Forced conversions of Pakistani Hindu girls

Forced conversions of Pakistani Hindu girls

Jinnah’s August 11 speech has been quoted time and again to assert state responsibility towards minorities’ protection. Despite this and constitutional protection to minorities, they face many types of persecution. Hindus are estimated to be around 2 percent of the Pakistan’s population. However, it is feared that the Hindu population is dwindling at an alarming rate. According to the Pakistan Hindu Council, religious persecution, especially forced conversions remain the foremost reason for migration of Hindus from Pakistan.

 recently in nawabshah sindh the hindu girl bhagwati age 10-12 year old , first she got kidnapped then 2 or 3 days after she apeard in court as muslim and wife of naemat chana , 
when she saw her father in court she couldnt stop her tears and on that she hug her father, she was crying and saying to her father that she forcily converted, 
in this age bhagwati was'nt knowing the diffrence of 'RAM RAHIM"
BAHGWATI is normal girl she don't know how peoples use religon as weapon in pakistan ,


Pakistani Hindus are losing daughters to forced marriages. These forced marriages are hidden behind sham conversions to Islam. Religious institutions are pivotal in promoting this practice and supporting the conversions of minor Hindu girls. Consent remains the foremost requirement for conversion and marriage. However, under the tenets of Islam as well as Pakistan’s law, minors cannot give informed consent and consent under coercion is void. Girls are often minors and legally lack informed consent even if they are coerced through the promise of marriage.

Why only Hindu girls are affected and interested by Islam why not boys, when we start watching story of Hindu girls who convert as Muslim after few years they had been begging or joining escort service in Pakistan,
I want to ask every politicians of Pakistan are they want Hindus should leave thier Homeland forcely,
Hundreds of only Hindu girls forcely converted, kidnapped, and raped every year in Pakistan,
Or this is the message of peaceful country PAKISTAN we sending to the world,
PPP or PLMN nawaz or bilawal they came and celebrate Holi Diwali with Hindus , but virtually may they are happy on kidnapping of Hindu girls , thier silence is enough proof,
We can Endurance everything killing, injustice, abusing, bata khori, slavery,
But we can't watch our daughters and sisters get raped by extremists, there will be end of our patience,
Only few people is behind this , they are not such as powerful but I don't know why from last 30/40 years state isn't ready to take action against them,
Religious institutions like Bharchundi Sharif and Sarhandi Pir support forced conversions and are known to have support and protection of ruling political parties of Sindh. So much so, Mian Abdul Haq alias Mian Mitha, a former legislator of Pakistan People’s Party was found involved in the case of Rinkle Kumari’s forced conversion and marriage in 2012.                            The issue of forced conversions of Hindu women to Islam, after being abducted and made to marry Muslim men, has been raised vociferously by leaders of the Hindu community. But now, it seems that the whole operation of forced conversions is taking place in a far more organised manner than had been previously thought. Hindu women are being kept in madarssas and dargahs like barchundi and sehrandi, in Sindh and then forced to wed Muslim men. a Hindu girl whose conversion has created much controversy in Sindh

 After Barchundi and Siharandi Madarsaas Dargahs now one other Madarsaa ‘GOL MASJID’ located in SUKKUR sindh  Is seen very Active in forced conversation of hindu girls Recently, abduction of a school teacher, Ameeta Kumari in Gambat ,



 one girl from Rohri Sindh  ANUSHI KUMARI by an influential feudal made rounds on social media, First day they going kidnapped and after one or two days they appeared from ‘GOL MASJID’ Madarsaa sukkur,
Muslim clerics who have converted under-age girls in the absence of their parents, often performing their marriage the same day.
One such cleric is Pir Mohammad Ayub Jan Sarhandi, who claimed to have converted many Hindus in Umerkot.
Unfortunately, in the case of forced conversions of lower caste Hindu girls, the feudal and extremist pressures hamper implementation of the laws. Forced conversion cases pertain mostly to lower caste poor Hindu families who mostly do not report and seldom pursue cases. Therefore, the reported number of forced conversions is greater than what it actually is.
There has been intense reporting of forced conversion cases throughout the media in recent times. However, policy processes lack provisions for concrete actions. Most importantly, the government of Pakistan should immediately ratify and implement the Sindh Criminal Law (Protection of Minorities) Act 2016 against forced conversions. An accountability mechanism must be established to ensure religious institutions do not become party to forced conversions. Protection should also be provided to the victims, their families, and judges presiding over the cases. Penalties should also be devised and imposed on law enforcement agencies that align with powerful feudal and political interests.

“When a girl is brought before a qazi for conversion to Islam, the qazi must comply immediately. If he delays the conversion even to say his prayers, he himself becomes kafir,” said Pir Waliullah Sarhandi, a younger brother of Pir Mohammed Ayub Jan Sarhandi. The latter, who is gaddi nashin of the Sarhandi shrine in Samaro tehsil of Umerkot district, claims to have converted thousands of Hindu girls and young women to Islam, mostly those belonging to the scheduled castes — Bheel, Meghwar and Kohli. Allegedly, this includes forced conversions, as well as conversions of underage girls eloping with Muslim men.

The most recent case to have caused a stir is that of Ravita Meghwar: her parents claim their 16-year-old daughter was abducted by men from an influential Muslim community living near their village in Tharparkar district, forcibly converted by Pir Ayub Jan in Samaro and married off to one of her kidnappers. When Ravita appeared in court in response to her parents’ petition she refuted their account, maintaining that she had gone willingly and that she wished to stay with her husband, Nawaz Ali Shah.

It is a story that is playing on repeat in Tharparkar and Umerkot, districts that are home to large communities of Hindus — Tharparkar’s Hindu population is in fact around 50 per cent — and it threatens to wreck centuries of inter-communal harmony in the area. This is a part of the country where religion has traditionally been worn lightly. Instead, cultural commonalities bind the communities. At one time there was even social acceptance of Muslim men marrying Hindu women: former Sindh chief minister Arbab Rahim’s maternal cousin is one-time MPA Ram Singh Sodho, whose mother converted to Islam after marriage. Now locals profess increasing concern that Thar too like the rest of the country is becoming polarised along religious lines.

After the hue and cry over forced conversions in Umerkot and Tharparkar districts, the Sindh Assembly passed a bill against the practice in November 2016. But before the governor could sign it into law, some religious organisations threatened widespread agitation if the government did not withdraw it. Their main objection was to the provision stipulating that the conversion of underage individuals would not be formally recognised until they reached the age of majority. The attempted legislation was mothballed. Now however, the government has announced it will review the bill again. To what end, it is difficult to predict.