It is high time that Government of India enacts appropriate anti-conversion / conversion with complete awareness and consciousness laws to prevent interference of Foreign Nationals in India's Internal Affairs. India has its own set of internal problems arising out of over-population, poverty, ignorance, illiteracy, religious bigotry, inequalities of income and wealth etc., which it is trying to overcome with massive effort. Foreign Nationals and Foreign Religious Organisations, with probable encouragement from at least some of their respective native Governments seem to be interfering into India's Internal Affairs, by bringing in religious strife, through conversions. Though Constitution of India permits Freedom of Religion, such freedoms are available to Indian Nationals, and not to Foreign Tourists and Foreign Religious Organisations, and such freedoms cannot be extended to FOREIGN REMITTANCES SENT BY SPONSORS. Foreign Religious Organisations seem to be doing it in the guise of Service to Poor, while their primary objective is to convert people. During Prayer Meetings and Preachings, an erroneous impression is created that diseases will be cured, personal problems will be solved, if prayers are made to the New God. Such preachings will be foolish, because it is universally believed that God is only one, while religions approach him with different names. For the purpose of inducing conversions, it also appears that monetary help also is promised with the help of the foreign remittances from sponsors.
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A few quotes from the reports:--
SHO, Dathauli, Anand Kumar Gupta said no prior permission was taken for the meeting, which was held ahead of Good Friday. "We stopped the prayer meeting after a complaint was registered. A probe is underway and appropriate action will be taken if the charges are found to be correct," he said.
"...mass was held there quite often but as this time foreigners were involved, the HYV suspected that conversion was going on. ..."
"The presence of US nationals indicates that innocent and illiterate Hindus were being converted by missionaries who lured them with money to change their religion," alleged HYV leader Krishna Nandan, who surrounded the church with his supporters yesterday afternoon.
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Why should foreign tourists have interest in interior remote areas of Indian States?
If Governments both Central and State fail to intervene with appropriate anti-conversion laws / laws for conversions only with court orders which are to be made issuable after hearing not only applicants, but also objections from the society, after testing the 'awareness levels' of the applicants about the merits of X God (new God) over the Y God (Old God), how the applicants came to that conclusion etc. by asking penetrating questions, and examining evidence. Converting birth religion cannot be as easy as peeling the skin of a banana fruit.
Conversions, if at all absolutely unavoidable, should be permitted on a limited scale, so that the demographic mix of the Society and the Nation is not disturbed, causing religious dis-harmonies, and feelings of insecurity. anyway large scale group/batch conversions cannot be done by promising miracle cures and cash incentives. People undergoing conversions cannot be treated like milk bottles/sachets rolling on a conveyer belt in a dairy.
Now that BJP has secured good majorities in both the Houses of the Parliament, State Assemblies, it may not be difficult for the Governments to design and pass a good Anti-Conversion Bill.
FOREIGN TOURISTS VISITING PRAYER HOUSES SHOULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY POLICE
This will serve two purposes. 1. If some foreigners make instigating speeches, the Police can immediately caution them, and if they persist with their propaganda, police can book cases against them.
2. Foreigners can be protected from molestations, rapes, robberies, cheating-s by unscrupulous persons. The accompanying escort can help on the spot.
CONVERSIONS BUSINESS WITH FOREIGN FUNDS
This lucrative business has become rampant. Foreign Sponsors seem to give numeric monthly / yearly targets to make conversions, for granting renewal of donations and monthly support. It is high time that Government of India bars foreign remittances and donations altogether.
WHEN INDIA PASSES AN APPROPRIATE ANTI CONVERSION / AWARENESS-CONSCIOUS CONVERSION LAW, IT MAY INFURIATE EUROPEAN, NORTH AMERICAN, ANZ COUNTRIES
India's Embassies abroad are to be strengthened with staff trained in Indian Anti-Conversion Laws. India cannot exhibit a belligerant mode/mood. Some persuasive soothing work will have to be done by Indian Embassies abroad. India can probably make some reciprocative promises such as 'Promise to discourage Indians and Indian Organizations operating abroad, from converting others into Hinduism,' though Hinduism is not a religion by its very nature. Hindu Culture has no practice of spreading itself through conversions. Besides, Hinduism is POLYTHEIST i.e. it permits to pray Gods /Goddesses / Forces of Nature (prithvi, Apas, tEjo, vAyur, AkAsh i.e. earth, water, fire, air, sky) in millions of names, including Jesus and Allah. Hinduism permits both modes i.e. without symbolic idols (nirguNa) and with symbolic idols (saguNa). When a person moves from idol worship to contemplation-meditation without idols, it is regarded as a promotion in the spiritual ladder. Many Hindus visit Churches, Mosques, quite often. This tolerance makes them vulnerable targets to foreign vultures who run Conversion Business. On the other hand it is Christianity and Islam which prohibit their practitioners from worshiping/praying God with any name of their choice. They are keen on converting others, as if God allots targets for conversions.
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