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Lahore: June 10, 2015. (PCP) Professor Anjum James Paul Chairman Pakistan Minorities Teachers’ Association (PMTA) had a meeting with Rt. Rev. Bishop Samuel Azariah Bishop of Raiwind Diocese, Moderator/ President Bishop Church of Pakistan and Executive Member World Council of Churches regarding discrimination and persecution with the minority students on the basis of religion in the Pakistani educational system. They said that Pakistani state must treat equally with the minority students according to the Constitution of Pakistan 1973.
Rt. Rev. Bishop Samuel Azariah and Chairman PMTA had concerns on the violation of the following Articles of the Constitution of Pakistan and June 19 Verdict of the Supreme Court of Pakistan regarding the protection of minorities;
Article 20 (a) of the Constitution of Pakistan 1973 that guarantees, “every citizen shall have the right to profess, practice and propagate his religion;”
Article 22 (1) that guarantees, “No person attending any educational institution shall be required to receive religious instruction, or take part in any religious ceremony, or attend religious worship, if such instruction, ceremony or worship relates to a religion other than his own.”
Article 25 (1) that guarantees “All citizens are equal before law and are entitled to equal protection of law.”
Article 36 that guarantees “The State shall safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of minorities, including their due representation in the Federal and Provincial services.”
Pakistani textbooks consider all students of same religion, preach only single religion, preach only on conversion to single religion, promote religious identity of only single religion and promote dignity and glorification of the followers of only single religion.
Besides this textbooks promote Islamic identity to Pakistan, present Pakistan as a state of only Muslims, divide Pakistani nation on the basis of religion, create complex of majority and minority, present Quaid-e-Azam as a leader of only Muslims, compare among religions, let down the Holy Books of religious minorities, promote the sense to desecrate worship places, let down the minority religions, wrongly Interfere in the religious beliefs of minority religions , provoke religious violence, Instigate students to Muslim -Christian violence, Instigate students to Muslim- Hindu violence. These textbooks are biased against Christians, Hindus, Sikhs and Parsis and non-Islamic cultures and civilizations. These textbooks promote inferiority complex in minority students and desecrate religious and other personalities of the minorities.
Subject of Ethics/ Study of Religions also violates Article 20 (a), Article 25 (1) and Article 36 of the Constitution of Pakistan.
It has been decided to arrange a meeting with the Bishops and related teachers in near future regarding this matter.
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