assalamu_aleikum_1425 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Villagers furious with Christian Missionaries:
[India News]: Samanthapettai
Jan 16, 2005
http://news.newkerala.com/india-news/?action=""
Rage and fury has gripped this tsunami-hit tiny Hindu village in
India's southern Tamil Nadu after a group of Christian missionaries
allegedly refused them aid for not agreeing to follow their
religion.
Samanthapettai, near the temple town of Madurai, faced near
devastation on the December 26 when massive tidal waves wiped it
clean of homes and lives.
Most of the 200 people here are homeless or displaced , battling to
rebuild lives and locating lost family members besides facing risks
of epidemic,disease and trauma.
Jubilant at seeing the relief trucks loaded with food, clothes and
the much-needed medicines the villagers, many of who have not had a
square meal in days, were shocked when the nuns asked them to
convert before distributing biscuits and water.
Heated arguments broke out as the locals forcibly tried to stop the
relief trucks from leaving. The missionaries, who rushed into their
cars on seeing television reporters and the cameras refusing to
comment on the incident and managed to leave the village.
Disappointed and shocked into disbelief the hapless villagers still
await aid.
"Many NGOs (volunteer groups) are extending help to us but there in
our village the NGO, which was till now helping us is now asking us
to follow the Christian religion. We are staunch followers of Hindu
religion and refused their request. And after that these people with
their aid materials are leaving the village without distributing
that to us," Rajni Kumar, a villager said.
The incident is an exception to concerted charity in a catastrophe
that has left no one untouched.(ANI)
http://news.newkerala.com/india-news/?action="">
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