Saturday, June 12, 2010

57 Pakistani Hindus convert to Islam 'under pressure'


This issue has to be taken up at an international level.
 
 
57 Pakistani Hindus convert to Islam 'under pressure'
 
 
Date: May 28, 2010
 
Amir Mir / DNA

http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report_57-pakistani-hindus-convert-to-islam-under-pressure_1388695

Over 50 Pakistani Hindus have converted to Islam in the Sialkot district
of Punjab within a week (between May 14 and May 19) under pressure from
their Muslim employers in a bid to retain their jobs and survive in the
Muslim-dominated society.

As many as 35 Hindus converted to Islam on May 14, another 14 on May 17
and eight on May 19, 2010.

All the 57 Hindus who have converted belong to the Pasroor town of
Sialkot.

According to some Pakistani electronic media reports, Mangut Ram, a
close relative of some of the new converts, who lives in Sialkot, said
that these Hindus had to embrace Islam because they were under pressure
from their Muslim employers.

He said four Hindu brothers along with their families lived in the
village of Nikki Pindi. Mangut Ram said that Hans Raj, Kans Raj,
Meena/Kartar and Sardari Lal along with his nephews and sons worked at
an eatery in Karachi.

According to Mangut Ram, his co workers often used to speak against
Hindus in Karachi where his family worked. "The owner of the shop where
I worked said that after a few months of his employing me the sales
dropped drastically because people avoided purchasing and eating edibles
prepared by Hindus. Many people opposed the large presence of Hindu
employees at his shop and my boss felt pressured to change the
situation," he added.

Ram said Sardari Lal and his brother Meena/Kartar had worked at the
sweets shops for several years and made a decent living that allowed
them to support their families.

He said other Muslims employees of the nearby shops discriminated
against them and persecuted them. The shop owner was forced to think
about their future at his establishment. "That was when the two brothers
and their families decided to embrace Islam in order to keep their jobs
and be secure," he added.

Ram confirmed that 13 family members of Sardari Lal, 12 members of
Meena/ Kartar, their nephew Kans Raj's son Boota Ram along with three
adults and several children of these families embraced Islam on May 14,
2010.

He said that Sardari Lal's older brothers Hans Raj and Kans Raj remained
Hindus. Hans Raj too has said that he might consider converting to save
his job. He said that life was 'just easier if one was Muslim' and he
wouldn't be discriminated against.

Ram said that 14 Hindus of the Tapiala village had embraced Islam on May
17 because they were extremely poor and could not get jobs because no
one would employ the large Hindu family.

He said that another relative of his, Parkash, who lived in the village
of Seowal, along with his eight family members had embraced Islam in
order to save their lands.

"After embracing Islam, Parkash Ram told me that Muslim neighbours had
been mistreating him and had forced him to convert," Mangut Ram said.
 

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Religious ritual in a Bangladeshi mosque

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A Hindu being beaten by Muslims in a mosque in Bangladesh. He was captured outside the mosque while going home. After Friday prayers were over, the Muslims came out and grabbed the first Hindu they could. Mr. Vimal Patak a Bangladeshi born Hindu was beaten to death with sticks as the Muslim mullahs (priests) chanted "kill the Kafir!" (non-Muslim). With folded hands he begged for his life and died a brutal death.
 
 


 

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