A Rising Tide Of Violence Against Hindus Takes Place In Muslim-Dominated Pakistan

In this Oct. 4, 2012 photo, Ragu Lal, member of Pakistani Hindu community shows remains of a worship idol smashed by attackers, at a local temple in Karachi, Pakistan. An attack on the Hindu temple on the outskirts of Pakistan’s largest city took place in late September on the Day of Love for the Prophet_and residents fear it will not be the last attack. It was the latest in a rising tide of violence and discrimination against Hindus in the 95 percent Muslim country, where Islamic extremism is growing. <AP Photo/Fareed Khan>

In this March 26, 2012, file photo, a Hindu mother Sulachhani Bai talks with reporters in Islamabad, Pakistan about her daughter who disappeared from her home in a small village in Pakistan. A few hours later the girl’s father got a call telling him his daughter, a Hindu, had converted to Islam in order to marry a Muslim boy. It was the latest in a rising tide of violence and discrimination against Hindus in this 95 percent Muslim country, where Islamic extremism is growing. Pakistan’s Hindu community says it faces forced conversions of Hindu girls to Islam, a lack of legal recognition for their marriages, discrimination in services and physical abuse when they venture into the streets. <AP Photo/B.K. Bangash, File>