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<\/p>\n\u2018Sanatani Mehndi\u2019 stall at Paltan Bazar<\/p>\n
S.M.A. KAZMI<\/p>\n
Dehradun, Oct 9<\/p>\n
As part of their campaign of economic boycott of Muslim artisans during the ongoing festival season, a right Hindu organization has set up a \u201c Sanatani Hindu\u201d stall at Paltan Bazar to apply \u2018Mehndi\u2019 on the hands of women and girls for \u2018Karva Chautah\u2019\u00a0 festival to be held on October 10. The banner at the stall announce \u201c Sanatani Tyohar, Sanatani ke Dwara\u201d meaning that Sanatani Hindu festival should be for Hindus.<\/p>\n
A social media post about the stall invited the women and girls to the stall where \u2018Sanatani\u2019 artisans would be applying \u2018Mehndi\u2019 so that they feel safe. The post also announced that the rates of applying \u2018Mehndi\u2019 are less than the prevailing market rates.<\/p>\n
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For past several years, right-wing Hindu groups have repeatedly called for boycotts of Muslim artisans who apply henna (mehndi) during \u2018Karva Chauth\u2019 and other Hindu festivals. These campaigns, sometimes referred to as “mehndi jihad,” are based on a conspiracy theory known as “love jihad,” which falsely alleges that Muslim men seek to convert Hindu women to Islam through romantic relationships and deception. The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), Bajrang Dal and Rashtriya Sevika Samiti jointly organised \u2018Mehndi camps\u2019 at 11 locations in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar to urge people not to allow Muslim artists to apply henna on the hands of Hindu women in 2023. At many places, members of right wing groups have been reported to check the identity of \u2018Mehndi\u2019 artists to verify their religious identity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u2018Sanatani Mehndi\u2019 stall at Paltan Bazar S.M.A. KAZMI Dehradun, Oct 9 As part of their campaign of economic boycott of Muslim artisans during the ongoing festival season, a right Hindu organization has set up a \u201c Sanatani Hindu\u201d stall at Paltan Bazar to apply \u2018Mehndi\u2019 on the hands of women and girls for \u2018Karva Chautah\u2019\u00a0 …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7406,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92,33,1284,91,56,59],"tags":[1441,3505,3165],"class_list":["post-7400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-international","category-international-political-national","category-national","category-politics","category-uttarakhand","tag-islamophobic-hate","tag-sanatani-hindu-mehndi-stall","tag-targetting-of-muslims-in-uttarakhand"],"yoast_head":"\n