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There are holes in this article than in a Swiss Cheese. The author says,"Repression of and discrimination against minorities
is as old as recorded history itself. "
But India really had no concept of minority, majority. The indian
society was all inclusive and religion was not a marker. Thus you had
jains, parsees, christian, muslims etc being an important part of
society. The author says,"'Historically, most conversions in India, from the
ranks of the economically poorest and socially most defenseless
Hindus" Not really. The syrian christians of kerala are actually proud of
their brahmin background and very caste conscious. The author also
does not mention that many were converted by force eg in Goan
inquisition and allurement. In many cases it was a convert or die
situation -- they had no choice
The author states, "Article 18 of Universal Declaration of Human
Rights (UDHR) explicitly states that everyone has the right to freedom
of thought"
The author does not mention that many conversions are done by
inducements and coercions. Further no universal declaration of human
rights condone denigration of any faith that is very common for
missionaries to indulge in.
The author says,"Dignity is a basic human right and if this is denied
by one set of beliefs, then the victim " The position of the dalits does not change much even if he converts to
christianity. Recently some 2,000 dalits christian returned to the
Hindu fold. Check out why
chinaaid.org/2008/05/17/india-1000-dalit-christians-reconvert-to-hinduism/ The author says,"It is necessary to remind ourselves about the India
Mahatma Gandhi dreamt of. He said," What the author says is he was against missionary
activities and had mentione he would ban it if he could. Here is the
link about his thougthts on missionaries
Mahatma Gandhi on conversions
stephen-knapp.com/mahatma_gandhi_on_conversion.htm
sri venkat
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