Akram Masih Gill wants strict laws against forced conversions
Saturday, March 24th, 2012 2:40:34 by Faisal Farooq
Akram Masih Gill, the minister for national harmony, expressed reservations over the deteriorating situation of minorities, particularly Hindus, alleging that about hundred non-Muslims were forced to convert to Islam every month.
Speaking to the media, the minister demanded strict laws to protect minorities from forced conversions to Islam. He said that such practices were against the preaching of Islam, saying it prohibits forceful conversions.
He observed, “We will seek a religious decree from the Council of Islamic Ideology and a ruling by the federal shariat court on the issue before introducing the required law”.
He informed that the draft of the proposed bill will be presented to the Parliament after passage of the fiscal budget 2012-13. He also urged the incumbent to form a power panel to carry out investigations about forceful conversions.
He commented, “Learning the basic principles and teaching of Islam should be made obligatory, under the proposed laws for all those non-Muslims who decided to embrace Islam. I am not sure about the exact number of such cases in the absence of accurate data for such incidents, but the figure of such cases is about 100”.
Citing sexual lust as the major cause that made Muslims men force non-Muslims girls to convert to Islam, he said “The Hindu girls were being sexually abused by the young Muslim men who forced them to convert when their sexual offence became an issue in the society”.
In his view, those young people kidnap Hindu girls and forced them to convert to Islam after meeting their sexual desires.
In the meantime, a media outlet quoting sources in the Ministry of National Harmony said there was no planning for introducing any law in this regard.
In his recent meeting with the government officials, Akram Masih Gill urged the authorities concerned to introduce a law to safeguard the rights of minorities.
However, the report claimed that the law division had opposed the legislation against the forced conversion, back in 2010.
The law division informed the commission that provisions already existed in the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) and Criminal Procedures Code (CPC) against forced conversions.
Tags: Akram Masih Gill, Council of Islamic Ideology, CPC, Forced conversions, Hind girls, Islam, Muslims, Non-Muslims, PPCShort URL: https://www.newspakistan.pk/?p=17009
Posted by Faisal Farooq
on Mar 24 2012. Filed under Pakistan, Society.
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Islam does not permit use of force in any form against anyone. If it is true that some Muslims are forcefully converting Hindus to become Muslims, it’s an act of their own which has nothing to do with the Islamic teachings. Such Muslims, in fact, are pseudo Muslims who are realizing their personal vested interests misusing and defaming the name of Islam.
why muslim Girl don’t fall love with Hindu boy in Pakistan? Does love see religion? If love is not considered to be part of Islam(I have seen many Pakistani TV shows protesting love birds) , why leaders of Islam in Pakistan allows and give consent to love between only Hindu girl and Muslim Boy. I have seen many Pakistan religious leaders consider Love as western thing and hence protest against Valentine day and on other hand they allow their boys to fall in love with only Hindu girl. What do you call it.