Alhamdulillah...saya terlahir sebagai muslim yang bebas merdeka he..he...e...
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Sandy Dwiyono <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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! 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