Sreenivasan Jain, Mariyam Alavi, Supriya Sharma on debunking jihad fictions, backlash

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The manufactured narratives of “love jihad”, forced conversion, and Muslim appeasement have plagued many lives in India. But is there truth to these claims, or are they fictions spun in service of those in power?

Journalists Mariyam Alvi, Sreenivasan Jain, and Supriya Sharma probe these questions by analysing data and rhetoric in their book Love Jihad and Other Fictions.    

In a conversation with Newslaundry’s Manisha Pande, the three journalists talk about the motivations behind putting together data-backed rebuttals, their process, and backlash on social media.    

Sreenivasan says it is “overwhelming”, and that after the book release, the “right-wing has got fully triggered” and his X timeline is “flooded with look at this, look at that”.
 
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