Help a Malaysian Hindu Woman with your signature

jan 10th, 2010

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From: HARAN 

Dear Friends

                   I am sure all of you must be aware of a Tamil Hindu woman (who was converted and registered as a Muslim - without her knowledge - during her childhood) in Malaysia is now fighting with the Malaysian authorities for religious freedom, in order to live as a Hindu with her Hindu husband and two children.

 

www.tamilhindu.com has floated an online petition addressed to the Prime Minister of Malaysia as follows: -

 

To:  Prime Minister of Malaysia

Bangaramma (27) a Malaysian citizen, was registered in a Government children home as a Muslim when she was a minor and she was barely aware of it. However throughout her life she has been a Hindu and eight years ago she married a Hindu in a Hindu temple. Now the government of Malaysia is refusing to register her marriage and also refusing to acknowledge the fatherhood of her husband to their children.

Now Bangaramma is threatened with the charge of apostasy which in the Islamic state of Malaysia means she would be forcefully separated from her children (aged 2 and 7) and her husband and she would be subjected to immense psychological tortures.

Hence we the undersigned request His Excellency the Prime Minister of Malaysia, His Excellency the Prime Minister of India and Her Excellency the President of India to intervene and restore the right of Bangaramma to live as a Hindu, recognize her wedding which took place according to ancient Vedic rites and the right of the couple to bring up their children in Hindu tradition.

We also request the humanity at large to register their support for Bangaramma in the Malaysian diplomatic missions in your respective states.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

The URL of the petition is

http://www.petitiononline.com/THMHW1/petition.html

 

Help Malaysian Hindu woman fighting forcible conversion

I request you all to kindly sign the petition, and if time permits, please send a mail to the Malaysian High Commissioner at Delhi and Malaysian Consul General at Chennai. Please find below a draft of the letter and the addresses of the concerned officials.

 

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To

 

His Excellency Malaysian High Commissioner to India
50-M, Satya Marg
110021
Chanakyapuri
New Delhi
India

E-Mail: maldelhi@kln.gov.my

 

(or)

 

Mr. Anuar Kasman
Consul General
No. 44, Tank Bund Road
Nungambakkam
Chennai-600034

E-Mail: malchennai@kln.gov.my

 

Your Excellency,

 

                         Sub: Request to allow Bangaramma to live as a Hindu

 

I recently read the news about Bangaramma, a 27 year old Tamil Hindu woman, who being converted unethically to Islam when she was a child, is now fighting for her right to live as a Hindu. She is also the wife of a Hindu husband and mother of two children. As a Hindu and as a Tamil I am pained to see her agony in her battle for her right to live as a Hindu. As Hindus we value the innate spirituality of all religions and at the same time all we ask is our right to live and practice our age old traditions which is one of the oldest and richest spiritual traditions in the history of humanity.

 

Being forced to lose that tradition is a traumatic event for a Hindu and almost a soul-death for a Hindu mother. Hence we request you to understand the feelings and sentiments of Hindus and ensure that Bangaramma is allowed to practice her ancestral faith and allow the children of this Hindu couple to be registered as Hindus in the government records.

 

I thank your excellency for your time and patience,

 

Yours truly,

 

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The Editorial Team of www.tamilhindu.com has published an article in Tamil and those who know Tamil can read tha article at

 

http://www.tamilhindu.com/2010/01/malaysian-hindu-women-fight-for-rights/

 

 

 

Thank You All

 

With Warm Regards

 

Haran.