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There are no anti-conversion laws in India. The laws are only against forceful conversions done by threatening and luring with incentives.
It is unconstitutional(in India) to have anti-conversion laws.
If there were any discrepancies, somebody would have appealed in courts. There are enough minority representatives and human rights activists.
You mean to see that in India wherein Hindus area able to kill minorities at will, forceful conversions are done against Hindus !
It is like saying in Pakistan that Muslims are being thrust upon other religion ! How could it be .. or another Baniya style "U" turn !
What constitution are you talking about ! The one which digested 14 states after partition of Union India !
Hindu council calls for Nationwide Anti-Conversion Law in India
Hindu council calls for Nationwide Anti-Conversion Law in India
By Vishal Arora Compass Direct
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NEW DELHI, India The Vishwa Hindu Parishad, or World Hindu Council, has called for a comprehensive law to ban religious conversions in India as part of a new campaign to stem the increasing number of conversions around the country.
Addressing the media on Aug. 25, Mohan Joshi, national secretary of the VHP, said the existing anti-conversion laws in some states were not stringent enough to curb religious conversions.
The law should have provision to penalize foreign nationals and organizations engaged in conversion,Asia News quoated Joshi as saying. He suggested a fine of 1 million rupees or $22,750, and 10 years of imprisonment.
Anti-conversion laws are in force in the states of Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, and Arunachal Pradesh. Gujarat state passed a similar law in March 2003; but the law has not been enforced because the government has not yet formulated rules under the Act.
Such laws are against the constitution, and they violate international covenants to which India is a signatory, including the United Nations charter, John Dayal, secretary general of the All India Christian Council, told Compass in response to the demand for a nationwide anti-conversion law.
After the repeal of the Tamil Nadu state anti-conversion law last year, all states should follow suit, he added.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa repealed the state Prohibition of Forcible Conversion of Religion Act in May 2004, following the poor performance of her party in the April 2004 general elections.
In his statement to the media, Joshi said the VHP would launch a renewed campaign across India to combat an alleged rise in proselytization by Christian missionaries over the past year.
The VHP would convene Dharma Sansads, or religious gatherings, in six locations as part of its fresh attempt to curb the increasing number of conversions in India, he said.
Claiming that the VHP had reliable information about plans of the Seventh-day Adventists to convert 1 million Indians, Joshi said all foreign Christian missionaries should be expelled from the country.
The Chennai High Court in the southern state of Tamil Nadu passed an order in July to seize the travel documents of SDA South Asia president Pastor D. Ronald Watts and his wife, Dorothy Watts, both Canadian but based in south India, on the grounds that they had allegedly forced more than 1 million Hindus to convert to Christianity.
Published, October 2005
It is unconstitutional(in India) to have anti-conversion laws.
If there were any discrepancies, somebody would have appealed in courts. There are enough minority representatives and human rights activists.
You mean to see that in India wherein Hindus area able to kill minorities at will, forceful conversions are done against Hindus !
It is like saying in Pakistan that Muslims are being thrust upon other religion ! How could it be .. or another Baniya style "U" turn !
What constitution are you talking about ! The one which digested 14 states after partition of Union India !
Hindu council calls for Nationwide Anti-Conversion Law in India
Hindu council calls for Nationwide Anti-Conversion Law in India
By Vishal Arora Compass Direct
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NEW DELHI, India The Vishwa Hindu Parishad, or World Hindu Council, has called for a comprehensive law to ban religious conversions in India as part of a new campaign to stem the increasing number of conversions around the country.
Addressing the media on Aug. 25, Mohan Joshi, national secretary of the VHP, said the existing anti-conversion laws in some states were not stringent enough to curb religious conversions.
The law should have provision to penalize foreign nationals and organizations engaged in conversion,Asia News quoated Joshi as saying. He suggested a fine of 1 million rupees or $22,750, and 10 years of imprisonment.
Anti-conversion laws are in force in the states of Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, and Arunachal Pradesh. Gujarat state passed a similar law in March 2003; but the law has not been enforced because the government has not yet formulated rules under the Act.
Such laws are against the constitution, and they violate international covenants to which India is a signatory, including the United Nations charter, John Dayal, secretary general of the All India Christian Council, told Compass in response to the demand for a nationwide anti-conversion law.
After the repeal of the Tamil Nadu state anti-conversion law last year, all states should follow suit, he added.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa repealed the state Prohibition of Forcible Conversion of Religion Act in May 2004, following the poor performance of her party in the April 2004 general elections.
In his statement to the media, Joshi said the VHP would launch a renewed campaign across India to combat an alleged rise in proselytization by Christian missionaries over the past year.
The VHP would convene Dharma Sansads, or religious gatherings, in six locations as part of its fresh attempt to curb the increasing number of conversions in India, he said.
Claiming that the VHP had reliable information about plans of the Seventh-day Adventists to convert 1 million Indians, Joshi said all foreign Christian missionaries should be expelled from the country.
The Chennai High Court in the southern state of Tamil Nadu passed an order in July to seize the travel documents of SDA South Asia president Pastor D. Ronald Watts and his wife, Dorothy Watts, both Canadian but based in south India, on the grounds that they had allegedly forced more than 1 million Hindus to convert to Christianity.
Published, October 2005