At 6:04 PM +0100 4/15/06, umesh sharma wrote:
Seems that VHP wants to go the Taliban way -
*** Is it a surprise?
Those who are observant knew that long ago. The handwriting on
the wall has been quite visible. Their imitation of whom they despise
has been their most significant characteristic.
of stopping conversions from Hinduism altogether.
However, noone should complain when these people converted back to Hinduism -- done openly under the auspices of Shankaracharya of Puri.
I think someone was saying that Hindus do not accept converts - here the most traditional of Shankaracharyas is welcoming converts into Hindu faith.
Any comments?
Umesh
"Khalid Azam"@yahoo.com wrote:
VHP reconverts 342 people to Hinduism
Silicon India
Monday, April 10, 2006
http://www.siliconindia.com/shownewsdata.asp?newsno=31561&newscat=Top
CHAKAPAD: Amidst cries of Jai Shri Ram and blowing of conch shells, 342 persons, said to be Christians, were reconverted to Hinduism at a huge congregation organized in Chakapad by the Sangh parivar even as the VHP called for a total ban on conversion in the country.
The reconversion ceremony was conducted on the second day of the 'Hindu Mahasabha' where VHP bigwigs made fiery speeches. The reconverted persons, who belonged to 74 families, were blessed by the Sankaracharya of Puri, Swami Nischalananda Saraswati.
Speaking on the occasion, VHP International President Ashok Singhal demanded that the Center should enact a law to completely ban conversions from Hinduism.
However, there should not be any restriction on Christians if they wanted to return to their 'mother faith of Hinduism', he said while refusing to acknowledge as conversion the return of the people to Hinduism from Christianity.
Preachers of the Christian faith should be thrown out of the country, the VHP leader demanded. "There is no need for anyone to teach religion to the people of this country as Indians are religious anyway," he said.
As per the provisions of the Orissa Freedom of Religion Act (OFRA), anyone desiring to change his religious faith would have to inform the administration beforehand.
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