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Chaangur Baba Conversions: Why Constitution Must Rethink Religious Proselytisation
If the 1981 mass conversions of Dalit Hindus in Meenakshipuram, Tamil Nadu—where as many as 300 people converted to Islam in a single day—shocked the Hindu conscience and catalysed the Ayodhya movement, the recent conversions of indigent Hindu girls to Islam by Chhangur Baba aka Jalaludin, with the ultimate aim of marrying them off to Pakistani ISI agents in return for monetary allurements, have revived the debate on proselytisation. He reportedly has a rate card offering the highest inducement of Rs 16 lakh for Brahmins, and investigation agencies have uncovered evidence of his active links with banks in Islamic nations, chiefly Saudi Arabia.
