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Religions > Atheism |
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"Michael Gray" |
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25 May 2006 06:38:53 PM |
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News: Pope spouts more *****, about Indians this time. |
India protests over Pope comments
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5009238.stm
"India has summoned the Vatican envoy in Delhi in protest over
comments by the Pope in which he condemned attempts to ban religious
conversions.
India's junior Foreign Minister, Anand Sharma, told parliament on
Tuesday that the envoy was told in "no uncertain terms" of India's
disapproval.
The Pope criticised India last week for what he called "disturbing
signs of religious intolerance".
India's main opposition party, the BJP, has already protested to the
Vatican.
'Religious intolerance'
Pope Benedict XVI made the comments last week while talking to India's
new Ambassador to the Vatican, Amitava Tripathi.
The pontiff criticised India for "disturbing signs of religious
intolerance which have troubled some regions of India".
He specifically cited attempts by some Indian states to introduce
legislation to ban what right-wing Hindus call "forced conversions".
India's foreign ministry has now reacted strongly to Monday's papal
comments.
"India is a secular and democratic country, in which adherents of all
religious faiths enjoy equal rights," said Junior Foreign Minister
Anand Sharma.
Interference
Correspondents say that Mr Sharma made the comments in response to
opposition criticism that India had not protested against the "grossly
unwarranted" statement from Rome.
Rajnath Singh, the President of India's main opposition Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) wrote to the Pope on 20 May.
"My interference in your religious domain within the Vatican will be
unwelcome, uncalled for and will be treated as interference in your
religious management and administration," the letter said.
Earlier this month, the state governor of India's western state of
Rajasthan refused to sign a contentious religious freedom bill, which
would have banned people from being converted to religions "against
their will".
Human rights agencies and minority groups also opposed the bill,
saying it was introduced to appease radical Hindu groups.
But the BJP-led Rajasthan government, led by the BJP, said that the
bill had been introduced to stop religious conversion by means of
allurement, greed or pressure.
The BJP says that it supports legislation to ban "forced religious
conversions", because many Christian missionaries recruit converts
among the majority Hindu population using financial and educational
enticements.
Christians make up just over two percent of India's 1.1 billion mainly
Hindu population.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/south_asia/5009238.stm
Published: 2006/05/23 15:01:14 GMT
© BBC MMVI"
--
Michael Gray.
Founding Member and Doorman,
Earthquack's 666 Club.
EAC Rack Monitor, Chamber 5B
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| User: "Hotel Charlie One" |
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| Title: Re: News: Pope spouts more *****, about Indians this time. |
25 May 2006 07:25:30 PM |
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Michael Gray <fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote in
news:hufc72h684diel3hh324mnl9mu2a8ekca8@4ax.com:
Earlier this month, the state governor of India's western state of
Rajasthan refused to sign a contentious religious freedom bill, which
would have banned people from being converted to religions "against
their will".
How do you get converted "against your will"? Sounds like I'm listening
to Chris deBurgh's "Spanish Train".
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The actions of the disgraceful Clinton and Bush administrations
make it possible for me to say without shame that I deeply regret
the day I put the uniform of my country. The freedoms that I was
willing to protect with my life are gone. The America of our founders
is dead. All we are waiting for now is rigor mortis.
HotelCharlieOne
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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| Title: Re: News: Pope spouts more *****, about Indians this time. |
25 May 2006 09:47:52 PM |
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On Fri, 26 May 2006 00:25:30 GMT, Hotel Charlie One
<hotel_charlie_one@yahoo.com> wrote:
- Refer: <Xns97CEB1427E597cipciphc1@199.45.49.11>
Michael Gray <fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote in
news:hufc72h684diel3hh324mnl9mu2a8ekca8@4ax.com:
Earlier this month, the state governor of India's western state of
Rajasthan refused to sign a contentious religious freedom bill, which
would have banned people from being converted to religions "against
their will".
How do you get converted "against your will"? Sounds like I'm listening
to Chris deBurgh's "Spanish Train".
Easy.
Just ask how the Catholic Church have done this over the millenia.
The techniques are being copied in Guantanamo Bay, as we speak.
--
Michael Gray.
Founding Member and Doorman,
Earthquack's 666 Club.
EAC Rack Monitor, Chamber 5B
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