Hindus in Pakistan are accepting Islam so that they can survive in the country
News | August 10, 2020 14:18 ISTMany Hindus have become Muslims in hope that they will get money and dignity to survive in the Islamic state of Pakistan.
Many Hindus have become Muslims in hope that they will get money and dignity to survive in the Islamic state of Pakistan.
Union Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, in an exclusive conversation with India TV, said that there is no Islamophobia in India and the minorities have flourished in the last six years under the Modi government
Muslims worldwide began Ramadan with dawn-to-dusk fasting, but many will have to forgo the communal prayers and family gatherings that make the holy month special, as authorities maintain lockdowns aimed at slowing the coronavirus pandemic.
Huma was 14 when she was abducted in October last year and forced to marry her abductor Abdul Jabbar after being converted to Islam, according to her parents Younis and Nagheena Masih.
A 26-year-old man converted to Islam from Christianity to marry a Muslim woman.
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.
As per her National Identity Card, details of which were shared in the documents, the woman's permanent address is in Hala. However, her temporary address is of Gulshan Iqbal area in Karachi, which may be taken as her current area of residence.
"I would like to extend my full support to the young girl and will be happy to have her and her family to settle down in Punjab and provide any help if needed," CM Amarinder Singh added.
Imran Khan also accused the Modi government of imposing curfew in the Valley and cutting all communication lines to the area to suppress the protests against the abrogation of Article 370.
The family of the girl, in a video message, have claimed that Kaur was abducted and forcibly converted to Islam and sought Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's help.
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said in Islamabad on Monday, Islam did not allow forced conversion and his government was committed to protect the rights of minorities. Speaking at a minorities-related event, he said minorities would be protected and their religious structures restored.
Payal Devi, now known as Noor Fatima, is a resident of Thatta in Pakistan's Sindh province where kidnapping of Hindu girls and their religious conversion often happens.
Fawad Chaudhry, a close aide of Prime Minister Imran Khan, has angered the clerics by discontinuing the traditional moon sighting methods used by the Ruet-e-Hilal Committee to end the moon sighting controversy during all important Islamic festivals.
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"Strongly condemning" the terror attack on the mosques in New Zealand, Prime Minister Khan tweeted: This reaffirms what we have always maintained: that terrorism does not have a religion. Prayers go to the victims and their families.
“He captured a few pictures with us and later we started talking,” Ali said, adding that the pair began talking and he explained the religion to him. “He [Chinese national] was impressed and immediately asked us to convert him to Islam,” the minister added.
"China passed a five-year plan to Sinicize Islam at a meeting on Saturday with representatives from China's eight Islamic associations," said a report in the Global Times.
The National Investigation Agency(NIA) on Wednesday said that ISIS-linked terrorists were planning to launch suicide attacks in national capital Delhi and north India.
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