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A petition from Mukto-mona: Save the Minorities from peril and let live with equal rights.
To: The Prime Ministers of India, Pakistan and
Bangladesh Your Excellencies, With due respect We, the people of
south Asian origin, beg to state that how much we appreciate your Excellencies
for taking appropriate political as well diplomatic measures to reduce tension
in South Asia. We also like to see that your governments take initiative to
resume bilateral or multilateral if needed be talks on all disputed matters.
We also feel encouraged to see that India and Pakistan are showing some signs
of taking some positive steps, a significant step being taken to establish
full diplomatic relation at the High Commissioner level. We want to see
similar positive initiatives taken between Bangladesh & India on all
issues including migration of minorities to India and their safe return to
their home country, and between Bangladesh & Pakistan on all pending
issues including expatriation of Pakistani nationals, sharing of assets of
united Pakistan, trial of war criminals of �71 and related issues. We hereby request you all to take
action in your respective countries against the groups professing hatred
towards minorities. Such actions given the fragile nature of inter communal
relations can very easily inflame the region. In India, distribution of
trishuls (tridents) etc. by some socio-politico-religious organizations and
indulging in verbal terrorism and communalism, are terrifying all non-Hindu
religious communities including Christians and Muslims. In Pakistan, Muslim fundamentalist
groups have been responsible for attacks on Christians, Shias, Hindus and
Ahmedias living in Pakistan, and creating atmosphere of terrorism and tension
in Kashmir on both sides of international line of control. Blasphemy law now
operating in this country has always been an instrument of persecution against
non-Sunni religious sects within the fold of Islam, followers of other
religions, and secular liberals and atheists. In Bangladesh minorities continue to
face persecution, harassment and terror by Islamic fundamentalist groups and
politically motivated criminal elements. Existence of armed Islamic
organizations under different names and fundamental Islamic Political Parties
has always been a threat to minorities living here. Continued migration of
minority population to neighbouring country and alarming decline of Hindu
minority population since 1947, forcible eviction of Adibasis and Tribal
people from their abodes, thereby destabilizing the population ratio in those
localities, and significant increase of religion based educational
institutions constitute threat to minorities and a menace to much wanted
communal harmony. We sincerely hope that future will
hold bright prospects for our people in this region and they will prosper in
an atmosphere of peace and communal harmony provided governments of your
Excellencies take the following basic steps immediately to safeguard the
rights of minorities:
Urgent
action on the part of your Excellencies� governments will lead to mutual
reconciliation in keeping with our countries old pluralistic tradition and
culture- �Unity in Diversity�. Sincerely,
[The Save the Minorities from peril and let live with equal rights. Petition to The Prime Ministers of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh was created by and written by The members of Advisory board of Mukto-mona . This petition is hosted here at www.mukto-mona.com ] |
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