Kerala Imam in Kochi offers Friday prayers for Ajmal Kasab, one of the 26/11 attackers.

26/11 attacker Ajmal Kasab

A Imam in Kochi offered prayers for Ajmal Kasab among other departed souls as a part of Friday prayers at a Mosque on 23rd November 2012. Ajmal Kasab was a Pakistani terrorist involved in the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai who was captured and sentenced to death. The Imam in question is Abdul Rauf Maulavi who is a Khattiba (Friday prayer leader) at Thrikkakkara Juma Masjid in Kochi. Reportedly the Imam said at the prayer,"I pray for the Muslim brother, Ajmal Kasab who was hanged". The prayer was offered two days after the hanging of Ajmal Kasab.

Although the Imam has denied the accusation, the Mosque management body had removed him from the post. The Intelligence bureau has taken up investigation into the matter.

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Jithu Mohan Murder: Burnt alive for loving Muslim girl.

Jithu Mohan, a Hindu youth from Alappuzha was burnt alive because he loved a Muslim girl. The culprit was the girl's uncle named Wahab who was an officer in the Armed reserve police force. Jithu was reportedly taken to Wahab's house by force where he was doused in petrol and set on fire for refusing to convert to Islam. Incident was on 28th September 2012 Jithu succumbed to his injuries days after being hospitalised at Amrita hospital. He was an up and coming state level football player. Hindu organisation came out in support of the family and led protests for criminal conviction of responsible after the state police tried to cover it up as attempted suicide.

The attitude towards interfaith love marriage among Kerala Muslims is one-sided and hypocritical. They scream for civil rights if a Hindu girl wants convert to Islam and marry a Muslim boy and is opposed by her family but  themselves will only support marriages in which the outsider will convert to Islam. If not, the relation is broken up usually through intimidation and violence.