Muslim yang baik tidak akan pernah menjelek-jelekkan agama lain. Menjelek-jelekkan agama lain sama dengan mempermalukan Kanjeng Nabi Muhammad SAW.
Mario Gagho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:kutipan koran di bawah ini sebenarnya hanya salah satu info harian di india. berita semacam ini di mana umat hindu masuk agama lain (islam/kristen) sering terjadi bahkan terkadang secara massal. ini terjadi karena adanya diskriminasi yg inheren dalam ajaran hindu itu sendiri yakni bahwa umat hindu yg tidak punya kasta (outcaste yg biasa disebut Dalit) dari lima kasta besar, maka hidup sosialnya akan sangat sengsara: tidak boleh masuk temple, tidak boleh pegang kitab suci, tidak boleh sentuhan dg kasta tinggi, dll. yg perlu dibahas di sini adalah, bagaimana mengatasi problema konflik yg akan terjadi antara umat hindu yg merasa marah krn sebagian umatnya "diambil" orang, dg umat muslim/kristen yg dijadikan tempat oleh kalangan Dalit ini untuk pindah agama? perlu dicatat, bahwa sebagaian besar kasus konversi yg terjadi di india sangat berbeda dg yg terjadi di indonesia. kebanyakan di india memang dari kemauan mrk sendiri. salam summer, 6 TN dalits turn to Islam - By R. Bhagwan Singh Chennai, June 2: Alleging discrimination by caste Hindus, six dalits have embraced Islam after a feast of biryani provided by some Muslim preachers at Melmandhai village, near Thoothukudi, about 600 km south of Chennai, according to reports reaching here. The event on May 23 jolted the Jayalalitha government since it took place within days of the chief minister revoking her controvzersial law banning forced religious conversions. She did so as part of many sops to win back public support after suffering a rout in the recent Lok Sabha elections. The Hindu Munnani has promptly blamed the government for the Melmandhai conversions, saying they would not have happened if the anti-conversion law was still in place. About two dozen Muslims from Thanjavur, Theni and Erwadi went to the dalit colony in the village, housing about 150 families, that Sunday evening with biryani packets and a couple of clerics. Once the food was served, the dalits were treated to a sermon on Islam and six of them came forward to be converted, eyewitnesses said. Nineteen-year-old Sudhakar, a school dropout and son of a poor mason, was one of them. He says he decided to embrace Islam because the Hindus treated dalits badly. "For instance, the two tea shops owned by caste Hindus humiliate the dalits by serving tea in separate containers while at the third shop, belonging to a Muslim, the dalits are treated as equals." However, the youth in the village insist that they would never ill-treat the dalits though there could be some aberrations among the older illiterates among the caste Hindus. "They (dalits) are contemplating more conversions but no dates have been fixed. The six who have converted to Islam did so to enhance their social status and not because there was any coercion or allurement from Muslim leaders," said P. Kaladi, the district vice-president of the Dravidar Kazhagam who had encouraged the dalits to convert. Himself a caste Hindu, Mr Kaladi recalls that DK founder E.V. Ramaswamy Periyar had exhorted the dalits at a massive 1925 rally at Vaikkom, Kerala, to convert to Islam if they wanted to be treated as equals in society. "I am only continuing our late leader�s preaching. There is no future for the dalits in Hinduism," Mr Kaladi said in a phone interview. He, however, admits that dalits are not ill-treated in Melmandhai and there are no social tensions in the village. Then why did the conversions happen? The dalits in this village struggle for their livelihood as farm labour and with rains failing for the last three years, life has been harder. The government is keen on ensuring that they do not fall easy prey to conversion attempts by unscrupulous elements taking advantage of the withdrawal of the anti-conversion law. Police and revenue officials have visited the village and personally verified with the converts. "We are convinced there was no allurement. This could be a stray case and we are closely watching the situation. The situation is calm," says Thoothukudi district superintendent of police Sandeep Rai Rathore. But the Hindu Munnani is not convinced and has put up posters demanding action against the agents who lured the dalits to Islam by allegedly promising jobs in the Gulf. It is also worried that Melmandhai could be just a beginning. ===== Mario Gagho Political Science, Agra University, India __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/ *************************************************************************** Berdikusi dg Santun & Elegan, dg Semangat Persahabatan. 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