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To: kumar who wrote (223274)	3/8/2007 9:07:23 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Why don't you compare the status of Hindus in Pakistan in 2007 with the status of Muslims in India in 2007? This is what Wikipedia says about the status of Hindus in Pakistan -- doesn't look very good to me. >>After the Partition of India, in which some argue Hindus were religiously cleansed, Hindus in Pakistan make barely 1% of the total population, roughly 1.5 million people, giving them little influence or particular participation in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. The Hindu minority is reserved seats in the National Assembly, however the Hindus are only allowed to vote for Hindus, so the Muslim parliamentarians do not engage in attracting Hindu votes, as the Hindus cannot vote for them. en.wikipedia.org >>There have been severe persecution of Hindus by Muslims in Pakistan since its formation in 1947. The increasing Islamization has caused many Hindus to leave Hinduism and seek emancipation by converting to other faiths such as Buddhism and Christianity. Such Islamization include the blasphemy laws, which make it dangerous for religious minorities to express themselves freely and engage freely in religious and cultural activities [57].Minority members of the Pakistan National Assembly have alleged that Hindus were being hounded and humiliated to force them to leave Pakistan.[58]. In addition to the ethnic cleansing of Hindus following the Partition of India in 1947, the Hindus in Pakistan are subjected to anti-blasphemy laws, hate propaganda, attacks, and forced conversions. Hindus in what is now Pakistan have declined from 23% of the total population in 1947 to less than 2% today. The HAF report condemns Pakistan for systematic state-sponsored religious discrimination against Hindus through "anti-blasphemy" laws. It documents numerous reports of Hindus being held as "bonded laborers" in slavery-like conditions in rural Pakistan, something repeatedly ignored by the Pakistani government. Pakistan aggressively portrays its struggle against India as a Hindu-Muslim conflict, making it clear that its own Hindu minority is fair game for persecution. en.wikipedia.org