Editing Persecution (section)

===Hindus===
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{{Category see also|persecution of Hindus|persecution by Hindus}}

Persecution of Hindus refers to the [[religious persecution]] inflicted upon [[Hindu]]s that may undergo as a consequence of professing their faith, both historically and in the current era. Hindus have been brutally persecuted during the historical  [[Islam]]ic rule of the [[Indian subcontinent]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Durant|first=Will|title=The Story of Civilization: Our Oriental Heritage|page=459|quote=The Mohammedan Conquest of India is probably the bloodiest story in history. It is a discouraging tale, for its evident moral is that civilization is a precarious thing, whose delicate complex of order and liberty, culture and peace may at any time be overthrown by barbarians invading from without or multiplying within. The Hindus had allowed their strength to be wasted in internal division and war; they had adopted religions like Buddhism and Jainism, which unnerved them for the tasks of life; they had failed to organize their forces for the protection of their frontiers and their capitals, their wealth and their freedom, from the hordes of Scythians, Huns, Afghans and Turks hovering about India's boundaries and waiting for national weakness to let them in. For four hundred years (600–1000 AD) India invited conquest; and at last it came.}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=December 2018}} and during [[Portugal|Portuguese]] [[Goa Inquisition|rule]] of [[Goa]].

Even in modern times, Hindus in [[Pakistan]] and [[Bangladesh]] have suffered persecution. Most recently, thousands of Hindus from [[Sindh]] province in Pakistan have been fleeing to [[India]] voicing fear for their safety. After the [[Partition of India]] in 1947, there were 8.8 million Hindus in Pakistan (excluding Bangladesh) in 1951. In 1951, Hindus constituted 1.58% of the Pakistani population.<ref name="1951CensusB">{{cite web|url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/7452/1/1422_1951_POP.pdf|title=CENSUS OF PAKISTAN, 1951 POPULATION ACCORDING TO RELIGION TABLE 6|access-date=30 January 2023|archive-date=26 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326032054/http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/7452/1/1422_1951_POP.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Today, the Hindu minority amounts to 1.7 percent of Pakistan's population.<ref>[http://www.statpak.gov.pk/depts/pco/statistics/area_pop/area_pop.html Census of Pakistan] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222185234/http://www.statpak.gov.pk/depts/pco/statistics/area_pop/area_pop.html |date=December 22, 2010 }}</ref>
 	
The [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] (1971) resulted in one of the largest genocides of the 20th century. While estimates of the number of casualties was 3,000,000, it is reasonably certain that Hindus bore a disproportionate brunt of the Pakistan Army's onslaught against the Bengali population of what was East Pakistan. An article in [[Time (magazine)|''Time'' magazine]] dated 2 August 1971, stated "The Hindus, who account for three-fourths of the refugees and a majority of the dead, have borne the brunt of the Muslim military hatred."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,878408,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311141813/http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,878408,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 11, 2007 |title=World: Pakistan: The Ravaging of Golden Bengal - Printout |publisher=TIME |date=2 August 1971 |access-date=2013-10-25}}</ref> Senator [[Ted Kennedy|Edward Kennedy]] wrote in a report that was part of [[United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations]] testimony dated 1 November 1971, "Hardest hit have been members of the Hindu community who have been robbed of their lands and shops, systematically slaughtered, mass rape and in some places, painted with yellow patches marked "H". All of this has been officially sanctioned, ordered and implemented under martial law from [[Islamabad]]". In the same report, Senator Kennedy reported that 80% of the refugees in India were Hindus and according to numerous international relief agencies such as [[UNESCO]] and [[World Health Organization]] the number of East Pakistani refugees at their peak in India was close to 10 million. In a syndicated column "The Pakistani Slaughter That Nixon Ignored", [[Pulitzer Prize]]–winning journalist [[Sydney Schanberg]]  wrote about his return to liberated Bangladesh in 1972. "Other reminders were the yellow "H"s the Pakistanis had painted on the homes of Hindus, particular targets of the Muslim army" (by "Muslim army", meaning the [[Pakistan Army]], which had targeted Bengali Muslims as well), ([[Newsday]], 29 April 1994).
 	
In Bangladesh, on 28 February 2013, the [[International Crimes Tribunal (Bangladesh)|International Crimes Tribunal]] sentenced [[Delwar Hossain Sayeedi]], the Vice President of the [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami|Jamaat-e-Islami]] to death for the war crimes committed during the 1971 [[Bangladesh Liberation War]]. Following the sentence, activists of [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami|Jamaat-e-Islami]] and its student wing [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami#Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir|Islami Chhatra Shibir]] attacked the Hindus in different parts of the country. Hindu properties were looted, Hindu houses were burnt into ashes and Hindu temples were desecrated and set on fire.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bagerhat Hindu Temple Set on Fire|url=http://dev-bd.bdnews24.com/details.php?id=241410&cid=2|access-date=March 20, 2013|newspaper=bdnews24.com|date=March 2, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130407194310/http://dev-bd.bdnews24.com/details.php?id=241410&cid=2|archive-date=April 7, 2013}}</ref>{{Additional citation needed|date=June 2023}} The violence included the looting of Hindu properties and businesses, the burning of Hindu homes, the rape of Hindu women,{{citation needed|date=August 2018}} and the [[desecration]] and destruction of, according to community leaders, more than 50 [[Hindu temples]]; 1,500 Hindu homes were destroyed in 20 districts.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bangladesh: Wave of violent attacks against Hindu minority|url=http://amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/bangladesh-wave-violent-attacks-against-hindu-minority-2013-03-06#.UTeKDSrYyD8.twitter|work=Press releases|publisher=Amnesty International|access-date=8 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130309203359/http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/bangladesh-wave-violent-attacks-against-hindu-minority-2013-03-06#.UTeKDSrYyD8.twitter|archive-date=2013-03-09|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="bbc09032013-1">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21712655|title=Bangladesh minorities 'terrorised' after mob violence|last=Ethirajan|first=Anbarasan|date=9 March 2013|work=BBC News|access-date=17 March 2013|location=London}}</ref> While the government has held the [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami|Jamaat-e-Islami]] responsible for the attacks on the minorities, the [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami|Jamaat-e-Islami]] leadership has denied any involvement. The minority leaders have protested the attacks and appealed for justice. The Supreme Court of Bangladesh has directed the law enforcement to start ''[[suo motu]]'' investigation into the attacks. US Ambassador to Bangladesh express concern about attack of Jamaat on Bengali Hindu community.<ref name=US_amb_ds-1>{{cite news|title=US worried at violence|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/us-worried-at-violence/|access-date=12 March 2013|newspaper=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)]]|date=March 12, 2013}}</ref><ref name=US_amb_Itt-1>{{cite news|title=Mozena: Violence is not the way to resolution|url=http://www.clickittefaq.com/featured-area/mozena-violence-is-not-the-way-to-resolution/|access-date=12 March 2013|newspaper=[[The Daily Ittefaq]]|date=March 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141116055856/http://www.clickittefaq.com/featured-area/mozena-violence-is-not-the-way-to-resolution/|archive-date=16 November 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>