police chowki of the same district. Police arrested 9 (Mohan, 2022).
Claim: A Muslim boy attacked a Hindu girl in Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, in yet another Love Jihad incident (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-21)
Evidence (2019-05-27): Madhya Pradesh: Muslims beaten by cow protection vigilantes On May 24, a group of five cow protection vigilantes in Seoni district allegedly attacked three Muslims – two men and a woman – on the suspicion that they were carrying beef. A video of the incident was widely shared on social media. It shows the attackers tying the men to a tree and beating them up, after which they untied the men, thrashed one of them with a stick and forced him to hit the woman with a slipper while chanting "Jai Shri Ram". The police in Seoni arrested the five self-proclaimed cow vigilantes, and one of them has been identified as Shubham Baghel, the leader of a right-wing outfit called Ram Sena. But the police also arrested the three assault victims for alleged possession of beef, which is illegal in Madhya Pradesh. The samples of the meat have been sent for laboratory testing.
Claim: A Muslim boy attacked a Hindu girl in Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, in yet another Love Jihad incident (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-21)
Evidence (2010-03-14): Yet another is a former student of a South Delhi school, the police said. The arrested associate has been identified as Parveen Kumar (28). [...] Khan, to his Allah." Balaji later announced: "I am proud of what my boys have done. We had to retaliate and we did. If it was not for us, no one would have controlled the Muslims." He has since made more inflammatory statements regarding Muslims, and reiterated his desire for Hindus to unite across linguistic barriers and to see "a Hindustan for Hindus" and to "bring Islam in this country down to its knees". [...] - Yet another life sacrificed at the altar of love (27 Nov)