Pakistani Hindus angered by 'forced conversions'
11 years, 1 month ago

Pakistani Hindus angered by 'forced conversions'

India TV News  

Pakistani Hindus angered by 'forced conversions' Karachi: Pakistan's Hindu minority is angered by “forced conversions”, with leaders of the community saying girls as young as six years were being pressured to change their religion.“Can you accept your daughters being forcibly married Karachi: Pakistan's Hindu minority is angered by “forced conversions”, with leaders of the community saying girls as young as six years were being pressured to change their religion. “Can you accept your daughters being forcibly married to Hindu men?” said Raj Kumar, whose niece Rinkle Kumari was allegedly forced to convert and marry a Muslim man in 2012.Rinkle's case made headlines and was even taken up by the Supreme Court.Speaking at a seminar at the Karachi Press Club yesterday on the theme “Hindus in Pakistan - issues and solutions”, Kumar called six-year-old Jumna on to the stage and said she and her 10-year-old sister Pooja would have been forced to change their religion if the media had not raised their case.“What do children as young as Jumna and Pooja know about Islam and their own religion, for that matter, that they'd want to convert? This is the height of injustice,” Kumar was quoted as saying by the influential Dawn daily.

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Op India  

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India Today  

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Op India  

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The Hindu  

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News 18  

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Live Mint  

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News 18  

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2 years, 2 months ago

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Firstpost  

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2 years, 2 months ago

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Al Jazeera  

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Op India  

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Firstpost  

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Firstpost  

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Al Jazeera  

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Op India  

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3 years, 4 months ago

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Op India  

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3 years, 8 months ago

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Op India  

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3 years, 8 months ago

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Op India  

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3 years, 8 months ago

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Op India  

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3 years, 9 months ago

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India Today  

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3 years, 9 months ago

Pakistani netizens say minor Christian girl raped for refusing to convert to Islam; authorities deny claim

India TV News  

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Pakistan: Minor Hindu girl forcibly converted to Islam while being raped
3 years, 10 months ago

Pakistan: Minor Hindu girl forcibly converted to Islam while being raped

Op India  

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Viral video shows Pakistani Hindu girl kidnapped and forcibly converted to Islam crying for help
3 years, 10 months ago

Viral video shows Pakistani Hindu girl kidnapped and forcibly converted to Islam crying for help

Op India  

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Pakistan: Another Hindu girl abducted, converted to Islam and married off
3 years, 11 months ago

Pakistan: Another Hindu girl abducted, converted to Islam and married off

Op India  

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1000 girls forcefully converted to Islam every year in Pakistan
4 years, 3 months ago

1000 girls forcefully converted to Islam every year in Pakistan

Op India  

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4 years, 3 months ago

Muslim Man Converts Before Marrying a Hindu, Couple Under Haryana Police Protection

News 18  

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Muslim man molests a Hindu girl for refusing to convert to Islam and marry
4 years, 3 months ago

Muslim man molests a Hindu girl for refusing to convert to Islam and marry

Op India  

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Indian law never defined “marriage”: Here is why govt needs to be involved in inter-faith “marriage”
4 years, 4 months ago

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Op India  

Are you against inter-faith marriage? When you ask me a question about marriage, the underlying assumption is that there is a single, precise definition of the word “marriage.” The problem is that the word marriage is not defined anywhere in Indian law. Read, for instance, these words from the Supreme Court of India in Jan 2019: “We conclude that the …

Pakistan: Hindu homes set on fire to force them to convert to Islam
4 years, 4 months ago

Pakistan: Hindu homes set on fire to force them to convert to Islam

Op India  

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Hindus in Pakistan are accepting Islam so that they can survive in the country
4 years, 7 months ago

Hindus in Pakistan are accepting Islam so that they can survive in the country

Op India  

Pakistani Hindus are known to be one the most badly persecuted minority community in the world. There have been regular reports about how young Hindu girls are kidnapped and married off to their abductors in Pakistan. Now a report in the New York Times has shown how the poor Hindus of Pakistan are left with no choice but to accept …

Pakistan: Hindu couple forcibly converted to Islam in Sindh
4 years, 10 months ago

Pakistan: Hindu couple forcibly converted to Islam in Sindh

Op India  

On Friday, a Hindu couple was forcibly converted to Islam at a mosque in the city of Nawabshah in the Sindh district of Pakistan, reported ANI. Hindu family threatened in Karachi This is not the first time that such an incident has come to light. Last month, a Hindu family in Karachi was attacked, amidst coronavirus lockdown, in Pakistan for …

Two minor Hindu girls abducted by brother of a politician in Pakistan
4 years, 11 months ago

Two minor Hindu girls abducted by brother of a politician in Pakistan

Op India  

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Muslim man forcibly converts Hindu woman to Islam and marries her
5 years, 1 month ago

Muslim man forcibly converts Hindu woman to Islam and marries her

Op India  

A Hindu woman in Shimla has accused a Muslim man of converting her under duress and forcibly marrying her. The woman was allegedly held captive by the Muslim man named Shami in Delhi but she somehow managed to evade her captivity and reached Shimla on February 7. The woman then filed a complaint at the DC office in Shimla alleging …

Pakistani clerics demand death penalty for minor girl for renouncing Islam
5 years, 1 month ago

Pakistani clerics demand death penalty for minor girl for renouncing Islam

Op India  

Radical Islamists and clerics in Pakistan have demanded the beheading of a Hindu minor girl named Mehak Kumari, who was abducted, converted to Islam and forcibly married to a Muslim man, for leaving Islam. They said: “Pakistani law doesn’t give the voting right to a minor, they can’t get a driving license, then how could it accept a minor’s statement …

Forced marriage of minor girl valid as she had her 1st period: Pakistan Court
5 years, 1 month ago

Forced marriage of minor girl valid as she had her 1st period: Pakistan Court

Op India  

In Pakistan, the Sindh court dismissed a petition to overturn a forced marriage and conversion of Huma Younus, a 14-year-old Christian girl from Karachi. The court stated that the marriage to her captor, Abdul Jabbar is valid under Islamic law since a girl can marry after she has had her first period. Huma’s parents have been saying that the marriage …

Pak Hindu girl abducted from wedding venue, forcibly converted to Islam and married to Muslim man
5 years, 1 month ago

Pak Hindu girl abducted from wedding venue, forcibly converted to Islam and married to Muslim man

India TV News  

A 24-year-old Hindu girl was allegedly abducted by armed assailants from her wedding venue in Pakistan's Sindh province and forcefully converted to Islam before being married off to a Muslim man, community members said, in the latest such incident in the country. The All Pakistan Hindu Council on Sunday said Bharti Bai was abducted from her wedding ceremony last week …

Another Hindu girl allegedly kidnapped, forcibly converted in Pakistan
5 years, 2 months ago

Another Hindu girl allegedly kidnapped, forcibly converted in Pakistan

India Today  

Cases of forced conversions of young Hindu girls continue to surface from Pakistan's Sindh province, raising serious challenges for the Imran Khan government over its tall claims of security and safety of minorities in the country. I accepted Islam at Dargah Amrot Sharif and have married Raza there also," said Arok Kumari aka Aliza. Before Kumari released the video, the …

Pakistan forms parliamentary committee to prevent forced conversions of minorities
5 years, 4 months ago

Pakistan forms parliamentary committee to prevent forced conversions of minorities

India Today  

A 22-member parliamentary committee has been formed in Pakistan to work on a legislation to prevent the forced conversions and protect the rights of minorities in the conservative Muslim-majority country, according to a media report on Saturday. Religious Affairs Minister Noorul Haq Qadri, Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari and Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan are part …

Christian girl forced to convert to Islam in Pakistan
5 years, 6 months ago

Christian girl forced to convert to Islam in Pakistan

India Today  

In the third incident of conversion of girls from minority communities in over a week, a 15-year-old Christian girl was allegedly forced to convert to Islam by her teacher in Pakistan's Punjab province. According to a complaint filed by the girl's father Mukhtar Masih at a police station, Faiza was taken to a seminary in the Sheikhupura city, some 50 …

Sikh girl at centre of conversion row in Pakistan all set to return to family
5 years, 6 months ago

Sikh girl at centre of conversion row in Pakistan all set to return to family

Hindustan Times  

Jagjit Kaur, a Sikh girl who was allegedly abducted and converted to Islam before being married to a Muslim man in Pakistan, will now be allowed to rejoin her family after an agreement was reached between the teenager and that of her supposed husband on Tuesday. Governor of the Punjab province, Mohammad Sarwar, tweeted a video message with both families …

Sikh Pakistani girl allegedly forced to convert to Islam not produced in court by police due to 'serious security issues'
5 years, 6 months ago

Sikh Pakistani girl allegedly forced to convert to Islam not produced in court by police due to 'serious security issues'

Firstpost  

The teenage Sikh girl, who was allegedly abducted and converted to Islam before marriage, could not be produced before a special judicial magistrate due to security issues, according to a court official. Lahore: The teenage Sikh girl, who was allegedly abducted and converted to Islam before being married to a Muslim man in Pakistan’s Punjab province, could not be produced …

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