Wordpress loop goes into infinite loop when adjust - php

Question

I am using KLEO theme for my work.
I am trying to filter posts by category when the date archive is called.
I did this by modifying the core files of the theme. However when the code is run it goes into infinite loop and definitely doesn't produce the results required.
e.g. if I go to localhost/wordpress/2014/06?category=events it should show posts on that date that are only from this category. However it goes into the infinite loop.
The modified code is here:
<?php
/**
* The template for displaying Archive pages
*
* Used to display archive-type pages if nothing more specific matches a query.
* For example, puts together date-based pages if no date.php file exists.
*
* If you'd like to further customize these archive views, you may create a
* new template file for each specific one. For example, Twenty Fourteen
* already has tag.php for Tag archives, category.php for Category archives,
* and author.php for Author archives.
*
* #link http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy
*
* #package WordPress
* #subpackage Kleo
* #since Kleo 1.0
*/
get_header(); ?>
<?php
//Specific class for post listing */
$blog_type = sq_option('blog_type','masonry');
$template_classes = $blog_type . '-listing';
if ($blog_type == 'standard' && sq_option('blog_meta_status', 1) == 1) { $template_classes .= ' with-meta'; }
add_filter('kleo_main_template_classes', create_function('$cls','$cls .=" posts-listing '.$template_classes.'"; return $cls;'));
?>
<?php get_template_part('page-parts/general-title-section'); ?>
<?php get_template_part('page-parts/general-before-wrap'); ?>
<?php if ( have_posts() ) : ?>
<?php
if ($blog_type == 'masonry') {
echo '<div class="row">'
.'<div class="grid-posts kleo-isotope masonry">';
}
?>
<?php
function the_loop($the_query){
// Start the Loop.
while ( $the_query ) : the_post();
/*
* Include the post format-specific template for the content. If you want to
* use this in a child theme, then include a file called called content-___.php
* (where ___ is the post format) and that will be used instead.
*/
if ($blog_type == 'masonry') {
get_template_part( 'page-parts/post-content-masonry');
}
else {
get_template_part( 'content', get_post_format() );
}
endwhile;
}
if( is_date() ){
if(isset($_GET["category"])){
$category_slug = trim($_GET["category"]);
$args=array('category_name = '.$category_slug.'');
$the_query = new WP_Query( $args );
$lol =$the_query->have_posts();
the_loop($lol);
}
}
else{
$the_query=have_posts();
the_loop($the_query);
}
?>
<?php
if ($blog_type == 'masonry') {
echo '</div>'
.'</div>';
}
?>
<?php
// page navigation.
kleo_pagination();
else :
// If no content, include the "No posts found" template.
get_template_part( 'content', 'none' );
endif;
?>
<?php get_template_part('page-parts/general-after-wrap'); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
Please help!!!