In UP, Relatives Thrash Woman And Shave Her Head For Marrying Outside Her Religion
Religion in its truest sense is a man-made concept. It is an institution that was brought in place so that humanity had something to believe in and have faith in when the going got tough. But in the 21st century, we’ve strayed too far from its original purpose. We live in a world, where we kill, discriminate, and hurt other humans in the name of religion. As a society, instead of ensuring that religion is fluid, we’ve ensured that we make it as rigid as possible. And punish those who dare to break these boundaries we created. Ironic isn’t it, that the purpose of religion was to shelter those who feared the unknown, and now we fear religion itself.
Recently, a 20-year-old Muslim woman was thrashed by her relatives and then they shaved her head and paraded her through the streets of her village – all of this for marrying a Hindu man. The case against eight of the relatives was registered in the Fatehpur Kotwal police station. According to the Station House Officer, Sanjay Maurya, three of eight have been arrested so far. I mean, religion is paramount, even if humanity is not, clearly.
According to the police and their investigation, the Muslim girl was an orphan who lived with her grandmother. She had an ongoing relationship with the 28-year-old Hindu man who is a laborer and used to stay alone. After being together for a long time, they decided to get married in a temple on Monday.
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When the woman’s relatives heard about the marriage, they forcibly took her from her husband’s house when he was away. The police revealed that their intention was to punish her for marrying outside her religion. Avdhesh Singh, Superintendent of Police, also revealed how the woman disclosed her uncle and other relatives’ names in the complaint.
Even after being brutally beaten by her relatives, she didn’t shy away from speaking the truth and filing a complaint against her own family. We need to stop taking such actions by our family members so casually. It’s high time we normalize interfaith marriage and choosing to marry outside of our religion.
These so-called protectors of religion need to realize that love is in the end love and not a threat to religion. And if a sacred marital bond is enough to disrupt your faith in religion that you feel threatened by it, then maybe your faith is not strong enough. Then maybe the problem is not in the relationship between the two lovers but in between you and your religion.
