Posted on 07/30/2006 12:56:25 AM PDT by vimto
JULIA and Richard do not look like fugitives but they could be jailed under new Indian laws to stop missionaries converting low-caste Hindus to Christianity without a magistrates approval. A well educated British couple with young children, they left London two years ago to teach missionary work in some of Indias poorest states, such as Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Orissa.
Last week Madhya Pradesh became the latest state to pass an anti-religious conversion bill that could leave Christian missionaries open to criminal charges. Leaders of Indias 26m Christians say the bill is an attempt to intimidate and persecute them, while increasing votes for the Hindu nationalist BJP party. Under its provisions missionaries and their converts face up to three years in jail if they do not notify a magistrate of their intentions.
Christian leaders also fear the initiative will encourage attacks against them. Indias National Commission for Minorities has voiced concern about incidents in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan in which orphanages and schools have been targeted.
Last month police in Madhya Pradesh raided a Bible study group and arrested worshippers after complaints that they were converting Hindus. Nuns have been raped and several priests have been murdered in the past seven years. Last year 11 members of a Hindu mob that burnt an Australian missionary and his two young sons to death as they slept had their convictions overturned.
Hindu fundamentalists claim missionaries, mostly American and South Korean, prey on the ignorance of lower castes and persuade them to turn against their culture. The missionaries say they provide education and healthcare and teach the Bible to untouchables whose own religion treats them as outcasts.
(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...
Hey WKB, do ya'll like to beat up Hindu missionaries over there in Mississippi?
I've never heard of such a thing, and see 3 Hindu temples in the Jackson area, but someone keeps claiming that ya'll don't allow them:
http://tinyurl.com/jyu4n
It's been a long day for me and
when I was a little boy my hair was blond
so explain to me how Mississippi got involved
in this thread.
Can a brown hindu woman win a Senate seat from Mississipi??
Is one running?
It is wrong to state that Hindu missionaries would be welcome in the SOuth. First of all hindu missionaries are not even allowed inside the US....Can a brown hindu woman win a Senate seat from Mississipi?? We all know the answer.
Over the last couple of months on several thread this poster has stated that Hindu missionaries are beaten if they go to MS, aren't allowed in the US, are chased out of the South, etc. I finally got fed up and pinged the person I knew from MS. Perhaps I shouldn't have dragged you in, but I'm rather tired of the lies about the US and Mississippi.
Check Karma's sign on date
It is wrong to state that Hindu missionaries would be welcome in the SOuth.
You think otherwise??
Can a brown hindu woman win a Senate seat from Mississipi
Nice to quote me selectively. Here is the context- A White Catholic Italian Woman heads the largest political party in India - the Congress Party. Would you then call India an intolerant and undemocratic state??
WE may have a troll on the line.
I know what I am!! I sorry but I dont need to convince YOU. I hope FR is free enough to allow me to express my opinion. I have made some good friends since my time here and relish the discussions. Unfortunately this isnt one. Enough said!!
"What He says about Himself is contradicted by what I understand is believed about Shiva. "
And tell me what is it that you know about Shiva is contradicted by Jehova? What makes you think that the two are mutually exclusive?
You only took half my quote dumb@$$. Go back and read the whole post I made.
And apparently also the concept that all men are created equal and endowed with certain inalienable rights.
The Christian propagandist media draws a very nice picture about missionaries helping the poor with food, medicine education etc but the ground reality is very different. An unchecked growth of Missionary activities in NE have given rise to a major security and law enforcement issue. Even if they may be low in numbers the Church is by no means short on funds comming from America and weaponry comming from across the border.
Check this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/717775.stm
http://www.freeindiamedia.com/current_affairs/21_july_current_affairs.htm
http://indpride.com/churchbacksterrorism.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/south_asia/899422.stm
Who gives a cr@p what you posted? I'm having fun at so many levels here... hahahaha...
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