A commission report on issues faced by the Christian community in Kerala has reignited debate over minority rights and allegations of forced religious conversions, following remarks by retired Chief Justice of the Patna High Court, Justice JB Koshy.
The 357-page report, approved by the Kerala government on 26 February 2026, has highlighted the need to ensure that minority benefits for Christians are aligned with their population share. The findings and recommendations were discussed by Justice Koshy in an interaction with The New Indian Express (Kerala edition), where he outlined concerns affecting the Christian community and called for a broader understanding of minority status beyond its perceived association with Muslims.
During the discussion, Justice Koshy addressed the long-standing concern within sections of the Christian community over Love Jihad where Muslim men systematically target and convert Christian and Hindu women through relationships and marriage.
Responding to a question on whether such fears were real, Justice Koshy stated, “Yes, there is a lot of fear about it, and rightly so. There is a practice of converting good girls into Muslims. Even while they are still studying, they are taken to homes and indoctrinated. When I was a judge, such cases came before me. When they came, the girls were nowhere to be found. Habeas corpus petitions would be filed. No matter how much we searched, after one or two years, when the girl was finally brought to court, by that time she had already been fully converted into a Muslim.”
He further elaborated on specific instances he claimed to have encountered during his judicial tenure, “One case, a single daughter of a family, she was very beautiful and well-mannered. She fell in love with A Muslim man. While she was going to school, he would take her to boutiques under the pretext of fashion designing or something. Eventually, she became pregnant, a marriage was hurriedly arranged but she had not converted yet. Then, after the marriage, he initially said, ‘I won’t bring her into my house, no problem, you go wherever you want.’ But slowly, after some time, a child was born, and the child was not baptised. Eventually, the whole family became a Muslim family. The parents were helpless – the entire family of the girl who married into the Muslim side had socially excluded them. I have practically seen many such cases. When I was a judge, many such cases came before me.”
Justice Koshy also cited another case involving a woman from the Hindu community, “One case was of a Namboodiri girl, even while she was studying, they took her to their homes. During that time, she would observe fasts (Ramzan). When her family members asked about it, she would say, ‘It’s just a fast, no problem, I don’t need to eat.’ Gradually, she stopped being seen. After one or two years, a habeas corpus petition came. When she was brought to court, she said, ‘I belong to the Muslim community, I have Muslim faith.’ But the marriage had already taken place.”
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