Re: Hindu boy converts to Islam in Pakistan
My bad, I thought this was some live Ramadan majlis programme, since I hadn’t watched it. Just read this was Maya Khan’s show and I’m like surprise surprise…
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If simply broadcasting a live conversion was enough to make the hindu community fear the worst of the worst repercussions, then isn’t it also justified why the muslim minorities in the non-muslim countries often protest so strongly about anti-Islam propaganda considering hate crimes are on a rise? They’re not protesting to publicized conversions, they’re protesting to filth like the Dutch documentary or the French cartoons or the notorious Indian media’s fabricated reports or Terry Jones’s Quran burning sessions. So why is it that we, myself included, label those protests silly and irrational? I can pull up tens of posts from here saying that those muslims are being hypersensitive and they can leave the country if they feel threatened/offended, instead of saying yeah the authorities should respect the sensitivities of the minorities. I mean why should a non-secular country come under greater scrutiny than a secular country for allowing hate speech?
I think this issue is being blown out of proportion. Let me put it this way… let’s say Indian muslims protested against persecution, that would make complete sense. But if they created so much uproar over some bollywood movie scene or some star plus controversy, that wouldn’t make any sense to me. Similarly, I don’t get the uproar over telecasting a conversion (unless it was forced or Hinduism was bashed) but I stand by the Pakistani minorities in speaking up against the persecution and putting pressure on the government to put an end to it.
First 2 sentence of 2nd para - you have essentially stated Indian muslimsxare persecuted. Now I will dig up post where you stated Muslims having preferred status in Pakistan is understandable. Am bad with multiquoting.