Indian Parliament exempts reservation for backward classes in Christian institutions

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The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the 104th Constitution (Amendment) Bill, providing reservation to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes citizens in non-minority unaided private educational institutions, with near unanimity after a Bharatiya Janata Party-sponsored amendment was defeated. The Bill was passed with 379 votes in favour with one against. The BJP, which… Read More »

Indian Evangelists Demand Foreign Funding to Proselytize Hindus

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The All-India Christian Council (AICC) has opposed a section of the proposed Foreign Contribution (Management and Control) Bill, 2005 saying that it could be used to target Christian organisations charging them with conversion. The council plans to agitate against the proposed bills controversial Section 5 (iv), which stops inflow of foreign funding to organisations which… Read More »

I am only a messenger, says Hinn

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In his very first prayer meeting, the evangelist claimed that the world was eagerly awaiting the arrival of Jesus. Controversial US evangelist Benny Hinn arrived here on Thursday evening along with his seven-member ministerial team and a dozen bouncers from Los Angeles by a chartered flight. Jesus is going to come back again for the… Read More »

Hindus condemn Russian Archbishop’s comments against Krishna

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Several Hindu organisations worldwide have protested the reported comments of the Archbishop of Russian Orthodox Church against Lord Krishna and his opposition to the consturction of a temple in Moscow. Archbishop Nixon in a letter to Moscow’s Mayor Yuri Luzhkov made denigrating comments against Lord Krishna and further requested him to ban construction of a… Read More »

Hindu seers calls for halt to conversions

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  A delegation of pontiffs of various mutts in Karnataka today called for a halt to forcible conversion of people and any one religion “interfering” with others. Seers led by Pejawar Mutt pontiff Vishweshatheertha Swami called on Governor Rameshwar Thakur and submitted a memorandum, opposing conversion of people with allurements. Later, addressing a press conference,… Read More »

Hindu girl tortured by Christian employer

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  Manjula (14), a young tribal girl of Orissa’s Deogarh district, was tortured both mentally and physically by her nun employer and Christian neighbours—her fault being that she was born to Hindu parents. Had Manjula been a Muslim or Christian girl, help would have been showered on her both nationally and internationally. But in the… Read More »

“Goa Inquisition was most merciless and cruel”

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Richard Zimler’s novel, Guardian of the Dawn, documents the little-known Portuguese Inquisition in India, in 16th century Goa. He points out that, apart from their laws and religion, the Portuguese also imported and enforced their infamous methods of interrogation to subdue troublemakers. Zimler has won numerous awards for his work, including a 1994 US National… Read More »

French mission letter on Right to Conversion in Nepal annoys Kamal Thapa

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After returning from a trip to Mumbai, the financial capital of India, to participate in the International Hindutva Conference, Kamal Thapa, Chairperson of the single Royalist party Rastriya Prajatanta Party-Nepal, making a meaningful revelation has said that his party will launch an agitation for the sake of National Independence and Democracy. It was indeed an… Read More »

Forcible Christian Converters Arrested In Bodi

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Five women were arrested on charges of trying to convert forcibly in Ranganathapuram near Bodinayakanur in Theni Dist.  They are Nagercoil Santhakumari (42), Jayaneedhi @ Radhika (18), Ariyalur Sofia (19), Tambaram Surya (63), Kirubai (58).  The modus operandi of these is to go on door-to-door canvassing, distributing pictures and books on Christianity and gifts. They… Read More »