Posted on 12/30/2001 6:14:13 PM PST by Justin Raimondo
Edited on 09/03/2002 4:49:49 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
The mob arrived armed with knives and clubs while Rev. Joy Punnose addressed the 120 missionaries gathered in the small town of Dohad in northern Gujarat, an Indian state where Christians have become almost daily targets for Hindu mobs.
The kicks, punches and slaps that followed were not unusual in the northern part of this country, the so-called Hindu belt, where dozens of Christian churches went up in smoke this year, an Australian missionary and his two sons were burned alive, another priest was beaten to death, nuns have been gang-raped, congregations terrorized and priests made to walk naked through village streets.
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Well, now that's quite an opinion. How do you know all these things?
Just a bit of history. In 1940, the Muslim "league" demanded that a separate Muslim country (Pakistan) be carved out of India. Obviously, the Muslims got what they wanted in 1947, and India then won it's independence the day after Pakistan was taken from it. The first India-Pak war was fought over the *Kashmir* in 1947. (Seems the Muslims couldn't wait a decent interval before wanting what is known as India's "breadbasket.") The resulting wars between Pakistan and India have been fought over the Kashmir, but the Kashmir belongs to INDIA. What would you have India do?
I take exception to the renaming of this article. It shows exactly what you are doing.
I will apologize for being rude, but you don't have a clue what you are talking about, do you? You obviously don't understand "hindu fundamentalism" but you're willing to ignorantly use it to stir up anti-hinduism feeling. That is your goal, here. Why?
You and some other people on this thread keep thinking that I am saying something else than what I am saying. Is there a problem with reading comprehension here?
When the Ayatollah called us the Great Satan, he was referring to America, not Christianity. He was not saying that Christianity is an evil religion.
The conquered class, the Dravidians, were made members of the lower castes while the higher were reserved for Aryans.
India is trying to start World War III in Cental Asia. I hope you'll agree that a nuclear war would not be a Good Thing.
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