Beware the internet, because it can lead you to inappropriate sex. That's an old meme, but it received a new twist in South Asia this year, as Indian Hindus and Christians worry about losing believers to Islam. One means for such conversions: computer-mediated romance, according to a group of clerics.
the Kerala Catholic Bishops Council has issued "love jihad" guidelines, calling on parents and schools to monitor children's activities and discourage them from using mobile phones or spend long hours on the Internet. "Bringing up children the spiritual way is the best means to fight the love jihad," said the Christian group.
The use of the awesome term "love jihad" nearly summons up the e-Qaeda meme, creating quite a mix.
It gets even better when one source exhorts us to, ah, "probe the 'unseen forces" behind "Love Jihad'".
(thanks to Argus-eyed Charles Cameron)
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