'Forced conversion': Hindu community demands release of 'kidnapped' girl

[Bl[i]tZ]

Scores of Hindus came together at the Karachi Press Club to protest against the kidnapping and forced conversion of Faryal.

KARACHI: Dozens of Hindus took out a rally and staged demonstration outside the press club in Pannu Aqil on Sunday against the alleged kidnapping and forceful conversion of Rinkle Kumari who was named Faryal.

Faryal and Naveed Ahmed Shah fell in love, eloped and went to Daharki to Mian Mohammad Aslam of Bharchoondi Sharif. However, nineteen-year-old Faryal’s father, Nand Lal, had told the Mirpur Mathelo police that she was kidnapped by Shah, who lived in Sufi Mohallah.


Mian Mohammad Aslam, the son of Pakistan Peoples Party MNA Mian Abdul Haq had said that the couple had visited him on Friday and the girl had expressed her desire to convert to Islam and marry Shah. Aslam informed the girl’s father and asked him to meet his daughter to confirm her wishes.

The couple was taken to the Dargah Aalia Qadria Bharchoondi Sharif where she had embraced Islam. Pir Mian Abdul Hayee alias Mian Shaman had solemnised the nikkah.


Mirpur Mathelo DSP Syed Abbas Shah was informed about the marriage.

Faryal’s uncle had admitted that the family was informed by Aslam about her wishes to convert to Islam but he remained adamant that she was under pressure to say so.


The protestors today, led by writers SG Bhagia and Raj Kumar Lakhwani, took to the streets from Bhelar Road and while shouting slogans against the government gathered outside the press club.

Talking to the journalists, the leaders strongly condemned what they declared an act of kidnapping and forceful conversion of Kumari, daughter of Nand Lal.


They said, “We are a peaceful community and do not have a tribal backing, therefore we are are considered to be soft targets.”


The protestors blamed that the Pirs of Bharchoondi Sharif pressurized the girl to convert to Islam and marry Shah. They said that even when she was produced in the court for recording her statement, dozens of armed men from Bharchoondi Sharif had gathered outside the courtroom, which according to them, was a pressure building tactic.

They said that hundreds of Hindu families have migrated to India, because of the crimes against them. They demanded of the government to provide protection to the hindu community to dispel the sense of deprivation and insecurity prevailing in the community.

The family accused that Aslam had backed the forceful conversion of Kumari to Islam and marriage to Shah, a supporter of the MNA.

Wearing black armbands, the protestors – members of Hindu, Christian and Sikh communities – chanted slogans against the trend of forceful conversion of young girls.


Daya Ram, Kumari’s relative, said, “We want the girl to be produced in the court again. Earlier when the court took decision in her case, they did not allow her parents to be present there.”

He added, “The girl said that she wanted to go with her parents, but the court did not decide in her favour.”

They appealed the Supreme Court of Pakistan to take suo moto notice of this incident and demanded for a fair trial.
The enraged community said that they won’t stop protesting till she is handed back to her parents.

‘Forced conversion’: Hindu community demands release of ‘kidnapped’ girl – The Express Tribune

 

[blood]

i feel on humanitarian grounds these people should be given indian citizenship , if they are interested for , they are not in large in number aswell .

 

[Bl[i]tZ]

^I agree and feel for them. They should be given political asylum after proper background checks.

 

[illusion8]

They said that hundreds of Hindu families have migrated to India, because of the crimes against them. They demanded of the government to provide protection to the hindu community to dispel the sense of deprivation and insecurity prevailing in the community.

Let us see what the GOP does about this, whether they get any long term protection from these atrocities. I think thr GOP will take some concrete steps to safeguard the hindus.

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i feel on humanitarian grounds these people should be given indian citizenship , if they are interested for , they are not in large in number aswell .

They are appealing to their government, hope the GOP takes notice, in the end if nothing comes out of it and in extreme dire straits they should think of moving out.

 

[Shivani Malhotra]

Let us see what the GOP does about this, whether they get any long term protection from these atrocities. I think thr GOP will take some concrete steps to safeguard the hindus.

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They are appealing to their government, hope the GOP takes notice, in the end if nothing comes out of it and in extreme dire straits they should think of moving out.

You can only hope but the matter of the fact is nothing gonna happen.This is not the first news of its type.It's happening since long and no one is there to listen to them.Poor people living on the grace of god.

 

[Safriz]

A simple case of love marruage where the girl falls in.love with.a muslim boy and to marry him converts to islam...and runs away as she knew her community wont accept her martiage and her conversion.
now these relatives are making big deal out of it by accusing the boy of abduction.and forced conversion.

 

[nalandapride]

Yes, government should allow them to settle in India if they want to come to India.

 

[blood]

A simple case of love marruage where the girl falls in.love with.a muslim boy and to marry him converts to islam...and runs away as she knew her community wont accept her martiage and her conversion.
now these relatives are making big deal out of it by accusing the boy of abduction.and forced conversion.

had this thing happened with a muslim girl in india you might have started your rant on hinduism .

 

[illusion8]

You can only hope but the matter of the fact is nothing gonna happen.This is not the first news of its type.It's happening since long and no one is there to listen to them.Poor people living on the grace of god.

The GOP must be given a chance, and in the event that everything fails and the targeting does not stop then there are human rights agencies and amnesty international. India cannot intervene in this as we don't have good relations but these issues can be brought up in international circles.

 

[nalandapride]

A simple case of love marruage where the girl falls in.love with.a muslim boy and to marry him converts to islam...and runs away as she knew her community wont accept her martiage and her conversion.
now these relatives are making big deal out of it by accusing the boy of abduction.and forced conversion.

I always wonder why only Hindu girls elope with Muslim boys in Pakistan and not the Muslim girls elope with a Hindu boys.

 

[Safriz]

I always wonder why only Hindu girls elope with Muslim boys in Pakistan and not the Muslim girls elope with a Hindu boys.

let me gues....
because muslims are a majority and mathematically speaking there is more probability of a hindu bumping into a muslim..as muslims are all over the place....than the other way round..
does that makr sense?

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The GOP must be given a chance, and in the event that everything fails and the targeting does not stop then there are human rights agencies and amnesty international. India cannot intervene in this as we don't have good relations but these issues can be brought up in international circles.

why would india intervene in a couples private matters?
two people loved each other and the girl changes her religion to marry her lover..
whats against human rights in this?

 

[nalandapride]

let me gues....
because muslims are a majority and mathematically speaking there is more probability of a hindu bumping into a muslim..as muslims are all over the place....than the other way round..
does that makr sense?

In your country whenever a Hindu girl is kidnapped to marry a Muslim boy. Some religious Jamat are always there to support that boy for court cases and put their pressure on judges and police to block every attempt for girl to return to their parents or even meet her parents. And once read an article where a Sindhi Policemen was saying,"We have too much pressure from Mazhabi Jamats that's why we can't let the Hindu girl even to meet her parents. The often chant slogans outside court houses."

And your logic seems like a joke because love is blind it don't see religion or majority-minority.

 

[illusion8]

let me gues....
because muslims are a majority and mathematically speaking there is more probability of a hindu bumping into a muslim..as muslims are all over the place....than the other way round..
does that makr sense?

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why would india intervene in a couples private matters?
two people loved each other and the girl changes her religion to marry her lover..
whats against human rights in this?

It's not as easy and simple as you make it sound, I don't want to go into details of how one religion can adapt methods to reduce another religions population in a country and why the Muslim population in increasing exponentially.

 

[Safriz]

if the girl doesnt want to meet parents she cant be forced...

youngsters do these sort of things all over the world.

and parents would try any excuse to force their daughter back home.
and that is understandable .. they are parents..

but in this instance they are not playing fair game and most probably manipulating facts...

forcibly sending her back to her parents will be breach of her rights..and may well ne dangerous for her safety.

 

[aakash_2410]

They should've come to India at the time of partition just like Punjabi Hindus and Sikhs but these Sindhi Hindus thought there was no animosity between Hindus and Muslims in Sindh.

This is bound to happen. If they are facing such problems there and want to come back to India then GoI should consider them allowing them in the country but if they choose to stay there, It's not India's problem.