Bharchundi Shareef Dargah
Dargah-e-Aliya Bharchundi Shareef Dargah is situated 8 KM from railway station of Daharki (Urdu: ڈھرکی) in Ghotki District in the Sindh province of Pakistan[1][2] The Bharchundi Sharif is notorious for giving protection to convert and are known to have the support and protection of ruling political parties and state.[3][4] According to the media reports, between 2014 to 2017, more than 150 Hindu girls were forcefully converted to Islam in the Bharchundi Shariff.[4][5][6][7][8][9]
Dargah-e-Aliya Bharchundi Shareef | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Sunni Islam |
District | Ghotki |
Province | Sindh |
Location | |
Location | Daharki |
Country | Pakistan |
Architecture | |
Type | Mosque and mausoleum |
Involvement in Forced conversion
Dargah Bharchudi's Mian Mithu is allegedly involved in forced conversion of more than 117 underage Hindu girls.[10][11][12][13][14][15] He is further alleged to incite violence against Hindus, especially by misusing Pakistan's blasphemy laws against non-Muslims.[16][17][18]
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- HRCP, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. "Forced conversion in Ghotki-Fact Finding Mission Report" (PDF). Human Rights Commission of Pakistan.
- "Submission to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights for the consideration of the 3rd Universal Periodic Review of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan during the 28th Session" (PDF). United Nations Human Rights Council.
- "Pak Hindu women under constant threat of kidnapping, forced conversion: Media report". outlookindia.com/. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
- Sen, Sumanti (2019-03-27). "Pakistan: Another Hindu Girl Abducted Just Days After Two Others Were Allegedly Forced To Convert". thelogicalindian.com. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
- Sarfraz, Mehmal (2019-04-13). "In Pakistan, the problem of forced conversions". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
- Desk, Web. "Sufi Preacher Infamous for Forced Conversion of Hindu Girls to Islam, Joins Imran Khan's Party". HinduPost. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
- "PAKISTAN: Government must immediately stop communal violence in Sindh". Asian Human Rights Commission. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
- "Minor Hindu girl abducted and forcibly converted to Islam in Pakistan by Islamic cleric Mian Mithoo [WATCH]". timesnownews.com. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
- Who Is Mian Mithu?, Naya Daur, September 16, 2019
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- Mian Mithu, the extremist cleric whom Hindu families dread in Pakistan’s Sindh, The Print, 19 Sept 201.