The Times of India yesterday reported three Christians were assaulted suspected of converting residents in the village of Gopinath, Balasore district. In another story, police reported a man was beaten by Christians for refusing to convert. Such contradictory accounts are part of a trend targeting “conversions”.
Mgr Thomas Thiruthalil, Bishop of Balasore, told AsiaNews that the issue of conversions “is a tool easily used by extremist groups who want to arouse communal passion”.
“Anti-social elements are taking advantage of the Orissa Freedom of Religion Act,” the Bishop said, “to intimidate Tribals with the knowledge and consent of the local administration”.
The Act prohibits forced conversion but is used as a legal instrument to threaten Tribals most of whom are illiterate and easily swayed by fundamentalists and politicians.
Bishop Thiruthalil, who is also chairman of the Orissa Bishops’ Regional Council, said he was going to write the Home minister to urge him to investigate this matter.
John Dayal, President of the All India Catholic Union, said that claims about forced conversions are fabricated by fundamentalists whilst stories about anti-Christian violence are all true.
“Why,” Mr Dayal asks, “is the Orissa police not as zealous in investigating anti-Christian incidents as it is when just the word ‘conversion’ is uttered?”
Orissa is under a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) administration, a party that till May of this year also controlled the Union government. It is also a stronghold of Hindu fundamentalism. Groups such as the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) or World Hindu Council, the BJP’s extremist religious wing, and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) or National Volunteer Corps, a Hindu paramilitary organisation, are very active in the state. They are well known for their anti-religious minority ideology.
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The news above is a prime example of so called democracy in India, but it is clear from the news, and Indian history too, that in the Indian dictionary the word should have been replaced with HINDU DEMOCRACY.
My message to the minorities of India incl Sikhs, Muslims, Christians, Buddhists and Dalits, is to try and stop these Hindu terrorists in India. Please rise against such genocidal govts before its too late, and crush those who discriminate on the basis of birth, colour, or caste. And my appeal to those Hindus who do not support such barbaric acts of terrorism against other human beings, is to not allow these fundamentalist groups such as RSS, BJP, VHP and the likes to manipulate the common peace loving people of India. Enough is enough, these govts in India have inflicted pain and death on hundreds of thousands already, please don’t allow them to flourish such terrorist organisations any further, as that may burn India in its own fire within, given the amount of minorities that co-exist. And that wont help any common man in India or Pakistan in any shape or form. It will be a loss for every one concerned including those politicians who manipulate religion to gain votes.
source: pro-pakistan.com