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Issue of forced conversion to Islam in Pakistan: A legislative and Islamic Perspective

. Dr. Muhammad Shahbaz Manj, Dr. Asma Shahid, Dr. Ruqia Bano, Dr. Hafiza Umme Salma , Dr. Javeria & Dr. Saima Munir


Abstract

Forced conversion to Islam in Pakistan is a burning issue in religious and Human rights activist circles in Pakistan, as well as across the globe. Last year there raised an issue of forced conversions of Hindus to Islam in Sindh province of Pakistan; it also attracted the attention of Human rights activists and religious circles of the world. After protest and long debate Sindh Assembly outlawed forced conversion. According to sacred text of Islam, forced conversion is also forbidden. How, then, in an Islamic State like Pakistan, people are forced to convert to Islam? This paper aims to provide comprehensive look on the issue of forced conversion to Islam in Pakistan and tends to investigate the matter in legislative and Islamic perspectives.

Key words: Forced conversion, Sindh, Pakistan, Islamic and legal perspective,

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