April 29, 2016 A new mood of aggressive evangelism has been emanating from America. Well-funded, superbly networked, backed by the highest of the land, seized of its moral supremacy, it has India as one of its key targets, reveals VK Shashikumar in a disturbing exposé This could be the plot of a fevered thriller. A… Read More »
April 27, 2016 EDICTS OF GOA INQUISITION by the Portugese: ALL THE NATIVES OF INDIA, resident in the islands of Goa, Salsete and Bardez are hereby ordered that 1. During marriage celebration they should not use Gaitas or any other Hindu musical instruments. 2. They should not distribute viros of betel leaves and areca nuts… Read More »
April 27, 2016 I had never heard of Ellis Washington until I saw his recent WorldNetDaily article titled “Nation-building? No, Christian-building” and did some digging. Besides being a weekend commentator for WorldNetDaily, Washington is a black conservative, a graduate of the John Marshall Law School, former editor of the Michigan Law Review, host of an… Read More »
April 27, 2016 Conversion has always been a topic that arouses, if not inflames, our human emotions. After all, the missionary is trying to persuade a person to change his religious belief, which concerns the ultimate issues of life and death, the very meaning of our existence. And the missionary is usually denigrating the person’s… Read More »
April 27, 2016 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.… Read More »
| April 27, 2016 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,… Read More »
April 27, 2016 “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… Read More »
April 27, 2016 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… Read More »
April 27, 2016 A Christian organization plans to set up 3000 schools around India’s capital New Dehli amid hopes among missionary organizations that the first ever non-Hindu Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh will support evangelical efforts. Singh’s Congress Party, headed by Italian Christian politician Sonia Gandhi, has traditionally appealed to the Christians and missionaries… Read More »
April 27, 2016 In a major judgement, the Supreme Court has ruled that a tribal, even after converting into another religion, would not lose his “Scheduled Tribe” status unless it is shown that he has given up his tribal customs and observing only those practised in the adopted religion. “A member of a tribe… Read More »