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Bishops condemn Hindu Mahasabha statement
The Hindu Mahasabha leader’s statement said Churches are no longer places
of worship but factories for conversion.
Posted on April 26, 2015, 7:10 PM
New Delhi:
The Catholic bishops’ Conference of India has condemned the
“highly provocative” statement of the Hindu Mahasabha general secretary
Munna Kumar Shukla that encourages attacks on churches and said such
statements and the escalated violence indicate a “sinister pattern.”
The
bishops have taken a “serious note” of “irresponsible statement” of
Shukla, General Secretary of the Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha, the
prelates said in a statement.
Shukla, according to media reports
said, attacking a church is not illegal and wanted the government award
those who attack the churches.
“Christian community is greatly
shocked and its susceptibilities are deeply wounded” by the statement,
the bishop said in the press statement issued at the end of their
Standing Committee Meeting on Friday.
Some 40 bishops including cardinals, archbishops and bishops attended the
meeting in Bangalore.
“Shri
Shukla’s contention that attacking a Church is not illegal and that it
violates no law is highly untenable and contrary to standards, norms and
laws of the land.,” said the statement signed by conference president
Cardinal Baselios Cleemis.
The Hindu Mahasabha leader’s statement
that Churches are no longer places of worship but factories for
conversion of Hindus into Christianity is highly insinuating and
derogatory. He further stated that the Central Government should protect
and award the youth who attack Churches. He also claimed that the Taj
Mahal was previously a Shiva Temple, the bishops noted.
“In
recent times there has been an escalation of violence against Christians
and other minorities together with highly unwarranted statements. All
such attacks indicate a sinister pattern and evil design calculated to
denigrate and defame the Christians, peace-loving and law abiding
citizens of India,” the bishops said.
The bishops also wanted the
Central and State Governments initiate to “swift action to put an end
to such inflammatory and provocative statements” and “halt of attacks on
Christians and other minorities and to ensure that communal harmony.”
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