Bharchundi Shareef Dargah
{{Short description|Shrine in Sindh, Pakistan}}
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| religious_affiliation = Sunni Islam
| rite = Qadiri
| country = Pakistan
| province = Sindh
| location = Daharki
| district = Ghotki
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Bharchundi Shareef Dargah is a Sufi shrine situated 8 km from railway station of Daharki (Urdu: ڈھرکی) in Ghotki District in the Sindh province of Pakistan{{Cite web|url=http://heritage.eftsindh.com/pending.php?id=1155/ghotki/ghotki-bharchoondi-sharif-dargah|format=PDF|title=Ghotki Bharchoondi Sharif Dargah|accessdate=30 May 2020}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.newagebd.net/article/86028/bin-qasims-ghosts|access-date=30 May 2020|title=Bin Qasim's ghosts }} The Bharchundi Sharif is notorious for giving protection to convert to Islam and are known to have the support and protection of ruling political parties and state (alleged, denied).{{cite web|url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/116289/forced-conversions-of-pakistani-hindu-girls/|title=conversions of Pakistani Hindu girls|date=19 September 2017|accessdate=30 May 2020}} According to the media reports, between 2014 and 2017, more than 150 Hindu girls were allegedly forcefully converted to Islam in the Bharchundi Shariff.{{Cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1439086/what-a-shame-3/?amp=1|title=What a shame!|date=18 June 2017 |access-date=30 May 2020}}{{Cite web|last=Baloch|first=Saher|date=2014-04-25|title=Footprints: Conversion by choice or force|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1102175|access-date=2020-11-17|website=DAWN.COM|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Activists protest against Hindu woman's 'abduction, forced conversion'|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/585265-activists-protest-against-hindu-woman-s-abduction-forced-conversion|access-date=2020-11-17|website=thenews.com.pk|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=HRCP|first=Human Rights Commission of Pakistan|date=|title=Forced conversion in Ghotki-Fact Finding Mission Report|url=http://hrcp-web.org/alarm//wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Fact%20Finding%20Mission%20Report.pdf|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Human Rights Commission of Pakistan}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Submission to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights for the consideration of the 3rd Universal Periodic Review of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan during the 28th Session|url=https://www.upr-info.org/sites/default/files/document/pakistan/session_28_-_november_2017/nrptt_upr28_pak_e_main.pdf|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=United Nations Human Rights Council}}
Involvement in Forced conversion
{{Main|Forced conversion of minority girls in Pakistan}}
Dargah Bharchudi's Mian Mithu is allegedly involved in forced conversion of more than 117 underage minority girls.{{Cite web|title=Pak Hindu women under constant threat of kidnapping, forced conversion: Media report|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/pak-hindu-women-under-constant-threat-of-kidnapping-forced-conversion-media-report/1079974|access-date=2020-11-17|website=outlookindia.com/}}{{Cite news|last=Sarfraz|first=Mehmal|date=2019-04-13|title=In Pakistan, the problem of forced conversions|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/in-pakistan-the-problem-of-forced-conversions/article26823108.ece|access-date=2020-11-17|issn=0971-751X}}{{Cite web|title=PAKISTAN: Government must immediately stop communal violence in Sindh|url=http://www.humanrights.asia/news/ahrc-news/AHRC-STM-112-2016/|access-date=2020-11-17|website=Asian Human Rights Commission|language=en-US}} He is further alleged to incite violence against Hindus, especially by misusing Pakistan's blasphemy laws against non-Muslims.[https://nayadaur.tv/2019/09/who-is-mian-mithu/ Who Is Mian Mithu?], Naya Daur, September 16, 2019{{cite web|url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/116289/forced-conversions-of-pakistani-hindu-girls/|title=Forced conversions of Pakistani Hindu girls|date=19 September 2017|publisher=|accessdate=20 January 2019}}[https://theprint.in/opinion/mian-mithu-the-extremist-cleric-whom-hindu-families-dread-in-pakistans-sindh/292617/ Mian Mithu, whom Hindu families dread in Pakistan’s Sindh], The Print, 19 Sept 201.
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Category:Sufi shrines in Pakistan
Category:Sunni mosques in Pakistan
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