SAVE 500 PAK-HINDU PILGRIMS
SEEKING REFUGE IN INDIA –
APPEALS INDIAN
AMERICAN INTELLECTUALS FORUM TO U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL
Indian
American Intellectuals Forum
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Excellency Ban Ki-moon
Secretary GeneralUnited Nations Organization May 6, 2013
New York, NY 10017
Sub: Suppression of Religious Freedom & Human Rights in
Pakistan
Ref: Save 500
Pak-Hindu Pilgrims seeking refuge in India.
Pak-Contribution to Instability:
Your Excellency
in a nutshell here is what during her entire life Pakistan has contributed to
the world peace: 1) In association with People’s Republic of China (PRC)
occupied half of India’s J&K State; 2) engaged in three unprovoked wars
against India; 3) set up 25,000 Madrassas for building an army of Mujahideen,
terrorists and infrastructure for global Islamic terrorism; 4) built and
provided homes to multiple contingents of Taliban for occupying Afghanistan and
enslaving women; 5) provided home, protection and training grounds to Al Qaeda;
6) Hid Osama bin Laden from the United States and the free world for over a
decade; 7) continued providing protection to Al Qaeda High Command in Pakistan
to conduct and inspire Islamic Terrorist explosions in various parts of the
world; 8) handed over physical control of the J&K territories (Gilgit &
Baltistan) to PRC in return for her support against India; 9) Expelled,
converted and/or murdered 29% out of 30% of her non-Muslim ethnic minorities
for making Pakistan a perfect Wahabi Islamic State like Saudi Arabia; 10)
Conducted total ethnic cleansing of Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Christians, Jains
and others from Pak Occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Indian ruled Kashmir Valley.
Indian Govt. & Pak-Refugees:
Scores of State
& Federal Ministers of India have been the people who were bona fide
citizens of the undivided India but they escaped from the newly formed Islamic
state in time thereby saving themselves from the Islamic tyranny of Pakistan.
The recent notables amongst them are Dr. Man Mohan Singh (the present Prime
Minister of India) Lal Krishan Advani (Ex-Deputy Prime Minister of India) and the
late Inder Kumar Gujral (Ex-Prime Minister of India). Like these personalities
enjoying high visibility and power the 500 odd pilgrims from Pakistan now
seeking refuge in India also enjoyed equal citizenship rights in the
territories of the undivided India. “Their forefathers obviously were unable to
escape the murderous stranglehold of Pakistan, as the Islamic fanatics had made
the entire landmass of the undivided India under their control, as a “slaughterhouse” of ethnic minorities”.
Being Hindu A curse In Pak:
As long as the
religious complexion of these ethnic minorities remained Hindu and Sikh,
considered to be a major curse against them, being law abiding citizens of the
newly formed Islamic State was not enough. Accordingly they were subjected to
the worst form of suppression, oppression and extreme degrees of discrimination
primarily because of their religious orientation.
Imposition of Sharia on Hindus:
In Pakistan,
Sharia is the law of the State. Under the authority drawn from this law the Muslim Religious Police (Mujahideen)
recognized also by the State, imposes and collects from the “non-Muslims” a
special tax called “Jaziya” under
the pretext of protecting their lives and for living in an “Islamic” country.
Clearly even though these ethnic minorities were born in Pakistan but the Sharia, the Quranic law, gave the
Mujahideen the authority and power to charge tax from them as non-citizens. In
case of reluctance, refusal or delay in paying this highly discriminatory and
objectionable tax their very survival would be in jeopardy. Their liberty to
observe and celebrate Hindu and Sikh festivals and rituals is simply denied. Violent, coercive even torturous means are
used to convert them to Islam. In order to break their spirits, belittle
and humiliate them their places of worship including the temples are routinely
looted, vandalized, desecrated and burnt to ground in their presence. To
demonstrate Muslim contempt and power to destroy the Hindu religion and
desecrate its holy places cows, considered holy by Hindus, are slaughtered in
temples. Abduction, raping, and conversion of the ethnic minority women as also
their forcible marriages with Muslim men is considered a Quranic deed for which
Allah is supposed to reward them.
Advocate Amarnath Motumal, a symbolic Hindu
Member of the official Human Rights Commission of Pakistan confirmed that a
minimum of 25 Hindu girls were abducted every month. They were gang rapped,
converted forcibly, married to Muslims, sold or forced to become prostitutes. According
to estimates, in Karachi alone, a large number of Hindu girls are being
kidnapped on a routine basis,’ Motumal told media. “The persecuted families of
the victims can hardly risk registering cases against the influential
perpetrators as death threats are issued to them in case they raise their
voice. So, the victims choose to remain silent to save their lives,’ he said.
The living standards of non-Muslims in
Pakistan are not only kept at subhuman
levels but are made like living in
hell. They live and are kept like slaves.
The periodic ethnic cleansing, acts of
dehumanization, genocide and massacres of the left over minorities has
become order of the day. Not only the aggressive Wahabi society but also the
entire executive, military, legislative, judiciary, police, education and
economic systems are pitched against them. Under these conditions their
educational, professional and economic progress is unthinkable. Constitutionally the minorities,
particularly the Sikhs and Hindus, who are designated as Kafirs, are barred
from holding what Muslims term to be the responsible positions in the
Government.
The oppression
against Hindus and Sikhs does not end with their death. Even after death the
Wahabis do not allow them to cremate the bodies of their loved ones.
Even this last rite is not allowed to be performed. The discriminatory and
anti-Hindu indoctrination in Pakistan’s Wahabi society is so deep and so
intense that even the policy makers have become incapable of thinking or acting
rationally. In their rigid and uncompromising conduct for creating a pure
Muslim society of their perceptions they have declared Ismaili Muslims as “non-Muslims”
and have spearheaded massive assaults throughout the country against Shiia Muslims without any regard to the
fact that Mohd. Ali Jinnah, the creator
of Pakistan, was himself a Shiia.
Bangladeshi Muslims Infiltrators:
According to
some estimates more than 15 million Bangladeshi Muslims have crossed over into
India and the Indian Government has graciously facilitated their settlement in
Indian territories. They have been given ration, identification and voter cards
for drawing food supplies and participating in the electoral process.
Consequently they are very nicely settling down in various parts of India –
Indian North East, Hyderabad, Delhi, Kashmir and other places included.
Myanmar Muslims Refugees:
Similarly nearly the entire population of Muslim refugees from
Myanmar, which has crossed into India, has been given shelter and facilities by
the generous Indian Govt. They too have spread all over India and are finding
places and assistance to settle and the Indian administration is supportive of
this process.
Pakistani Muslim influx via Kashmir:
Muslims of
Pakistan and PoK who manage to get into India via Kashmir are given special
facilities for making India their home. The Indian authorities are more than
happy to give them all official, non-official and financial assistance for
building a new life in India. So much so even the Kashmiri Muslims who years
ago slipped into Pakistan for receiving terrorist and Jihadi training against
India are being given millions of Indian rupees to return and resettle in
India. Actually the Indian authorities welcome them back.
Hindu Refugees of Pakistan:
We hereby
request your Excellency to ask the Indian authorities for using the same
humanitarian approach and yardstick in granting citizenship/asylum to the above
stated nearly 500 Pakistani Hindu pilgrims now waiting in the Indian national capitol.
To escape the Islamic tyranny of Pakistan they have requested permission for
staying in India permanently. However, the Indian authorities have yet to take
any favorable steps towards assuring a future to these stateless people.
Sending them back to Pakistan will be tantamount to sending them in to the
valley of death. The depth and intensity of Pakistani hatred for Hindus and
Sikhs can easily be measured from the recent murder of 49 year old Sarabjit
Singh by six Muslims in Pak-jail of Kot Lakhpat even though he was languishing
in Pak-jail since 1990. If Pakistanis use such criminal behavior towards the
Hindus of neighboring India imagine what their treatment for the Pak-Hindus,
who are already languishing under the servitude of Wahabis, could be like.
The inhuman
scenario of sending these helpless and stateless people, who have been tortured
all their lives, back to suffer Pakistani gallows will be against the
traditional humane, tolerant and liberal policy of India. Taking into
consideration the criminal and unjustifiable anti-Hindu policies of the
Pakistan Govt.; the animosity of Wahabi Islam against non-Muslim ethnic
minorities, the context of relationship of these refugees with Indian political
class and the national majority, these Hindu refugees have a greater right and
a stronger case for the grant of citizenship in India.
We hope your
Excellency will find a way for taking up this important humanitarian issue with
the Indian authorities on urgent basis.
Sincerely yours
Narain Kataria
President
Dr. Jagan Kaul
Prof. of International law (rtd)Chief Advisor to IAIF
Vice President
.N., New York
