Who is this jack *****? Who says the indigenous people of India are not Hindus? Every Indian not practising a Semitic faith is a Hindu. The so called tribal people's Gods are also our Gods. Vanavasi Kalyan Samity has done a great job and hats off to them. Thanks to them, the indigenous people have not turned anti-national.
On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 7:14 PM, Prabhat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why people don't talk about the conversion done by the "Hindutva > Brigades" like RSS and VHP of the indigenous people? > > Why only blame the Christian Missionaries? > > When a Supreme Court ruling also says that the tribal are not Hindus > and that they have their own God/Goddess then the work done by > agencies like "Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram","Gayatri Peeth","Radha Swami" > etc is unconstitutional because their sole aim on working in tribal > areas is to convert them to Hinduism. > > Why no body talks about the conversion being done by the "Hindutva > Brigades"??? > > Why should an indigenous person die because of the fight between the > "Hindutva Brigades" and the "Missionaries"?? > > Prabhat > > Prabhat > > --- In [email protected] <Jharkhand%40yahoogroups.co.in>, "sri > venkat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > This is refreshing, coming from a mainstream newspaper. It also > > reflects that majority Indians are well aware of the harm that > > Christian missionaries are causing to Indian society. > > > > We certainly do not wish to be enslaved, impoverished, decimated and > > pushed to the margins like the natives of America, the aborigines of > > Australia, maoris of South America. Wherever Christianity has went, it > > has trampled local beliefs and people. The only solution is mass, > > aggressive, fraudulent conversions have to be banned in India. > > > > Conversions at the root of carnage > > > > http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=737e69e6-e5e3-4415-a01c-534aa342c78f&ParentID=84276460-6ee9-479d-9b8e-c6f4c3ca1537&&Headline=Conversions+at+the+root+of+carnage > > > > Conversions at the root of carnage > > > > Soumyajit Pattnaik, Hindustan Times > > Bhubaneswar, August 27, 2008 > > > > The growing chasm between the Church and the Sangh Parivar is one of > > the factors instrumental in igniting communal flare-ups in Orissa. > > Religious conversions apart, job reservations for Scheduled Castes who > > embrace Christianity (which is forbidden under the law) and domination > > over rural businesses has fuelled the tension. > > > > People in several areas of the state have been embracing Christianity > > since the days of the British rule. But conversion was not considered > > a problem till counter-movements began either to stop them or to > > re-convert Christians to Hinduism. > > > > In 1966, Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati moved to Chakapada in Kandhamal > > district and started his anti-conversion campaign and a year later, > > the government enacted the Orissa Freedom of Religion Act (OFRA) to > > attach several conditions to provide legal sanctions to certain > > conversions and declare others illegal. > > > > The Sangh Parivar's main grouse is that the Church and missionaries > > are doing "illegal conversions" by violating the OFRA. Church leaders > > have, however, denied this saying people have voluntarily embraced > > Christianity without inducements. SCs who convert to Christianity > > cannot enjoy job reservations, but in the recent past Pana (SC) > > Christians, especially in Kandhamal district, were trying to get ST > > status so they can continue to get quota benefits. > > > > Reason: Unlike SC Christians, converted tribals enjoy quota benefits. > > > > Subas Chavan, national co-convenor of the Bajrang Dal told HT: > > "Several SC Christians are falsely identifying themselves as Hindu SCs > > and getting job reservation benefits. They are preventing Hindu SCs > > from getting jobs." > > > > >
