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 »
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 »
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 »
Christianisation was the third force of colonialism as best expressed by Jomo Kenyatta, the late Kenyan leader, who said: “When the white man came he had the bible we had the land. Then he said ‘let us close our eyes and pray’. When we opened our eyes we had the bible he had the land.”… Read More »
“Never attribute to Devil-worshipping conspiracies what opportunism, emotional instability, and religious bigotry are sufficient to explain.”–Shawn Carlson, Ph.D. In an ideal society that protects religious freedom, people have the right to choose which religion is best for them and criticize other faiths when those faiths infringe upon the rights of others. But what is… Read More »
At least from 1540 onwards, and in the island of Goa before that year, all the Hindu idols had been annihilated or had disappeared, all the temples had been destroyed and their sites and building material was in most cases utilized to erect new Christian Churches and chapels. Various viceregal and Church council decrees… Read More »
An AIADMK leader in Pondicherry recently sounded the alarm over a conversion spree in his constituency, Uppalam, which is resulting in an open assault on Tamil culture in the area (New Indian Express, April 18, 2003). In a debate in the State Assembly, Mr A Anbalagan alleged that married women were being prohibited from… Read More »
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad today alleged that forcible religious conversions were on the rise in Tamilnadu and said the law against such conversions was not being implemented effectively. Addressing a press meet here, Mohan Joshiji, Akhil Bharatheeya Secretary (Dharma Prasar), VHP, said religious conversions were taking place on a large-scale in certain districts of the… Read More »
Open Letter to Valson Thampu: Dear Rev. Valson Thampu, The T.N. ordinance and Article 25, The Hindu dated 13 October by you where you made a statement ” What are the ground realities in respect of conversion and the moment matters of conscience like conversion are legislated upon from an obstructionist standpoint, this allergy… Read More »
Introduction: Contrary to the policy of Carmelite of Mary Immaculate missionaries, they entertain converted (dalit) Christians neither in the appointments nor in the admissions. The institution and church started for the dalit converts about two centuries back are now out of bounds for them. This is one among several instances of dalit live of Christian… Read More »