I was reading through some websites and articles the other day, I knew of hindus being discriminated against in Pakistan and Bangladesh by the majority muslims, but I was totally shocked to hear how bad things are and of some of the stuff that happens.. and so regularly.
http://www.hinduhumanrights.org/Pakistan/cases.htmhttp://www.hinduhumanrights.org/Pakistan/pakistan.htmWomen are kidnapped raped and men are tortured, they are forced to convert to Islam or be killed, the first link above about a woman that was abducted makes you sick! When Pakistan was formed, the Hindu population made up about 20%, today it makes up just 2%. So where did they all go? They have been driven out or converted by force and rape.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3039486.stmCommunity leaders allege that the women who are abducted are forced to convert to Islam and marry their captors.
Further articles go on about the plight of Hindus in Pakistan:
http://www.kashmiri-pandit.org/elibrary/ar...inpakistan.htmlhttp://www.hvk.org/articles/0504/78.htmlThousands are killed in mass ethnic cleansing, today they are not given the same rights and temples and gurudwaras are taken down.
http://www.hindunet.org/alt_hindu_home/1994/msg00365.htmlhttp://voi.org/books/htemples1/Afghanistan was probably the worst example where they tore down Buddhist statues in the name of Islam, HUNDEREDS of hindu temples have been torn down in Pakistan and are still being demolished... the voice of the Hindus is kept silent, yet one Babri Mosque goes down in India and Muslims label Hindus as facist, fundamentalists. Going back centuries the same thing happened when the moguls invaded, after all most muslims in Pakistan/Bangladesh were originally Hindus that were converted.
The slaughter of millions of Hindus in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh):
http://www.hindunet.org/hindu_history/mode...ndu_bangla.htmlhttp://www.hinduhumanrights.org/Bangladesh/bangladesh.htmIts so disgusting to hear that the pakistani army specifically targeted hindus and 2.5 million, YES 2.5 MILLION, went missing, the website quotes:
"Field reports to the U.S. Government, countless eye-witness journalistic accounts, reports of International agencies such as World Bank and additional information available to the subcommittee document the reign of terror which grips East Bengal (East Pakistan). HARDEST HIT HAVE BEEN MEMBERS OF THE HINDU COMMUNITY WHO HAVE BEEN ROBBED OF THEIR LANDS AND SHOPS, SYSTEMATICALLY SLAUGHTERED, AND IN SOME PLACES, PAINTED WITH YELLOW PATCHES MARKED "H". All of this has been officially sanctioned, ordered and implemented under martial law from Islamabad. ."
The very government in Bangladesh is fundamentalist, they want to drive out the minorities and establish Islam everywhere.
Muslims in India are treated with a lot more respect than Hindus in Pakistan, you find Âprozacmuslims reaching high parlimentary positions while you won't find a single Hindu (or Sikh) allowed in a top position in Pakistan. Abdul Kalam as president in India is one example.
The weird thing is it doesn't just happen in the sub-continent, over here in the Bradford riots a few years back, the so-called "asian" mob (which was made up of almost 100% Pakistani people) targetted Indian shops (google it if u dnt believe me) as well as white shops....what i dnt understand is why? Is it because we're a different religion? Are you superior in some sort of way? (coughs).
A comparision of cricket teams gives one example, India openly allow muslims to play and be part of their cricket team, infact Azharuddin (now disgraced) was even the captain at one time, Kaif, Pathan, Z Khan are further examples from a long list. ÂprozacPakistan have just 2 Hindus in their 50 odd year cricket history to show, one barely featured in any matches and the other is Danish Kaneria, they simply aren't allowed to play or discriminated again in trials and selection at domestic level, something even Wasim Akram has mentioned, there was an uproar when a christian (Yousuf Youhana) was allowed to play but this quietened down when he showed his talents.
Is it really just the muslims that are being persecuted all the time? Or are they just the centre of attention?