Hindu groups in India have launched intensive campaigns recently to prevent placing the "Halal" mark on food products, claiming that this mark threatens the security and safety of the people, India's economy and its secular system.

Officials from the Hindu "Janajagroti Samiti" organization organized several visits to politicians in the Indian state government of Karnataka, and presented them with memorandums asking them to support a bill presented by Hindu MP N. Ravikumar, imposing a ban on certifying halal foods in the state.

The Hindu Jana jagruti Samiti in Karnataka has demanded the implementation of the "Halal Certificate Prohibition Act", a bill that will be inducted in the next Karnataka Winter Session.

HJS handed over a memorandum to BJP national secretary CT Ravi seeking a ban on it.

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- Ahmed Khabeer Ahmed Khabeer (@AhmedKhabeer_) December 14, 2022

Representative Ravikumar proposed a bill in the state House of Representatives - on Monday - demanding that food certification be prevented from being issued by any institution other than the "Food Safety and Standards Authority of India".

According to Indian media, the law that Ravikumar will propose aims primarily to prohibit the certification of food products for Muslims with the "Halal" label, which is what Islamic institutions in India do.

Ravikumar told the Indian newspaper "The Indian Express" that the Hindu organizations plan to legislate a legal clause under the article "Food Safety and Standards", which prohibits the approval of halal foods "by unauthorized agencies," he said.

Ravikumar claimed that Islamic institutions that produce halal food do not have the authority to certify food products, and that they aim through their work to "control the market".

Hindu claims

The Hindu organization "Janajagroti Samiti" claims that the brand of halal food products has become "slowly spreading" in Indian markets, which represents "an infiltration of the beliefs of a certain religion into the secular system in India," in reference to Islam.

The organization claims that the sign that refers to food products for Muslims is building a "parallel economy that challenges local production" in Indian states, and has accused the production of halal foods of complicity in financing terrorism.

Met @JnanendraAraga Hon.

Home Minister Karnataka;

informed the implications of Halal economy & need for inquiry into funds collected through Halal certification.

Gave a memorandum demanding a ban on Halal certification & 'Anti-Love Jihad Police Force#Hindu_Jansangharsh_Morcha pic.twitter.com/4dcs1gNT7B

- Guruprasad Gowda (@Gp_hjs) December 20, 2022

The Hindu organization called for the "dismantling" of the halal food sorting system, "for the safety and security of India and its people," as she put it.

Last Saturday, Hindu officials and activists organized a sit-in in the Indian city of Bengaluru, stressing their demands to ban the issuance of halal labels on food products.

A protest was held in Bengaluru by the Hindu Janajagriti Samiti and pro-Hindu organizations demanding the ban on Halal certificates and the establishment of an anti-love jihad police force in the next winter session.

@BSBommai @JnanendraAraga should fulfill our demand immediately pic.twitter.com/dbxqEnGKYd

- 🚩Mohan gowda 🇮🇳 (@Mohan_HJS) December 17, 2022

The American Indian Islamic Council denounced the campaigns of Hindu organizations to ban halal food and boycott the shops that offer it, especially in the state of Karnataka, and the council said that the Hindus falsely claim that these products are against their economy.

Although the number of Muslims in India exceeds 200 million, among the country's population, which is estimated at one billion and 400 million people;

Muslims suffer from persecution and racial discrimination, especially since Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party came to power on May 26, 2014.