Briefing online: Hinduvata bans freedom of religion in India

By: Islamic Human Rights Commission

LONDON: IHRC overviews the attempts by various states to ban Dalits from converting to non-Hindu faiths and the resultant violations of human rights.

To read the whole briefing please visit:

http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=779 

Its latest briefing looks at:

Tamil Nadu and Gujarat draft anti-conversion laws

• Indian pluralist framework under siege

• Cometh Hinduvata: Electoral emergence of the BJP

• Hindu fundamentalist movements and the all-Hindu polity

• Dalit (Low-caste Hindus): Conversion to non-Hindu faiths for human dignity

• Brahmanic chauvism: Pre- and post-independence anti-conversion laws

• Overview of anti-conversion laws in Tamil Nadu and Gujarat

• Vocal criticisms of the anti-conversion laws

• Dalit defiance of anti-conversion laws

• Warning from India’s history: Lessons from Hindu persecutions of 9th century Buddhism

• IHRC sees strength and hope in India’s diversity

For more information please contact:

Islamic Human Rights Commission

PO Box 598, Wembley, HA9 7XH

United Kingdom

Telephone (+44) 20 8904 4222

Fax (+44) 20 8904 5183

Email: info@ihrc.org 

Web: www.ihrc.org 

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