> Alhamdulillah...saya terlahir sebagai muslim yang bebas merdeka dan alhamdulillah saya juga terlahir sebagai perempuan sunda...
id ti priangan timur > > --- 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! Messenger. > > http://messenger.yahoo.com/ > > > > > > > > > ********************************************************************** > ***** > > Berdikusi dg Santun & Elegan, dg Semangat Persahabatan. 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