Posted on 06/13/2005 6:49:55 AM PDT by Pyro7480
Hindu mob attacks U.S. missionaries in Bombay
BOMBAY (Reuters) - Angry Hindu youths beat three American missionaries and tried to kidnap one as they held a bible studies class in Bombay, police said on Monday.
About 30 or 40 men attacked the three, part of a group of eight, on Saturday night because they thought the missionaries were trying to convert Hindus in the Indian financial capital.
The three were treated for bruises and cuts at a hospital but were not seriously injured, police said.
"While this kind of attack is rare in Bombay, the police must take serious action against those responsible and send a clear message that religious intolerance will not be accepted in India," Bombay Catholic Sabha president Dolphy D'Souza said.
Christians are often accused of "forcibly" converting poor and uneducated low-caste Hindus by bribing them with money and gifts, a charge missionaries deny. Some states have outlawed forcible conversions.
Christians account for about two percent of India's more than one billion people. Religious conflicts more commonly pit Muslims -- about 13 percent of the population -- against Hindus, who make up about 80 percent.
In 1999, a Hindu mob burned alive an Australian missionary and his two young sons in Orissa state. Last month a court reduced the ringleader's sentence from death to life in jail.
(1) Missionaries bribe people with cash to become Christians.
All those fabulously wealthy missionaries, don't you know! LOL!
(2) The missionaries deserve to be killed because all their talk of Jesus is upsetting for Hindus to listen to.
You know, on the subway the other day there was some guy promoting Scientology so I burned him to death - couldn't help myself, his religious views were so offensive.
(3) Mother Theresa was a bad lady who withheld medical treatment from poor people unless they agreed to convert.
You know you're sane when one of the most evil people in your worldview was a elderly nun.
(4) Christians shouldn't proselytize Hindus because Hindus don't proselytize Christians.
Sorry but religion isn't a protectionist cartel. If your religion can't survive in the marketplace of ideas, too bad.
ping
You know you're sane when one of the most evil people in your worldview was a elderly nun.Especially one who always tried to place orphans with families of their original religion.
I would suspect that RSS agitation is behind these attacks. The primary minority (and recent governing) party is heavily influenced by the RSS.
India will be much better off when they develop a party like Israel's Shinui or the GOP here. Right now the main choices are a bureausclerotic pack of cryptosocialists and a gang of religious fanatics with a neo-fascist auxilary.
-Eric
Well said.
As someone who has lived in India for a long time, I have to say that most Indians are not like this. Most Indians will get along with any religion, although if you go into the villages of India you will see a lot of discrimination. What is also true at the same time is that most people will not stand up for injustice because they are legitimitely concerned about their own safety. Bombay is the home base for RSS, the Hindu KKK, and they do what all other hillbillies do.
Maybe we should nuke Delhi? After all that's what the nuke Mecca crowds solution to the war on terror always is.
'..Hindus beat missionaries as they held bible classes...'
I'm sure we'll soon hear the outcry from the MSM....Hindus must apologize for mistreating and humiliating Christian missionaries.
And, I'm sure Amnesty International will demand an independent investigation. And, Congressman Conyers will introduce a bill to protect the Bible. Oh wait...I'm dreaming......!
The next time Pakistan and India get to the brink, we should take the red phone off the hook.
You mean to say the Powerpuff Girls wont be available? :(
I'd prefer our foreign policy be determined by our own national interest, rather than by overreaction to the actions of a handful of idiots.
An excellent point.
Wow you just love to give it to the Hindus donchya?
Well, I'm not burning them alive the way they are my fellow Christians, so I guess it's relative.
Well, I'm not burning them alive the way they are my fellow Christians, so I guess it's relative.
Yeah sure! BTW-I just came across these:
ping!
post of the day!
Just a thought that you can first try putting your own house in order before you allow yourself the liberty to take potshots at the Hindus over a minor scuffle.
Cheers!"
These Hindu attackers should be condemned in the strongest terms, just as any others.
Americans and/or Christians are not the only bad people in the world, yes, Hindi also have some bad apples. Grow up.
Uhhh, most of that stuff is bs.
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