In a weapon worship ceremony organized by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), its leader Mukesh Vinayak claimed that if weapons are given equal reverence as religious texts, conversions and instances of ‘love jihad’ would not occur, and cows would no longer be slaughtered. He further claimed that Muslims view “jihad” as a sacred duty and engage in various forms of jihad, including “love jihad, land jihad, food jihad, and medical jihad.”