Two Muslim girl classmates introduce their two Hindu friends to a Muslim youth, Wasim. Wasim befriends them then threatens and coerces them to accept Islam
Alwar, Rajasthan, India 
28 February, 2024
Case Summary
Two college sisters in Alwar, Rajasthan, faced pressure to convert to Islam from their roommates, Kajal and Sakina, who also pushed them to befriend a boy named Wasim for money. Fed up, the sisters lodged a complaint on February 27, 2024, leading to the arrest of the three accused. Police continued investigating for any involvement of a conversion gang. The sisters stated that they were threatened and coerced to convert, including threats of harm. The police took statements and launched a probe into the matter.
Why it is Hate Crime ?
Harassment covers a wide range of behaviours of an offensive nature. It is commonly understood as behaviour that demeans, humiliates, and intimidates a person, including threats and coercion. Harassment and threats in this case find their root on discriminatory grounds which have the effect of nullifying a person’s rights or infringing upon his freedom to exercise his right specifically owing to the victim’s religious identity. Verbal and physical threats and psychological or physical harassment are often used against Hindu victims because they choose to practice their professed religion. Religious harassment also includes forced and involuntary conversions by harassment, threats or coercion. Coercion includes intimidatory tactics like force-feeding a Hindu victim beef to convert to another religion and forceful circumcision. In several cases documented, non-Hindu perpetrators or those who harbour specific animosity towards Hinduism, harass victims simply based on their religious identity. Such cases often also include harassment in an attempt to make the Hindu victim abandon his/her professed religion and adopt the religion of the perpetrator. In this sub-category, we would include cases where the non-Hindu perpetrator harassed, threatened or coerced the victim to convert, however, the Hindu victim did not convert to another faith. Cases where the victim was converted owing to the harassment and threats would be documented in another sub-category. Such cases where Hindu victims are harassed to convert to the perpetrator’s religion are rooted in animosity towards the victim’s religious identity and are therefore documented as religiously motivated hate crimes. In this case, the two Muslim girls, at first, introduced their Hindu classmates to the Muslim youth, who, in turn, befriended them. The youth then coerced the Hindu girls to convert to Islam. The trio also threatened the Hindu girls with harm if they did not comply with their conversion demands. The details of the case reveal that from the very start, the Muslim accused had singled out the victims to convert them. The underlying motivation of predatory proselytisation itself is animosity towards the professed faith of the victim.
Victim Details
Total Victim
2
Deceased
0
Gender
- Male 0
- Female 2
- Third Gender 0
- Unknown 0
Caste
- SC/ST 0
- OBC 0
- General 0
- Unknown 2
Age Group
- Minor 0
- Adult 0
- Senior Citizen 0
- Unknown 2
Case Status
Arrested
Perpetrators Details
Perpetrators
Muslim Extremists
Perpetrators Range
From 2 To 5
Perpetrators Gender
both
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