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

[Paan Singh]

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.

we are not thekedaar of every hindu or sikh present all over world
let them fight their own war and i expect from other nations to do same

 

[Bhairava]

we are not thekedaar of every hindu or sikh present all over world
let them fight their own war and i expect from other nations to do same

No paaji. The moment we agreed to Partition it became morally incumbent upon us to be the homeland of the subcontinental Hindus and Sikhs, especially those migrating from Pak and BD.

The Hindus and SIkhs who are being persecuted in Pakistan must lawfully apply for asylum in India and move at the earliest.Even if they are not saved, maybe their sons and daughters will escape the fate of being kidnapped, tortured and then made to convert to Islam or being forcefully married to someone.

 

[Bharthi]

we are not thekedaar of every hindu or sikh present all over world
let them fight their own war and i expect from other nations to do same

Bad suggestion

 

[Safriz]

No paaji. The moment we agreed to Partition it became morally incumbent upon us to be the homeland of the subcontinental Hindus and Sikhs, especially those migrating from Pak and BD.

The Hindus and SIkhs who are being persecuted in Pakistan must lawfully apply for asylum in India and move at the earliest.Even if they are not saved, maybe their sons and daughters will escape the fate of being kidnapped, tortured and then made to convert to Islam or being forcefully married to someone.

this is the most bigotted comment of the thread..

i wonder why india claims to be a secular state.

 

[Bang Galore]

this is the most bigotted comment of the thread..

i wonder why india claims to be a secular state.

That's a silly misreading, the Indian state is secular, individuals are for the most part, not. The state subscribes to no particular religions, individuals for the most part, do.

 

[illusion8]

this is the most bigotted comment of the thread..

i wonder why india claims to be a secular state.

but what does secularity have to do with that?, kindly explain.

 

[Bhairava]

this is the most bigotted comment of the thread..

i wonder why india claims to be a secular state.

Can you explain what was not-so-secular/bigoted in that comment..

Pakistan was created as a homeland for Muslims and conversely India was supposed to accomodate the subcontinental Hindus and Sikhs. Even though we did not go ahead and formally declared ourselves as a Hindu state and accepted the Muslims staying back as equal citizens of Republic of India, we also had the moral responisibility of sheltering the persecuted Hindus and Sikhs in Pak/BD .

Is it so hard to understand ?

 

[Bl[i]tZ]

Safrij, if they are only love married then why are minorities seeking political asylum in India.

Al jazeera reports

Dawn reports

QUETTA: Over two dozen Hindu families have approached the Indian High Commission in Islamabad for visa and political asylum in India

Hindu families seeking asylum in India | Pakistan | DAWN.COM

 

[DelhiDareDevil]

Had a talk at a university of forced conversion to Islam.

This is prolific not only in Pakistan and India, but in UK as well. Look at the news of Pakistani or Muslim men grooming young white girls as well.

 

[Safriz]

Safrij, if they are only love married then why are minorities seeking political asylum in India.

Al jazeera reports

Dawn reports


Hindu families seeking asylum in India | Pakistan | DAWN.COM

i thought you would know the answer..
but you dont..

ever wondered why tjere is is a sudden surge in minorities asking indian asylum?
althogh they been living in pakistan since 1947:

economy is the keyword to ponder...not human rights.

 

[lem34]

I think these incidents are sad whatever the truth maybe. Pakistan govnt must afford protection to all Pakistanis immaterial of what religion. It must be a duty of law enforcement to establish if there is any truth in these allegations of kidnap and forced marriages and the perpetrators treated harshly if allegations are proven.

However if it is just a love story then the couple must also be afforded protection

 

[illusion8]

Had a talk at a university of forced conversion to Islam.

This is prolific not only in Pakistan and India, but in UK as well. Look at the news of Pakistani or Muslim men grooming young white girls as well.

Any quantifiable numbers and how are they fighting it?

 

[lem34]

Any quantifiable numbers and how are they fighting it?

its nothing to do with forcible conversion to Islam. its just a few bad individuals who happen to be of Pakistani origin. They along with others groom girls for prostitution. They do not convert them to Islam. Shame on Dehli whatisname for trying to equate the two

You have twisted a serious thread which deals with an abhorrent actions of some individuals into a Pakistani or Muslim issue

 

[Birbal]

CJ urged to help recover

KARACHI, March 4: An alliance of minority parties on Sunday appealed to Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry to take a suo motu notice of the kidnapping of a Hindu girl and order her immediate return to her parents to restore the waning sense of security in the minorities.

Speaking at a protest demonstration staged outside the Karachi Press Club, Pakistan Minority Leaders Alliance representatives said they would launch a protest movement and stage a sit-in on March 10 if the authorities failed to recover the girl, Rinkle Kumari.

According to an uncle of the girl, Raj Kumar, she was kidnapped from her house in Mirpur Mathelo over a week ago and forced to marry Naveed Shah and change her religion. He alleged that the case was heard by a civil judge in Ghotki, but he did not allow her relatives to enter the courtroom while giving a verdict in favour of the ‘kidnapper’, Mr Shah.

Speaking on the occasion, Jeay Sindh Mahaz chief Riaz Chandio expressed solidarity with the minority community members and demanded arrest of and punishment to culprits involved in her kidnapping.

He said those belonging to religious minority groups, including Hindus, Christians and Sikhs, were sons of the soil. They should not feel threatened by such acts, as all Sindhis were one and that they were equal citizens and had equal rights, he said.

He said it was unfortunate that the girl was given in police custody instead of being sent to Darul Aman.

Mr Chandio announced that if “the daughter of Sindh” was not rescued and returned and culprits were not arrested soon and punished according to law, a province-wide sit-it would be staged on Saturday.

Manohar Lal, Muttahida Qaumi Movement lawmaker in the national assembly, condemned the kidnapping and forced conversion of a young girl. He urged the president to take notice of the incident.

He said Islam guaranteed protection to minorities, but such people were giving a bad name to the religion. With such incidents, a sense of insecurity was growing in the community, he said. Earlier their sons were kidnapped for ransom, but now their daughters were being kidnapped and forcibly converted, he remarked.

Jeay Sindh Taraqi Pasand Party leader Gulzar Soomro said that forced conversions were a conspiracy against Islam, which preaches love and peace and opposes use of force. He said the culprits were agents of the establishment that wanted to divide the Sindhis.

“Our patience should not be mistaken as our weakness,” he warned, seeking her immediate recovery.

A Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leader and former lawmaker, Michael Javed, said the Quaid-i-Azam had said that the minorities would be equal citizens in Pakistan, but over the years the Quaid’s message was being forgotten.

Amar Lal, a community leader, said he and the girl’s uncle had met US consulate general staff a few days back and political counsellor Junaid J. Muneer had assured him that the issue would be taken up with the authorities concerned. He said he had also received a call from a former political counsellor of the US embassy in Islamabad, L.K. Robinson, who was currently in Washington. He told him that he would take up the issue with human rights organisations there.

Mahesh Singh, Mangla Sharma, Ramesh Kumar, Vijay Kumar and others also spoke.

Raj Kumar, the girl’s uncle, earlier informed the gathering that on Feb 24, a few armed men barged into her home in Mirpur Mathelo and kidnapped her at gunpoint.

He said a case was filed in a Ghotki court where he said she gave a statement about the threats she had received to convert and marry Naveed Shah or she and her entire family would be killed. He quoted her as saying in the court that she wanted to return and live with her parents.

He also alleged that the judge, in the presence of gunmen in the court, sent her to police custody rather than to her parents’ home or to a shelter home. The next hearing was scheduled to be held at 11am on Feb 27, but the case was heard at 8.15am and the girl’s family was not allowed to enter the courtroom, he said, adding that the judge then gave a verdict in favour of Mr Shah.

Mr Kumar urged the chief justice to take a suo motu notice of the issue and order her safe return to her parents.

Earlier, the participants in the demonstration chanted slogans such as ‘we want justice’ and ‘Rinkle be rescued’.

She's been with them for several days now. By sending her back with Mr Shah, the judge must have caused her to get raped in the few days since then.

 

[Rig Vedic]

The girl must be released into the custody of a secular human rights organization, and be allowed to discuss matters freely with her relatives.

Then she will be able to say, without any pressure, what she wants.