{"id":7936,"date":"2016-06-20T12:53:11","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T12:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalpress.hinduismnow.org?p=7933&preview_id=7933"},"modified":"2016-06-20T12:53:11","modified_gmt":"2016-06-20T12:53:11","slug":"hindus-in-pakistan-protest-sale-of-om-inscribed-shoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=7936","title":{"rendered":"Hindus in Pakistan protest sale of Om-inscribed shoes |Hindustan Times"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hindus in Pakistan\u2019s Sindh province are protesting the sale of shoes inscribed with sacred religious symbol \u2018Om\u2019 and described the actions of shopkeepers selling them as \u201cunfortunate\u201d and \u201cblasphemous\u201d.<\/p>\n

The patron-in-chief of the Pakistan Hindu Council (PHC), Ramesh Kumar Vankwani, said that they have lodged protests with the Sindh government and local authorities in Tando Adam Khan after the sale of such shoes was brought to the notice of his community.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince the last three years on the occasion of Muslim Eid festival, some shopkeepers in Tando Adam are offering shoes on which Hindu religious holy name \u2018Om\u2019 is displayed. Its purpose is just to insult the sentiments of local Hindus,\u201d Vankwani said on Sunday.<\/p>\n

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He added the sale of such shoes was an insult to the Hindus in Pakistan as it is blasphemous to use the sacred word \u2018Om\u2019 on shoes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe pictures of these shoes have been circulated on the social media by concerned members of the Hindu community and we demand they be removed from the shops immediately,\u201d Vankwani said.<\/p>\n

Pakistan Hindu Seva, a group working for religious harmony in Pakistan, alleged that Zeb Shoes, owned by Farman Ahmed in Tando Jam, is selling the sandals and must be barred from doing so as it is \u201churting the sentiments\u201d of the community and \u201cspreading hatred\u201d.<\/p>\n

It also urged the locals of Tando Adam to address the issue by remaining \u201cwithin the jurisdiction of law to avoid any violence\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs \u2018Om\u2019 is the sacred religious symbol of Hinduism which talks about the oneness of God, let\u2019s protect this oneness peacefully for the progressive and positive face of Pakistan. Let\u2019s appeal the authorities concerned to take notice of the matter immediately to override any expected mistrust within the locals,\u201d a statement released by the group said.<\/p>\n

Local Sindhi newspapers have also reported that similar shoes are being sold in some other places of Sindh.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, a Hindu man over 80 years was brutally assaulted by a police constable for selling food before iftar, the evening meal with which Muslims end their daily Ramadan fast at sunset in the remote village of Hayat Pitafi in Sindh\u2019s Ghotki district.<\/p>\n

Reports say there are around eight million Hindus in the country with a population of 180 million people. Most of the Pakistani Hindus reside in the southern province of Sindh.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Hindus in Pakistan\u2019s Sindh province are protesting the sale of shoes inscribed with sacred religious symbol \u2018Om\u2019 and described the actions of shopkeepers selling them as \u201cunfortunate\u201d and \u201cblasphemous\u201d. The patron-in-chief of the Pakistan Hindu Council (PHC), Ramesh Kumar Vankwani, said that they have lodged protests with the Sindh government and local authorities in Tando […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[15,17],"tags":[1241,1609,109,1658,1659],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7936"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7936\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}