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Tel: (718) 478-5735/(718) 271-0453
MEMORANDUM TO CONSUL GENERAL
OF PAKISTAN August
14, 2013
Consul General of Pakistan
12 East, 65th StreetNew York, New York 10021
SUB: PROTEST DEMONSTRATION IN SUPPORT OF THE
VICTIMS OF
RELIGIOUS BIGOTRY,
HATE AND INTOLERANCE
Dear Consul General:
We are submitting this
Memorandum to you to express our shock, anguish and indignation at the horrific
treatment meted out to the victims of religious bigotry, hate and intolerance ((Hindus, Sikhs, Christians and other
minority communities) in the so called
Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
It is a well known fact that Pakistan is an apartheid
State. Torture, loot, discrimination and
murder of Hindu men and rape of Hindu girls and their forcible marriage to
Muslims is going on unabated. According to Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP)
on an average around 20 to 25 Hindu girls are being abducted, converted to Islam
and forcibly married to Muslim men every month in the southern Sindh province.
Campaign of vilification and slander continues in connivance with Pakistan government against Hindus, Sikhs and Christians in order to denigrate and demonize their religion.
Blasphemy laws are used to intimidate, harass and even give life
sentences based on false accusations.
Radicalization of Pakistani society by Jihadists supported by
ISI and other
intelligence agencies goes on unchallenged by the government.
Twelve million rupees ($140,000) jizya - the medieval tax – was levied on Sikhs last year in the North West
Frontier Province of Pakistan.
Last week, the US Commission on International
Religious Freedom said that it has tracked 203 publicly-reported incidents of
sectarian violence resulting in more than 1,800 casualties, including over 700
deaths.
Muslim population in India is increasing with leaps and
bounds. It has almost doubled. However, it is a matter of regret and shame that during the same period
almost all the Hindus and Sikhs have been religiously cleansed from
Pakistan! At the time of Partition,
Hindus and Sikhs were approximately 25%, now they are less than 2%.
Hindus have been terrorized in Pakistan to such an extent that
in April-May this year, about 500 Hindus who crossed into India under the
pretense of visiting a religious festival,
refused to go back and begged government
of India to give them political asylum.
In
other words, Pakistan is a living hell for minorities: Hindus, Sikhs,
Buddhists
and Christians
Mr. Consul General you should
understand that the hate, violence, and terror are the hallmark of uncivilized
brutes. They are part and parcel of the Arabic
barbarism.
Your forefathers were Hindu before converting to Islam by
Arabs. Perhaps you may be aware of the stark
reality that Mr. Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the Father of Pakistan was the grandson
of Punjabhai Valjibhai Thakkar, a Hindu.
Religious fanaticism of the 7th
century is not compatible with the spirit of 21st century.
Hence,
it is absolutely essential that your country take immediate steps to
stop
atrocities being perpetrated on hapless minority communities.http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/forcible-conversion-of-hindugirls-on-rise-in-sindh-hrcp/article2984531.ece
Very truly yours,
Sd/ Sd/ Sd/
Narain Kataria Arish Sahani Satya
Dosapati
President Vice President Hindu Human Rights Watch
Submitted by:
Indian American Intellectuals
Forum
Vishwa Hindu Parishad of
AmericaHindu Human Rights Watch
Justice for Hindus
India Heritage Foundation, Lansing, Michigan
Human Rights Coalition against Radical Islam
Probasi of Brooklyn
