The powerful and influential Syro Malabar Church has sounded the alarm of “Love Jihad” again in the communist state of Kerala and Catholic bishop Joseph Kallarangatt on Wednesday (September 8) said Muslims use love-jihad and narcotic-jihad to end the non-Muslims.
“They’ve realised that in a nation like India, taking up weapons & destroying others isn’t easy, they’re using other means. Their aim is to promote their religion & end non-Muslims. They use ‘love jihad’ & ‘narcotic jihad,” ANI quoted Pala (Kerala) Bishop Joseph Kallarangatt.
Pala (Kerala) Bishop Joseph Kallarangatt: They've realised that in a nation like India, taking up weapons & destroying others isn't easy, they're using other means. Their aim is to promote their religion & end non-Muslims. They use 'love jihad' & 'narcotic jihad'. pic.twitter.com/WM2sVmHzbx
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He added, “Jihadis, through love or other means, use women from other religions for misusing, for terrorist activities, or for economic gains. Those trying to prove that there’s no ‘love jihad’ are trying to feign ignorance. It’s not just a love marriage, it’s a war strategy.”
“There is a plan going on to forcefully bring in Muslim thoughts and all Catholics should be aware of this and be watchful,” said Kallarangatt.
The bishop also said that narcotics are being used to destroy the non-Muslims. “The narcotic jihad is the activity of spoiling the life of non-Muslims, particularly youths, by making them addicted to drugs…Various types of drugs are being used in ice-cream parlours, hotels and juice corners run by hardcore jihadis. They are using various types of drugs as a weapon to spoil non-Muslims”, bishop Joseph said.
He added, “The rave parties, which promote use of narcotics, and the drugs being seized from such events have presented this fact before us. We see a lot of people among us who lost their jobs or abandoned studies after they became drug addicts.”
However, this has not gone well with the powerful Muslim lobby in the state which forced Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to relax Covid norms so Ed could be celebrated which has ensured Kerala has the highest number of Covid infections and deaths in the country. That is why the Muslim Coordination Committee at Kottayam filed a petition demanding registering a non-bailable case for Kallarangatt remarks.
But in a strange turn of events, Congress-working president and senior legislator P T Thomas said, “Statements like these are dangerous and send wrong signals and the best thing one can do is none should do anything which will act as a fuel for creating unrest,”.
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