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Hindu-Muslim Marriage - Islam's Hidden
Agenda
Recently, there has been a growing trend for Hindu youngsters (generally girls, though
exceptionally, the same occurs with boys also) to get into relationships with Muslims. The end result in both cases (for girls and boys) is that the Hindu almost invariably ends up converting, at which point they become cut off from the Hindu community they have themselves turned their back on, whilst they are never truly accepted into the Islamic fold. Thus, these individuals find themselves with no place whatsoever, except that of a pseudo-slave at the hands of their new "family". In order to demonstrate the stark reality behind this new ploy by the Islamic fundamentalists to gain more converts, presented here are two articles written by Hindu girls on the topic of Islamic conversion through marriage.
The first of these is a letter to the editor of "HUM", the termly magazine of the National
Hindu Students Forum (UK), which appeared in Vol. V, Issue II. The letter is written by a Sikh girl, Kiran Kaur Mahal, and highlights the dangers inherent in deserting one's Hindu background in favour of adopting a new, Muslim family.
The second article, written by a Hindu girl, Pratibha Bhambri, appeared in the July 26,
1996 issue of the "India Post". Pratibha ji, in her article, refers to her own traumatic experience in a love marriage with a Bangladeshi Muslim boy, and recounts the events following that marriage, and the ordeal she suffered under the duress of her in-laws. She goes on then to talk of general issues concerning inter-faith relationships, particularly focussing on Hindu-Muslim marriages, concluding with some solutions on how to tackle the danger that such relationships pose to Hinduism itself.
Following these two articles, I am also posting the text of the leaflet produced by the
National Hindu Students Forum (UK) as part of their campaign against Islamic fanaticism, "BEWARE!"
Finally, I have provided at the end of this posting one or two points of reference for
those wishing to find out more about the threat of Islamic fundamentalism (which is what such Hindu-Muslim unions almost always come down to - I hear that the present going rate for a converted Hindu girl is 2000 pounds sterling...funded, of course, by Middle Eastern oil money).
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Article 1 - "Love, Conversion & Misconception"
Dear Editor,
Ah, hot summers - the time for passionate affairs and whispering sweet nothings into
your lovers ear. This is it, life can't get any better. The two of you just laze around, secretly meeting each other, phoning whenever possible.
Suddenly you wake up and realise - this is the one, it is your kismet, the two of you
must marry at once; join in holy matrimony - two souls become one...PROBLEM - you realise that the man of your dreams is not the same religion or background and there is no way that mummy and daddy are going to embrace and say "Well done, beti!"
That's OK, not a problem at all. He is muslim and I am not. I know what I'll do, I'll
leave home, leaving mass devastation behind, convert to Islam, marry my prince and will surely be accepted into his family.
WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE SISTER! Your little fairy tale isn't going to
work.
There are so many people, especially girls, that I have met, who are contemplating, or
have converted to Islam. Why are you doing this? I have no doubt in my mind that you are truly in love - but don't you think that this is taking it all a bit extreme?
Unfortunately, without exception, of all the people I have met in this situation, none of
their Muslim lovers have offered a similar sacrifice. I know that Hindus are, by nature pacifists, but for goodness sake - there's no need to take the p**s!
Ask yourselves this, "Would he do the same for me?" If the answer is no - get the hell
out of there. It is time that we all took a bit more pride in ourselves and our religion. I'm not saying that we should all dedicate our lives to praying and having no evil thoughts, but there's no need to jump on the bandwagon and go to the other extreme.
At the end of the day, it really is you who is going to suffer. You leave your family;
society would never allow a reunion, and for what? Happiness? I don't think so. You go to his family as a converted muslim. No, his parents aren't going to love you like the daughter they never had. You will be the whore who chased after their son, and who has now put shame on their family. Your only hope is to produce a son - who will of course be a staunch muslim.
Suddenly, you'll wake up and you're forty years old. You realise that it wasn't worth it.
All contact with your family is lost and your own children have no respect for you, thanks to the wonderful mother-in-law.
Before you all jump to convert - stop and think. Is it really what you want, and would
he do it for you?
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Article 2 - "Hindu Girls, Don't Get Trapped!"
I am on a visit to this wonderful country and am fond of reading community
newspapers. I must admit that "India Post" stands out as one of the best Indian newspapers with its colourful appearance and sections for everybody. The articles by Anita Chakraborti, Bodansky and the editorials are very informative, enlightening and awakening.
Selection of "India Post" by First Lady Hilary Rodham Clinton for her weekly column,
itself speaks volumes about "India Post". I wish one day I might read the UK edition of this paper. I want to share my experiences and encounters with the Indian community in England and other countries. One of these is as follows:
After my high school graduation, I made a big blunder. Despite my parents' cryful
please, I married outside my religion to a Muslim from Bangladesh. I did not know at the time that I was abusing the liberties and freedom bestowed on me by my great religion, Hinduism. I realise now that I was just copying some of the film girls of Mumbai, who by marrying this or that Khan, are proving to be real bad role models for young Hindu girls like me. I understand now that this is all being orchestrated by the menace of the Middle East oil money.
My ex-husband and his family started questioning and frowning on my dress and my
Hindu ways. They pressured me to change my religion. I knew I was trapped, because I thought if I go back to Hinduism, I will not be fully accepted and it will be almost impossible to remarry a Hindu. Due to the persistent and relentless pressure of my Muslim in-laws family, I had to give up my beautiful name, religion and dresses, just to please them.
It did not stop there. They started labelling my parent's family and any contact with
them as bad influence on my sisters-in-law; they even severely beat my youngest sister-in-law for developing friendship with a Sikh young man. That was too much for me and I confronted them for their double standard. When I could not take it any more I got separated and filed for divorce.
I wondered why I had left Hinduism. I did not know the real philosophy and history of
Hinduism which withstood successfully the onslaughts and massacres of invaders. The only Hinduism I knew was going to the temple, sing arti, eat prasad or dance before goddess Durga once a year during Navratri festival.
To prevent my Hindu sisters from committing the same blunder I did, I educated
myself about my religion. Later I started giving lectures in various British temples, on important topics such as 'Youth and Marriage' and 'Erosion of Hindu Culture and Values in Movies from Mumbai.' I also helped in arranging all-Hindu dances and discussions on these topics. The majority of Hindu temple officials gave me alot of problems in the beginning as 'only religion' could be discussed inside the temples. This was flawed and suicidal thinking and I had to go to individual devotees and families to persuade the temple management to relent.
Hindus should participate in the financial decisions of their temples to divert some
money for awakening Hindus in the West and back home. Hindus should also give a fixed percentage of their income to dharma raksha and related projects, as perhaps we are the only people who don't do it. I realise that to get money from the average Hindu for such projects seems more difficult than hitting a California Lotto jackpot. But that is very important. They should also donate money to institutions and associations, other than temples, dedicated to awakening of Hindus.
The parents should also start reading about the religion and its philosophy to convey
the message and knowledge to their children. They should start discussing with their daughters at an early age on the topics of religion and marriage, also they should not restrain their sons too much, to the extent, that they will not be aggressive enough in developing positive and natural relationships with Hindu girls.
Through inter-discussions we found out that the Muslim boys contact the young and
innocent Hindu girls using their own sisters for initial contact and slowly trapping them into relationships. (I am told that several Muslim/Arab countries give financial incentives for such relationships and marriages.) Hindu boys should not turn their heads the other side when some undesirables try to take advantage of the innocence of Hindu girls to trap them in marriages.
This will ward off the unwelcome and unwanted advances of boys from other religions
who cannot tolerate a Muslim girl marrying a Hindu boy even in a movie, let alone in real life. When a Muslim boy approaches a Hindu girl and tells her, 'You are the most beautiful thing on earth,' etc, she should be immediately alerted that he is actually fulfilling the Islamic command of grabbing and converting non-believer women by all possible means. It is not a reflection of my personal bitterness. I remind you of fatwas issued in England for Muslim boys in colleges and universities to marry Christian, Hindu and Sikh girls and they specially ask to target Sikh girls.
I want educated young girls in England and elsewhere to take pride in themselves and
their great Hindu religion and if someone asks them to convert to facilitate a marriage, ask them instead to get converted to Hinduism first. In genuine love there should not be this religious angle. The Hindu associations in USA should arrange all-Hindu youth dances and other events to bring together Hindu youth from all the states and countries. They should also make special videos to train and inform the youth on various concerned topics such as 'how to handle the newfound independence (away from parents) at the universities' and 'how to reject the undesirable advances of boys of other religions who have a hidden agenda.' Another video can show the stories of brave Hindu girls like Princess Surya and Chanda of Sindh (daughters of King Dahir) and the story of the exemplary bravery of the Mehta sisters of Gujarat, Tana and Riri (who single-handedly defeated the designs of the cruel Generals of Akbar), Vir Haquiqat Rai, Maharani Lakshmi Bhai and the brave sacrifices of Guru Tegh Bahadur, Guru Gobind Singh and his sons. We should remind our youth about millions of Hindu martyrs who sacrificed their lives, but did not give up their religion before the cruelest of the cruel, tyrant Aurangzeb.
In addition, the youth should know and analyse the follies of Emperor Prithvi Raj
Chauhan who ignored Shri Krishna's Gita message and let go the enemy Mohammad Ghori more than once and paid the ultimate price with his life and the freedom of his nation that is still suffering from the trauma of that unfortunate event. We should learn from our Sikh brothers who remember their martyrs every day while doing prayers and reading Sri Guru Granth Sahib. We should also not forget traitors like Jai Chand and Jai Singh and remember the awful damage they did to India. It is also very important for us to analyse the historical decisions made by leaders such as Nehru and Gandhi and compare their performance with revolutionaries like Subhas Chandra Bose and the magnificent and unparalleled Sardar Patel.
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NHSF Leaflet - "BEWARE!"
National Hindu Students Forum (U.K.)
BEWARE!
Increased harassment, violence and intimidation
Islamic terrorists operating in British universities and colleges
Jihad (Holy War) waged against Hindu, Sikh and Jewish students
Dangers of religious conversion
Attempts to harass and mislead unsuspecting Hindu students into conversion must stop
now!
Unite Against Fascism and Fundamentalism
Stop the HuT!
Extremists launch Hindu-hate campaign
Hizb ut-Tahrir (HuT) is an ultra-fundamentalist terrorist group. HuT calls for a JIHAD
(holy war) against Hindus, Jews, and all those who do not submit to its intolerant ideology. The group is now active on over 50 UK college campuses, specifically targetting young Hindu women for conversion. HuT often uses Islamic, Pakistani and Culture societies as fronts to preach its Hindu hatred.
A Chronology of Events
1998 Apr HuT publishes "Islamic Rule on Hijacking Aeroplanes" which condones air-
terror against countries 'opposed' to Islam.
1991 Feb Omar Bakri, HuT (UK) leader, calls for assassination of John Major. Bakri
is held in police custody for 48 hours.
1994 Aug HuT conference at Wembley Arena attended by 8,000 Muslim youths.
Leaders call for intensification of campus campaign to bring Hindu women to Islam.
NHSF calls on government to take firm action before any untoward incident happens.
Gujarat Samachar 12.8.94.
1994 Oct Hindu student threatened at University of London meeting. HuT
subsequently banned at some London colleges for extremist activities.
1994 Nov LSE student, alleged HuT activist, kidnaps 3 British tourists in India and
threatens to behead them.
1995 Jan HuT widely believed to be behind race attacks on Hindu students at West
Thames college.
Hindu student leader predicts further violence if HuT continues to incite Muslim
students. Time Out Magazine 25.1.95.
1995 Mar Student stabbed to death at Newham college. Finger once again points to
HuT sympathisers.
1995 May Hindu student in Luton threatened with death for initiating campus campaign
against fundamentalism and harassment.
1995 Jul Letter published praising Muslims who have done the "ultimate action" by
converting girls to Islam. "Islam allows you four. Why have you stopped at one...you should use your style and gift to get more Sikh girls for yourself." 786 Khilafa.
1995 Aug HuT 'Rally for Islam' at Trafalgar Square. Two Hindu women converted on
stage in front of 2,000 Muslim youths.
What they say about us
"There has never been any attempt to convert Muslims to Hinduism because it is
intellectually difficult to convince any normal human being to worship the cow, or monkey, or the sexual organs of a female." HuT Khilafah magazine.
"Muslim women can't be expected to accept a religion to the sub-human level as
enjoyed by Hindu women." The Muslim Eastender.
"The Shiva Ling is used by Hindu men to test the virginity of their wives on the wedding
night." Typical HuT rant at meetings.
"Jihad against the Hindu idol worshippers who are ruling Kashmir." HuT article
'Kashmir and Israel - Two knives'.
"There are 121 verses in the Koran about fighting and killing. Ours is not a passive
religion." Farid Kassim HuT spokesman, The Observer.
NHSF's Position
We respect democracy and freedom of speech. But these liberties are being abused
by HuT to intimidate, and in some cases, physically harass vulnerable students.
The right of every individual to choose which faith to follow is a fundamental human
right. But to make such choices there must be freedom to accurate information, free from false propaganda, and without fear or allurement.
HuT does not pose an intellectual threat to Hindus. We are confident that if students
take the opportunity to search for themselves, Hindu Dharma can satisfy all their questions.
Line of Action
Protection: immediately inform the college and police if you or your friends are
approached or threatened - be alert!
Report & Record: any incident should be reported by contacting the confidential
NHSF Advice Line.
Prevention: religious conversion can have a traumatic effect upon both the victim and
relatives. Immediately contact NHSF or local Hindu organisations and leaders for guidance and help.
Education: don't let others mislead you. Nearly all conversions happen out of
ignorance. Join your campus Hindu society. If there isn't one, set one up!
DON'T SIT BACK - STAND UP AND UNITE
To report an incident and for confidential advice and information call the NHSF
Advice Line on 0956 957 864 or 0956 590 465
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Reference Points
The Hizb ut-Tahrir website at http://www.hizb-ut-tahrir.org.
The website of Al-Khilafah Publishers at http://www.khilafah.com.
The Khilafah website at http://www.khilafah.org.
"Dimensions of Conversion" is a booklet produced by the VHP (UK), containing
information reproduced from the journal of the Vivekananda Kendra Prakashan Trust, Madras, "Vivekananda Kendra Patrika". The booklet costs 50p and is available from the VHP (UK), "Keshav Pratishthan", 46-48 Loughborough Road, Leicester, LE4 5LD, UK. Tel: +44 (0)116 266 7050. Fax: +44 (0)116 261 1931. The National Hindu Students Forum (UK) can also be contacted at this address - the e-mail address for NHSF is [email protected] and their website is at http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/6298/intro.html.
The Hindu Students Council, a representative body of Hindu students in the USA, also
can be contacted with regard to this issue. They can be contacted at Hindu Students Council, 43 Valley Road, Needham, MA. Tel: 617 227 3023. Fax: 617 444 8725. The e-mail address for HSC is |