The Hindu converts of Pakistan

January 30, 2012 17:14

Saba Imtiaz and Sameer Mandhro report in The Express Tribune newspaper on Hindus converting to Islam in Matli, Pakistan: Money, jobs and a debt-free life: It sounds like a sweet deal for many of the Hindu labourers in Matli, but it comes with strings attached -- convert to Islam.

'Switching religions comes with an upgrade in social status and material benefits -- Hindu converts said they could easily get Watan cards and National Identification Cards, aid, and were given land and assistance by the organisation helpfully walking them over to the other side,' they write. But 'these material benefits aren't available for everyone. For Hindus of the Bheel caste, who were converted by the Barelvi group Tanzeem Ulema-e-Islam, life is still restricted to the land that they are squatting on in Tando Mohammad Khan.'

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