Guest guest Posted August 17, 2002 Report Share Posted August 17, 2002 >VHP to launch missionary works in Tripura >AGARTALA, July 8: To counter increasing trend of conversions into >Christianity among the tribals in Tripura, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad >has decided to launch massive missionary works of their own, >particularly educational activities, in the rural areas. The VHP >secretary general, Prabinbhai Togadia, in a press conference here on >Saturday, termed the religious conversions into Christianity >throughout the country as a ploy by the western countries to meet >their own religious goals. What is most important in Tripura is that >separatist militants are taking direct part in conversions and >attacking the Hindus. They are forcibly preventing the Hindus to >perform their rituals and pujas in rural areas. He said, even at this >hour of crisis VHP is trying hard to maintain the dignity of Hinduism >in Tripura. "There is a hostel at Dhumacherra with a capacity of 150 >students and a school with a capacity of 200 students. VHP has also >set up an old-age home at Salema and four girls hostel in the state. >It should not be taken for granted that only missionaries do good >work," he said. At present many schools are closed, and if these are >not opened, the effects will be visible within 20 years, the VHP >leader said. He also alleged that in cases militants backed by some >missionaries are taking part in the conversions at gun-point. The VHP >is preparing to counter the conversions at gun-point, he added. In >his speech at the Rabindra Shatabarshiki Bhawan on Friday he said VHP >won't allow such misadventure by the Christian missionaries as >Indians have learned from the slavery of 1300 years under foreign >rules. Referring to the cases of complaint against the Christians, he >said most of the cases had been found to be false. "Wadhwa Commission >has proved that VHP is not responsible for Graham Steins's murder >though most of the politicians had blamed the VHP at first." Now >Dara, who is in custody, had revealed that he is no way related to >VHP, he added. "About the cases of rape of nurse in UP, initially >Bajrang Dal, VHP's youth wing, was held responsible but subsequently >enquiry found 11 Christians' involvement in it. The basic aim is to >malign the image of VHP," he said. He also said, after the murder of >Graham Steins, an attempt was made to deface VHP by a nun, who >alleged her rape by VHP workers but again police found the case to be >baseless. Earlier, Swapan Kumar Mukherjee, organising secretary, >Dakshin Purva Prant said to bring back those who have been converted, >VHP will work continuously and till date ten thousand people have >been brought back to Hinduism. (Correspondent; The Assam Tribune; >Guwahati; July 9, 2000) >Top > > >7 Assamese families are reconverted to Hinduism >JORHAT, July 9: Seven families, who had earlier converted to >Christianity, were reconverted to Hinduism in Majuli, the world's >largest river island and the seat of Vaishnavism, the satradhikar >(head) of the powerful Auniati Satra monastery, Pitambar Dev Goswami >said here on Sunday. The seven families who reconverted on Saturday >hail from Borpomua village under Jengrai police station and belong to >the Mising community, the satradhikar said. The head of the world >famous Vaishnav seat of learning, which is a veritable treasure trove >of art and literature, said that they had started a mission since >last month and some of the families were willing to return to their >original fold. The satradhikar also said that originally 300 families >had been converted to Christianity and it was likely that many of >them would reconvert to their original religion. However, no pressure >was applied on any of the families and they agreed to return to >Hinduism's fold only because they could "identify with it and felt >more comfortable with it." The head of the seven families who >reconverted are Bhim Kanta Mili, Baba Mili, Likhikanta Mili, Podai >Mili, Jogeswar Doley, Anil Pegu and Uma Devi Doley. A senior Jorhat >district official said that they had received information about the >reconversions and the sub-divisional authorities had been directed to >submit a detailed report. (PTI; The Asian Age; New Delhi; July 10, >2000) >Top > > >VHP calls for debate on role of church in NE >GUWAHATI, July 11: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has called for a >debate on the role of the Church in the strife-torn Northeast and >said the Hindu existence in the region will be in jeopardy unless >immediate steps are taken to check Christian missionary activity and >unabated infiltration of Bangladeshis into the country. VHP >international general secretary, Praveenbhai Tagodia who arrived in >the city today, said in a public meeting this evening that Rs 2,000 >crore in foreign funds are being spent in the region every year in >support of missionary activities, the money being channelled through >18,000 NGOs. Stating that no community in the country is free from >missionary influence, Tagodia said even the Assamese people are being >gradually enticed by the Church. The VHP leader said there is >unabated infiltration of Bangladeshis into the country through Assam, >West Bengal, Tripura, etc to which the so-called intellectuals are >turning a blind eye. He said that when the infiltration problem in >the state was first voiced, politicians had termed the Muslims as >a 'microscopic minority.' Today, they threaten to overwhelm the local >population. He reminded the audience of the fact that wherever the >Muslims had overtaken the Hindu population, the latter had been >hounded. He said while 12 crore Muslims are able to lead normal lives >among the 90 crore Hindus in the country, the three lakh Hindus have >been reduced to homeless refugees by the 40 lakh Muslims in Jammu and >Kashmir. He warned that a similar fate may be awaiting the people of >Assam. 'We must stand together to counter the threat,' he stated. >Criticising the Church for launching a 'hate campaign' against the >Hindus by levelling false allegations against organisations like the >VHP and the Bajrang Dal, Tagodia said all the allegations of at >rocities against the Christians perpetrated by such organisations >have been proved false. Citing examples, he said the alleged rape of >a nun at Jabua in Madhya Pradesh by Hindu extremists turned out to be >otherwise as 11 of the actual culprits were Christians. He said >another allegation of rape of a nun at Baripada in Orissa turned out >to be baseless as the medical report showed there was no rape at all. >Lambasting the 'Church and Euro-centric intellectuals' of turning a >blind eye to the activities of the Church, Tagodia said the Indians >are being made to look at their country through Western eyes. He said >while the Hindus believe that every community has the right to >practice their religion unhindered, the Church believes that it is >only through Christianity that one can reach heaven. He challenged >the Church to define what a Hindu is. 'Is he a heathen, a idolater ?' >he asked. 'They say only believers in Christ will go to heaven. This >cannot be tolerated. It is religious terrorism,' the VHP leader said. >Tagodia alleged that the VHP has documentary evidence to prove that >the Church is converting people despite the 1977 verdict of a Supreme >Court Constitutional Bench that the right to propagate does not mean >the right to convert. He said 4 lakh Hindus are being converted every >year by the Church. 'Conversion is religious violence,' he stated. >Tagodia further said the Church has always mocked the Hindu >traditions. 'We invite criticism,' he said, 'but we also want a >debate on what the Church's role was during Independence struggle, in >Goa and now in the Northeast.' He pointed out that the Church itself >is not united and quoted the Pope once telling Catholic to 'wage a >war against rapacious Protestant wolves.' Calling for an immediate >stop in conversions, Tagodia said that it is banned in China where >the government believes 'one more Christian is one less Chinese.' He >said the Hindus had always preferred peaceful coexistance. 'There can >be no peace in the world if there are no Hindus,' he said. (Staff >Reporter; The Assam Tribune; Guwahati; July 12, 2000) > > >Send your children to such schools! > >http://www.mceeindia.com/(Maharishi Centre for Educational Excellence) >http://www.maharishiinstituteofmanagement.com >http://maharishividyamandir.com/ >http://www.maharishividyamandirch.com/ > > > > > > > >HotJobs, a service - Search Thousands of New Jobs Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: Click Here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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