THIMPHU, Bhutan, JAN. 28, 2004 (Zenit.org).- In the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, Christians are forbidden to celebrate or pray in public and priests are denied visas to enter, says a bishop in neighboring India. Bishop Stephen Lepcha, whose Diocese of Darjeeling includes the kingdom, explained that Buddhism is the official religion of Bhutan, and every… Read More »
No responsible journalist committed to the sacred cause of stating the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, can overlook the fact that when President Bush was moving into the Oval Office in Washington in January 2001, a worldwide Conversion Movement, comprehensively funded and promoted by American evangelical groups, was already at its… Read More »
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 During marriage celebration they should not use Gaitas or any other Hindu musical instruments. They should not distribute viros of betel leaves and areca nuts in pubic or private. They… Read More »
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 Atlanta radio program,… Read More »
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 current belief, which… Read More »
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 »