Feelin’ goo-ood… When both opposing factions get mad at an observer, s/he can be sure of being on the right track. OTOH, the Omniscient never need to bother about infractions committed in the name of secularism – for there’s never any. Not even the Shah Bane amendment. For, Nehruvian secularism is Infallible. Just like that… Read More »
Note: The response is given first followed by the article. From: Ashok Chowgule President, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (Maharashtra) 36, Piroja Mansion, Opp Grant Road Stn (E) Mumbai 400 007, India Tel: +91 22 309 3743 +91 22 309 4306 Fax: +91 22 307 7551 To: The Editor, Outlook, February 16, 1999. Pranam, Reference “The… Read More »
“Conversion, murder and India’s Supreme Court” by Mathew Schmalz, Professor of Religious Studies at College of the Holy Cross, was featured on Washington Post’s On Faith a few days ago. I take this opportunity to respond to two questions he posed, namely, “Is conversion wrong?” and “Is anger over conversion an extenuating circumstance for murder?”… Read More »
Two years ago a flood of reports suddenly appeared in the Indian press revealing an alarming number of conversions of Muslims to Christianity in Kashmir. Figures of the number of such converts in the past ten years varied greatly, with some putting the total as high as 20,000. In the absence of any detailed research… Read More »
They are proselytizing not on behalf of the Constitution of the United States . . . but rather on behalf of some sort of fanatical view of end times. And they are using our army to affect that¨ -Former Ambassador Joseph Wilson Last August the watchdog group, Military Religious Freedom Foundation, foiled a Pentagon plan… Read More »
‘Hinduism and many of the occult activities that come out of the Orient are inspired by demons and demon worship…There’s this concept that all religions are the same and all are good. That is not true. The worship of the Devil is not good’. —Pat Robertson (one among the deadly devils from the west!!)… Read More »
Jesus Christ, according to Gospel of Luke [in the New Testament Chapter 12] Do you suppose that I came to give peace on earth? I tell you, not at all, but rather division. For from now on five in one house will be divided: three against two, and two against three. Father will be divided… Read More »
Mario Rodrigues The Statesman Nov 2 2005 A conclave of priests and bishops at the Papal Seminary in Pune last week called for the renewed Indianisation of the Catholic Church and the adoption of Hindu rituals, including aarti during Mass, studying Sanskrit and the Vedas, experiencing ashram life and so on. The conclave discussed this… Read More »
Religious conversion has unhappy consequences.The Supreme Court’s decision to endorse the Odisha High Court’s judgement against Dara Singh, who has been held guilty of being involved with the murder of Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons in January 1999, sentencing him to life imprisonment, brings a ghastly incident that shocked India to a… Read More »