Bareilly: The Dargah-e-Ala Hazrat on Wednesday issued a 'fatwa' against love jihad law meant to curb rising cases of forced religious conversions through fraudulent means.
The fatwa, which is making rounds on social media, stated that deliberate forceful conversions solely for the purpose of marriage are wrong.
National Sunni Ulama Council President Maulana Waitat Ahmad Qadri asked, "Can a Muslim boy force a non-Muslim girl to change her religion for the purpose of getting married? Does the Sharia law talks about the existence of Love Jihad?"
The fatwa issued by Darul Ifta president Mufti Musibur Rahman Rajvi states that in the light of the Quran and Sharia, that it is illegal to force someone to get their religion converted by alluring them. Rajvi extended support to the Uttar Pradesh government's love jihad ordinance draft which recently got the governor's nod.