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Every month there is an incident, like taking property of Hindu people or forced conversion of Hindu girls. ... Minority Hindus have complained of increasing harassment and discrimination in Muslim-dominated Pakistan in recent years, including the destruction or desecration of their places of worship. ... Hindus complain that girls are forcibly converted to Islam, there is no legal recognition for Hindu marriages, and Hindus are discriminated against when it comes to access to government jobs or schooling. ... During partition in 1947, the violent separation of Pakistan and India into separate countries, hundreds of thousands of Hindus decided to migrate...

A Hindu Temple Full Of Surprises For millions of Indian Hindus, the temple is a place of worship and reverence. But as Krupa Padhy discovered during a visit to one of the country's famous temples in the state of Orissa, it can feel like stepping into a circus. An icon of a Hindu deity is paraded through streets and throngs of people It is dusk as I approach the temple. A tired sun sinking behind the temple dome ought to mean a serene moment. But far from it. I am walking up Grand Road in Puri - and grand it...

Last Updated: Tuesday, 5 July, 2005, 09:20 GMT 10:20 UK Gunmen killed at Indian holy site   Police have ended an attack on a disputed religious site in northern India by killing all the assailants. Indian Home Minister Shivraj Patil said five militants had been killed by the security forces, and another unidentified person was also killed. In 1992, Hindu nationalists demolished a mosque at the site at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh state, sparking riots. Islamic militants had recently threatened to target the complex, but no group has so far claimed the attack. State of alert The unidentified men...

Monkeys lurking at an ancient Hindu temple in India's northeast have attacked up to 300 children over three weeks, temple officials said Tuesday. "They hide in trees and swoop on unsuspecting children loitering about in the temple premises or walking by, clawing them and even sucking a bit of blood," Bani Kumar Sharma, a priest at the Kamakhya temple in Assam state, told The Associated Press. The temple, one of the most famous in India, is located in Gauhati, Assam's capital. "I was returning home from school when a monkey suddenly pounced on me, scratched my head and hand and...