Conversions

Pune (Maharashtra): In a public meeting held at ‘Azam Campus’, nine Hindu youth adopted Islam. The program was organized by Dr. Zakir Naik and now these youth are missing as per Police complaint.

Increasing incidents of kidnapping of Hindu community members and “conversion” have caused concern in Sindh. Approximately 30 to 35 minority members had been kidnapped; one of them was killed.

Pathanamthitta (Kerala): Few days back a secular Malayalam Daily, Kerala Kaumudi exposed shocking revelations about a jihadi organisation named ‘Love Jihad’ which has been conveniently ignored by rest of the media.

Nepal: More and more Nepalese emigrants who have gone to Muslim majority countries to work - for example, on the Arabian Peninsula - are abandoning their Hindu religion and embracing Islam in order to improve their economic and social situation.

Sambhajinagar (Maharashtra): There is an ordinance stating, ‘Attracting the Hindu young girls by your charm lure them and force them to accept Muslim religion’. A Muslim youth who was arrested by the police told about the ordinance.

Washington: A new "International Religious Freedom Report" pointed out that there were forced conversions to Islam, especially in Sindh where 15-20 Hindu families were forced to convert.

Mirpurkhas (Pakistan): More than 270 members of 40 Hindu families belonging to the Bheel community embraced Islam in village Gulzar Khalil near Bachao Band, Umerkot district on Monday.

Islamabad: A lawyer has challenged the pardon granted by President Pervez Musharraf to Indian national Kashmir Singh.

Buldhana: Eight Muslim youths from Shillong in Meghalaya State belonging to 'Tabalik' tribe are in Khamgaon, District Buldhana for spread of Islam.

Chennai: The Judge orally directed the girls to be present in the court on that day and file individual affidavits narrating the threat perception.

Kolkata: Shiraz Hussain, a artist of South Kolkata, will present an aluminium map of India to PM Manmohan Singh, on which he has painstakingly inscribed the verses from Quran.

Kottayam (Kerala): As per the details published by Department of Economics and statistics, out of 19,53,646 population the so called Minority Religions counts for 9,88,057 while the Hindu population is only 9,63,497.

'First she learnt to read Urdu followed by Arabic and is now memorising the Koran, a rare thing for a non-Muslim girl. It all appears to be god's wish,' said Hafiz Azam, a teacher at the seminary.

About 100 Sikhs protested on Saturday, marching from Handsworth to the police headquarters in the city centre.

Some Christians in northwestern Pakistan have received threat letters, asking them to convert to Islam and shut down their churches.