▁Islam ▁or ▁Christian ity , ▁were ▁sometimes ▁o stra ci zed . ▁They ▁occasionally ▁faced ▁isolated ▁inc idents ▁of ▁host ility ▁or ▁disc rim ination ▁from ▁H indu ▁extrem ist ▁groups . ▁Some ▁reported ly ▁were ▁forced ▁to ▁leave ▁their ▁villages . ▁While ▁this ▁pre jud ice ▁was ▁not ▁system atic , ▁it ▁was ▁occasionally ▁violent . ▁Nevertheless , ▁converts ▁generally ▁were ▁not ▁afraid ▁to ▁public ly ▁admit ▁their ▁new ▁religious ▁affili ations . ▁ ▁Although ▁such ▁disc rim ination ▁is ▁prohib ited ▁by ▁the ▁Constitution , ▁the ▁cas te ▁system ▁strongly ▁influenced ▁society . ▁Soci etal ▁disc rim ination ▁against ▁members ▁of ▁lower ▁cast es ▁and ▁Dal its ▁remained ▁w ides p read ▁despite ▁the ▁Government ' s ▁efforts ▁to ▁protect ▁the ▁rights ▁of ▁dis adv ant aged ▁cast es . ▁Lower ▁cast es ▁also ▁experienced ▁disc rim ination ▁in ▁many ▁other ▁areas ▁of ▁life , ▁including ▁education , ▁employ ment , ▁and ▁marriage . ▁Other ▁religious ▁communities ▁did ▁not ▁practice ▁cas te ▁disc rim ination . ▁En tr ance ▁into ▁many ▁H indu ▁tem ples ▁was ▁often ▁restricted ▁for ▁persons ▁not ▁of ▁South ▁Asian ▁eth nic ity , ▁who ▁are ▁unlikely ▁to ▁be ▁H indu . ▁ ▁On ▁April ▁ 1 1 , ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁the ▁Ministry ▁of ▁Education ▁and ▁Sports ▁reported ▁that ▁Dal it ▁students ▁in ▁Par bat ▁District ▁had ▁been ▁refused ▁ad mission ▁to ▁the ▁high ▁school ▁completion ▁exam ination ▁based ▁on ▁their ▁cas te . ▁The ▁Ministry ▁said ▁it ▁would ▁take ▁action ▁against ▁those