What TP Senkumar said was factually correct:
Now, factually speaking, the first statement seems logically correct. If 27 per cent of the population is producing 42 per cent of the babies, then sooner or later that group will grow, and demography will change in its favour, especially in a democracy. There is precedent: take the Arab nation of Lebanon. In their last census in 1932, the ratio of Christians to Muslims was 51:49; with higher Muslim fertility and Christian emigration, the 2014 ratio was roughly 40:60. Yes, demographics can change in a few decades. Demography is history.
The second statement that the alleged “love jihad” exists in Kerala merely repeats an official response tabled in the Kerala Assembly in September 2012 by the then chief minister Oommen Chandy that in 2009-2012, 2,667 women converted to Islam (of which 2,195 were Hindus and 492 were Christians), 79 women to Christianity and two to Hinduism.
But it seems as if the whole world over, the truth is no defense: if you utter a word even remotely critical of Islam or Muslims, you will be liable to vilification, ostracism, and in some cases even criminal prosecution. Has the whole world adopted Sharia blasphemy laws?
“Former Kerala Police Chief TP Senkumar Booked Over Communal Comments,” by Neethu Reghukumar, News18, July 15, 2017 (thanks to Kerala):
Thiruvananthapuram: Former Kerala Police chief TP Senkumar was booked under non-bailable section of the IPC on Friday for allegedly spreading religious hatred through comments made during an interview to a magazine.
In the interview to Samakaalika Malayalam, Senkumar had said that the “rising” birthrate among Muslims in Kerala would alter the state’s demographics and had questioned the rising cases of “love jihad”.
The cyber wing of Crime Branch booked the former director general of police (DGP) under IPC 153(A).
According to police, the case was registered after seeking legal opinion from the Director General of Prosecutions, C Sreedharan Nair.
Police had received eight complaints that accused Senkumar of communal polarisation. DGP Loknath Behra had directed Crime Branch ADGP Nitin Aggarwal to conduct the investigation.
A case has also been registered against the magazine for publishing the controversial interview.
The police will be recording the statements of Senkumar and the magazine reporter.
Senkumar has refuted the allegations against him, claiming his comments had been misreported.
While the BJP and Sangh Parivar outfits backed him, the Left parties and the Muslim League hit out against Senkumar, accusing him of propagating the “saffron agenda”….