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Hindus under attack in Bangladesh, Pakistan, face annihilation

Hindus under attack in Bangladesh, Pakistan, face annihilation

Navtan Kumar
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NEW DELHI: Incidents of human rights violations against Hindus are on the rise in the People’s Republic of Bangladesh and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, where they are in a minority, but neither of the two countries nor the international community is concerned. As a result of this, the population of Hindus has declined in these two countries. Since 1947, the Hindu population in Bangladesh (former East Pakistan) has declined drastically from 31% to less than 9%, according to official government estimates. Dr Abul Barkat of Dhaka University says that Hindus will become extinct in Bangladesh in the next three decades if their population continues to decline at this rate.

In the first 11 months of 2018, 1,792 incidents of violence and discrimination targeting religious minorities took place in Bangladesh, according to Gobinda Chandra Pramanik of the Bangladesh National Hindu Mahajote, an alliance of 24 Hindu rights’ organisations. Of these, 50 took place on religious institutions and temples, while 2,734 acres were grabbed by local musclemen, according to “Hindu Human Rights Report 2019”, which covers violations of human rights of Hindus and has been prepared by Subhodeep Mukhopadhyay, Sankrant Sanu and Nithin Sridhar of the “IndiaFacts Research Group”.

The reports says that in 2017 and 2018, religious freedom conditions of Hindus continued to deteriorate in Islamic countries across the globe where they are in a minority and also in some parts of India.

Such incidents have been quite rampant in neighbouring Bangladesh, says the report. Around two years ago, the Purba Para Kali Mandir in Netrakona district of Mymensingh Division in northern Bangladesh was vandalised by people of the majority community there and four statues, Kali, Radha, Krishna and Jagai Madhai, were desecrated and broken. In a similar incident the same year, a mob desecrated idols and vandalised a temple, and went on the rampage in a Hindu neighbourhood apparently because the police stopped a tafsir mahfil (Islamic discussion) they were attending in College Para area of Alamdanga town, Chuadanga. They took out their frustration on Hindus who just happened to be nearby.

There were riots on Diwali day in Brahmanbaria in 2017, which led to the ransacking of more than 15 temples and led to the injury of 150 people. There were also attacks on the Santhal tribal community in Gopalganj. The beheading of Hindu priests and secular bloggers, abduction and conversion of Hindu girls, and forced occupation of minority owned lands also continued in the country.

A report by the Hindu American Foundation (HAF), which works for the cause of Hindus, says: “The plight of religious minorities and atheists has become increasingly precarious as there has been a marked increase in religiously motivated violence over the past few years coinciding with the rise of domestic and international Islamist terror groups. The recent escalation in violence coincides with the growing power of domestic and international extremist groups, such as Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), al-Qaeda in the Indian subcontinent (AQIS), and ISIS, among others.”

Similar is the case in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. According to human rights group South Asia Partnership-Pakistan, every year, radical men abduct and forcibly convert to Islam around 1,000 women, mostly Hindus. Around 5,000 Pakistani Hindus are forced every year to leave Pakistan for neighbouring India to escape religious persecution, according to the Pakistan Hindu Council.

For example, a Hindu Brahmin girl, Arti Kumari Sharma (19), who was a school teacher at Qasim Model School, was kidnapped at gun-point on 9 September 2017 from near her home in Pakistan’s Khairpur district in Sindh, by a Muslim lord, Ammer Wassan. She was forcibly converted to Islam, renamed as “Mahwish” and married off to a local Muslim boy called Amir Bux. She was forced into signing an affidavit claiming that she married Bux and converted to Islam out of her own free will.

In December 2018, Pakistan was labelled as a Country of Particular Concern by the US State Department for its “systematic, ongoing, [and] egregious violations of religious freedom” against its religious minorities, including Hindus, Sikhs, Christians, Ahmadiyya Muslims and Shia Muslims. In order to escape these rampant religious freedom violations, Hindus, Sikhs, Christians and Ahmaddiya Muslims have increasingly fled the country in the last several years. According to Hindu community leaders in Pakistan and NGOs in India, around 5,000 Hindus take refuge in India annually. Similarly, nearly 12,000 Pakistanis (mainly Christians) filed asylum claims in Thailand, and an estimated 10,000 Ahmadiyyas have sought asylum in Germany, UK and the US.

Human rights groups such as the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) have estimated that more than 1,000 Hindu and Christian young girls are stolen from their families and forced to convert to Islam annually. Recently, a Sikh girl, Jagjit Kaur, a Hindu girl, Renuka Kumari, and a Christian girl, Faiza Mukhtar, were kidnapped and forcibly converted to Islam within weeks of each other.

The Hindu American Foundation, as part of the “Human Rights in South Asia” hearing recently submitted written testimony to the US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and Non-proliferation. Co-authored by HAF managing director Samir Kalra and executive director Suhag Shukla, the statement provides an overview of the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, People’s Republic of Bangladesh, as well as the current situation in the newly created Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh within India, which is a victim of cross border terrorism.

“Human rights conditions for ethnic and religious minorities continue to rapidly deteriorate in Pakistan and Bangladesh. US policymakers must more actively engage with the Governments of Pakistan and Bangladesh in safeguarding and promoting human rights, religious freedom, and secular democracy, while preventing the growth of religious extremism and militancy, and cross-border interference that is destabilizing the region,” said Kalra. “The US government should also work closely with the Government of India to counter terrorism in the region and continue to engage India as it works to restore normalcy in the newly created Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.”

In its recommendation to the international community, HAF has urged the US administration to work constructively with the Government of Bangladesh to ensure that attacks on Hindus and other minorities cease, past victims of violence are fully rehabilitated, and those responsible for attacks are brought to swift justice.

“US officials should be unequivocal in their condemnation of violence in all public statements. In addition, human rights and civil society activists should be supported. Despite its flaws, the US should support the International Crimes Tribunal as a means of achieving justice for the victims of genocide and crimes against humanity and sending a message that war criminals will be held accountable and cannot act with impunity,” says the HAF report.

https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/hindus-attack-bangladesh-pakistan-face-annihilation

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Hindus under attack in Bangladesh, Pakistan, face annihilation

Navtan Kumar
  • Published
  • :
  • November 30, 2019,
  • 6:59 pm
  • |
  • Updated
  • :
  • November 30, 2019,
  • 6:59 PM

P2-4.jpg



NEW DELHI: Incidents of human rights violations against Hindus are on the rise in the People’s Republic of Bangladesh and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, where they are in a minority, but neither of the two countries nor the international community is concerned. As a result of this, the population of Hindus has declined in these two countries. Since 1947, the Hindu population in Bangladesh (former East Pakistan) has declined drastically from 31% to less than 9%, according to official government estimates. Dr Abul Barkat of Dhaka University says that Hindus will become extinct in Bangladesh in the next three decades if their population continues to decline at this rate.

In the first 11 months of 2018, 1,792 incidents of violence and discrimination targeting religious minorities took place in Bangladesh, according to Gobinda Chandra Pramanik of the Bangladesh National Hindu Mahajote, an alliance of 24 Hindu rights’ organisations. Of these, 50 took place on religious institutions and temples, while 2,734 acres were grabbed by local musclemen, according to “Hindu Human Rights Report 2019”, which covers violations of human rights of Hindus and has been prepared by Subhodeep Mukhopadhyay, Sankrant Sanu and Nithin Sridhar of the “IndiaFacts Research Group”.

The reports says that in 2017 and 2018, religious freedom conditions of Hindus continued to deteriorate in Islamic countries across the globe where they are in a minority and also in some parts of India.

Such incidents have been quite rampant in neighbouring Bangladesh, says the report. Around two years ago, the Purba Para Kali Mandir in Netrakona district of Mymensingh Division in northern Bangladesh was vandalised by people of the majority community there and four statues, Kali, Radha, Krishna and Jagai Madhai, were desecrated and broken. In a similar incident the same year, a mob desecrated idols and vandalised a temple, and went on the rampage in a Hindu neighbourhood apparently because the police stopped a tafsir mahfil (Islamic discussion) they were attending in College Para area of Alamdanga town, Chuadanga. They took out their frustration on Hindus who just happened to be nearby.

There were riots on Diwali day in Brahmanbaria in 2017, which led to the ransacking of more than 15 temples and led to the injury of 150 people. There were also attacks on the Santhal tribal community in Gopalganj. The beheading of Hindu priests and secular bloggers, abduction and conversion of Hindu girls, and forced occupation of minority owned lands also continued in the country.

A report by the Hindu American Foundation (HAF), which works for the cause of Hindus, says: “The plight of religious minorities and atheists has become increasingly precarious as there has been a marked increase in religiously motivated violence over the past few years coinciding with the rise of domestic and international Islamist terror groups. The recent escalation in violence coincides with the growing power of domestic and international extremist groups, such as Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), al-Qaeda in the Indian subcontinent (AQIS), and ISIS, among others.”

Similar is the case in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. According to human rights group South Asia Partnership-Pakistan, every year, radical men abduct and forcibly convert to Islam around 1,000 women, mostly Hindus. Around 5,000 Pakistani Hindus are forced every year to leave Pakistan for neighbouring India to escape religious persecution, according to the Pakistan Hindu Council.

For example, a Hindu Brahmin girl, Arti Kumari Sharma (19), who was a school teacher at Qasim Model School, was kidnapped at gun-point on 9 September 2017 from near her home in Pakistan’s Khairpur district in Sindh, by a Muslim lord, Ammer Wassan. She was forcibly converted to Islam, renamed as “Mahwish” and married off to a local Muslim boy called Amir Bux. She was forced into signing an affidavit claiming that she married Bux and converted to Islam out of her own free will.

In December 2018, Pakistan was labelled as a Country of Particular Concern by the US State Department for its “systematic, ongoing, [and] egregious violations of religious freedom” against its religious minorities, including Hindus, Sikhs, Christians, Ahmadiyya Muslims and Shia Muslims. In order to escape these rampant religious freedom violations, Hindus, Sikhs, Christians and Ahmaddiya Muslims have increasingly fled the country in the last several years. According to Hindu community leaders in Pakistan and NGOs in India, around 5,000 Hindus take refuge in India annually. Similarly, nearly 12,000 Pakistanis (mainly Christians) filed asylum claims in Thailand, and an estimated 10,000 Ahmadiyyas have sought asylum in Germany, UK and the US.

Human rights groups such as the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) have estimated that more than 1,000 Hindu and Christian young girls are stolen from their families and forced to convert to Islam annually. Recently, a Sikh girl, Jagjit Kaur, a Hindu girl, Renuka Kumari, and a Christian girl, Faiza Mukhtar, were kidnapped and forcibly converted to Islam within weeks of each other.

The Hindu American Foundation, as part of the “Human Rights in South Asia” hearing recently submitted written testimony to the US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and Non-proliferation. Co-authored by HAF managing director Samir Kalra and executive director Suhag Shukla, the statement provides an overview of the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, People’s Republic of Bangladesh, as well as the current situation in the newly created Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh within India, which is a victim of cross border terrorism.

“Human rights conditions for ethnic and religious minorities continue to rapidly deteriorate in Pakistan and Bangladesh. US policymakers must more actively engage with the Governments of Pakistan and Bangladesh in safeguarding and promoting human rights, religious freedom, and secular democracy, while preventing the growth of religious extremism and militancy, and cross-border interference that is destabilizing the region,” said Kalra. “The US government should also work closely with the Government of India to counter terrorism in the region and continue to engage India as it works to restore normalcy in the newly created Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.”

In its recommendation to the international community, HAF has urged the US administration to work constructively with the Government of Bangladesh to ensure that attacks on Hindus and other minorities cease, past victims of violence are fully rehabilitated, and those responsible for attacks are brought to swift justice.

“US officials should be unequivocal in their condemnation of violence in all public statements. In addition, human rights and civil society activists should be supported. Despite its flaws, the US should support the International Crimes Tribunal as a means of achieving justice for the victims of genocide and crimes against humanity and sending a message that war criminals will be held accountable and cannot act with impunity,” says the HAF report.

https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/hindus-attack-bangladesh-pakistan-face-annihilation

Yes they are being annihalated even though Hindu percentage in Pakistan has increased.

Sounds like this idiot was just looking for an excuse to shoehorn Pakistan into his article, yes Hindus have problems in the past but they arent being systematically wiped out like indian nationalists are praying to happen.
 
Yes there are less lynchings in Pakistan but you can't deny the fact there have been forcible conversions in the current land of Pakistan not only since its birth in 1947 but since the invasions. These are facts which are documented.
Where is your proof?
 
what this indian writer has to say on below or is he like majority shameless indians who love to point out neighbors when their own house is like hell:lol::lol::lol:

996% rise in Indians seeking political asylum in past 10 years
These are Indians who have requested other countries to grant them political asylum on the grounds that they feel fearful to continue living in India.
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Mukesh Rawat

New Delhi
June 21, 2019
UPDATED: June 21, 2019 13:14 IST
More than 20,000 Indians sought political asylum in US since 2014

Seeking political asylum in these countries isn't surprising as they are all developed economies and have an image of being peaceful and prosperous.

But what may come as surprising to some is that Indians have also sought political asylum in countries like Yemen, Sudan, Burundi, Bosnia among others--countries which have routinely hogged headlines for war and armed unrest in recent times.

Overall, in 2018 there were 57 countries where Indians applied for political asylum.

FEW SEEK POLITICAL ASYLUM IN INDIA

UNHCR reports show that despite being the world's largest democracy, India is not a popular destination among political asylum seekers.

For example, in 2018 there were 35.03 lakh political asylum seekers in the world but only 0.34 per cent of them (11,957) sought political asylum in India.

What may come as surprising to some is that Indians have also sought political asylum in countries like Yemen, Sudan, Burundi, Bosnia among others--countries which have routinely hogged headlines for war and armed unrest in recent times.
The US, Germany and Turkey were the most favoured destinations for political asylum seekers with 7.18 lakh, 3.69 lakh and 3.11 lakh people applying to these countries respectively.

But this does not mean that no one is applying to India. When it comes to South Asia, India has the largest number of political asylum applications. In 2018, of the 11,957 political asylum seekers in India, 65 per cent (7,864) were from Afghanistan. This was followed by those from Myanmar (2,064) and Yemen (1,134).

COUNTRIES WHOSE CITIZENS HAVE SOUGHT POLITICAL ASYLUM IN INDIA


Overall, people from 40 countries sought political asylum in India fearing threat to their lives in their native countries.

On analysing data for political asylum requests related to India, we find that the number of Indians seeking political asylum abroad is 334 per cent more than the number of people from other countries seeking political asylum in India in 2018.

These political asylum requests aside, by the end of 2018 India was sheltering close to 1.95 lakh refugees.

In South Asia, Pakistan had the largest population of refugees (14.04 lakh, mostly from Afghanistan), followed by Bangladesh (9.06 lakh, mostly Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar).


WHY FEWER ASYLUM SEEKERS APPLY IN INDIA

India is not a signatory to the 1951 United Nations Conventions on the status of refugees, neither has it signed the 1967 UN protocol on the same. These two detail the rights and protection that refugees can enjoy in host countries.

Besides this, India does not have a clearly defined domestic policy on refugees nor is there any law to guide authorities on how refugees must be treated in India. Their treatment so far has been subjective and varied from case to case.

The legal hurdle aside, global data on refugees and asylum seekers show that a majority of people who are forced to leave their native country prefer to take refuge in some neighbouring country.

UNHCR report titled "Global trends: Forced displacement in 2018" states that there were 25.9 million refugees in 2018. The report says nearly four out of five (i.e. 80 per cent) refugees live in countries neighbouring their country of origin.

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When it comes to India's immediate neighborhood, Afghanistan, China (Tibet), Myanmar, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have been sources of refugees because of internal disturbances and civil war there.

India received thousands of refugees from Pakistan (at the time of Partition in 1947), Tibet (in the late 1950s and early 1960s when the Dalia Lama escaped Tibet and took shelter in India), Bangladesh (in 1970s during the Bangladesh Liberation War) and Sri Lanka (in late 1980s during the civil war).

But in recent times barring the protracted war in Afghanistan and the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar, there hasn't been any major trigger that forced large-scale displacement of people.

In the case of Afghanistan, most refugees have taken shelter in Pakistan, and in case of Rohingya Muslims, most of them are currently housed in camps set up in and around Cox's Bazaar in Bangladesh.

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

In the past few years India has seen an aggressive politicisation on the issue of providing shelter to refugees, especially Rohingya Muslims.

The Bharatiya Janata Party has been vocal in demanding repatriation of Rohingya. It has often claimed that they pose threat to national security. Other political parties, including the Congress, have shied away from being vocal on the issue and taking a clear stand.

In October last year, India deported seven Rohingya to Myanmar. Four months later, India handed over a Rohingya Muslim family of five to Myanmar.

The government's decision came despite an August 2018 United Nations report accusing the Myanmar military of "mass killings" and "rapes" of Rohingya. The report said this was done in 2017 with "genocidal intent", forcing more than 7 lakh Rohingya Muslims to flee to neighbouring Bangladesh.

Myanmar however denied the charges and termed its action as counter-insurgency measures which were taken after Muslim insurgents attacked its army.

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In regards to Indians seeking asylum abroad, the Narendra Modi government in 2018 told Parliament it believes that those who apply for asylum to a foreign government "denigrate the system in India to obtain personal gains despite the fact that India, being a democratic country, provides avenues for everyone to redress their grievances lawfully".

Way back in 2010, the then Congress-led UPA government had told Parliament that it is considering a "proposal to enact a legislation to provide for the establishment of an effective system to protect refugees and asylum seekers both before and after the grant of asylum and matters connected therewith".

The then government had said that though the matter was being considered, it hasn't taken a final view and it thus won't be possible to "indicate the time frame by which the legislation will be introduced in Parliament".

Nine years on, a law on refugees remains non-existent.

With Prime Minister Narendra Modi heading a strong majoritarian government at the Centre, it remains to be seen if India will get a clearly defined law that would govern its policy towards refugees and asylum seekers in the future.

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/sto...al-asylum-in-past-10-years-1552869-2019-06-21
 
Religions are produced by enlightened ones. Religious identities and characteristics are helpful elements for nation building. Also helpful to make common people's life easy. In this age Hindus dont need to follow a beastly culture called Hinduism. Its not a religion to begin with, just some primitive outdated cultures. They are not welcome to make a nation inside nation in BD. They are welcome to convert into suitable Abrahamic religions or most relevant religion, Islam in BD. BD Muslims, infact subcontinent Muslims are all Hindus; minus the known beastly Hindu practices. As its just relevant to geography and culture etc. So Hindus arent going extinct any way. Also Hindu women of India dont feel safe in India due to beastly Hindu rape culture. They are welcome to migrate to BD, specially Brahmin Hindu women and convert to enjoy freedom. Cheers!

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ia-woman-gang-raped-burned-to-death-hyderabad
 
Religions are produced by enlightened ones. Religious identities and characteristics are helpful elements for nation building. Also helpful to make common people's life easy. In this age Hindus dont need to follow a beastly culture called Hinduism. Its not a religion to begin with, just some primitive outdated cultures. They are not welcome to make a nation inside nation in BD. They are welcome to convert into suitable Abrahamic religions or most relevant religion, Islam in BD. BD Muslims, infact subcontinent Muslims are all Hindus; minus the known beastly Hindu practices. As its just relevant to geography and culture etc. So Hindus arent going extinct any way. Also Hindu women of India dont feel safe in India due to beastly Hindu rape culture. They are welcome to migrate to BD, specially Brahmin Hindu women and convert to enjoy freedom. Cheers!

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ia-woman-gang-raped-burned-to-death-hyderabad
I can just laugh on you.
God bless you.
Om Shanti
 
I didn't take the effort of correcting him though by writing a long post.:-)

When morons such as it posts such drivel, it remains best to ignore them. They don't get the attention which they are desperately seeking and then feel let down by society. It most probably was abused by some Hindu and the internet is where it seeks "vengeance". Why entertain it ?
 
When morons such as it posts such drivel, it remains best to ignore them. They don't get the attention which they are desperately seeking and then feel let down by society. It most probably was abused by some Hindu and the internet is where it seeks "vengeance". Why entertain it ?
There are many delusional Hindus as well who I am embarassed about. People can just say anything on social media which they won't even dare of talking about in real life.
 
I can just laugh on you.
God bless you.
Om Shanti

Hindus arent safe in Hindu lands, thats not a matter to laugh. Hindus are happy when they leave their native lands and get influenced by other improved societies. There is not a single Hindu customs thats helpful for humans performing it or the surrounding environment. The liberal values shouldnt promote such cancerous culture.
 
Hindus arent safe in Hindu lands, thats not a matter to laugh. Hindus are happy when they leave their native lands and get influenced by other improved societies. There is not a single Hindu customs thats helpful for humans performing it or the surrounding environment. The liberal values shouldnt promote such cancerous culture.
Om Shanti:-)
 

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