Staines murder case: Life sentence for Dara Singh

[Manas]

Seclualr(Christian) India


In 2005,Gladys Staines widow of Graham Staines was awarded the Padma Shri, a civilian award from the Government of India.

Staines widow wins Padma Shri - Express India

The widow of an Australian Christian missionary burned alive six years ago, along with his two young sons, has received one of India's top civilian awards for her work with lepers.
Dressed in a blue sari, Gladys Staines was given the Padma Shri, India's second highest civilian award, for tending to lepers in one of the poorest parts of India despite the death of her husband, Graham.

"I feel honoured and overwhelmed at the same time," Staines said. "When people come to me and express solidarity with me, I feel that though I have lost my family, I have found another one in all the Indians."

In 1999, a mob attacked Staines' husband and their sons Philip, 10, and Timothy, 6, as they slept in their jeep in a remote village in the eastern state of Orissa. They torched the vehicle and killed all three.

Dara Singh was sentenced to death in 2003 for leading the mob. He has appealed against his conviction.

Staines and her daughter, Esther, stayed on in India after the deaths and opened the Graham Staines Memorial Hospital for lepers in Orissa state in 2004. She received the Mahatma Gandhi award for communal harmony in 2002.
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Contrast this with when Hindu activist Swami Laxmanananda died there was hardly a whisper of sympathy by corrupt missionary funded pseudo secular English media.The killers are still at large and threatening others who work in the tribal areas of Odisha.

Why Swami Laxmanananda was killed

 

[Infinity]

Church meet to boost peace efforts post-Kandhamal
By: John Malhotra
Friday, 14 January 2011, 23:39 (IST)
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A major church conference in Bhubaneshwar next week will look into the causes and aftermath of Kandhamal violence to facilitate healing and restoration of peace, justice and reconciliation.

The Jan 17-22 event will shed light on the 2008 conflict, mainly the divide between the Panos who are Dalits and Khonds who are Tribals, to create a common platform and fellowship to address the diverse issues at hand.

The event, organised by the Council for World Mission in partnership with the National Council of Churches in India, will be attended by representatives of church organisations, activists and lay leaders.

"If issues like land, culture, identity, existence, reservation, elimination, inhuman violence against women and trafficking and religious conversion happen to be the core issues that have been oppressing, humiliating and even dividing the Tribal and Dalit community in the country especially in this region, then these issues need to be addressed on an indigenous table," stated a note from the organisers.

"In this situation a Dalit-Tribal interface is the need of the hour, so that the many hidden issues behind the religious aspects can be spelt out and addressed in order to educate the society and the church in general and the Dalit and Tribal community in particular for justice and peaceful co-existence," it added.

Such an interface, the organisers said, will enable both Dalits and Tribals be partners in building communities of peace, especially in the "Red Corridor" comprising states such as Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Jharkhand, and northern Andra Pradesh that are rich in mineral deposits.

The conference, besides bringing together both the Dalit and Tribal movements, will reflect the gospel from the perspective of the oppressed and marginalized and will help the church to re-affirm its mission mandate in the light of Dalit and Tribal struggles post-Kandhamal.

In addition to that, it will also strive to "make the Civil Society, the NGOs, the Government, the inter-faith communities, the media, the law experts, etc. to come together in order to raise our voices in unity for justice of the Tribal-Dalit community of the Kandhamal region."

Kandhamal witnessed widespread violence after the murder of Saraswati and four of his aides at his ashram Aug 23, 2008. More than 50,000 Christians were forced to flee their homes after their houses were attacked by rampaging mobs.
Church meet to boost peace efforts post-Kandhamal

 

[Infinity]

^^^

a) not all missionaries are like that. There's a small percentage of Christian missionaries who force conversion and preach death to non-christians.

Christian religion doesn't Preach death to anybody nor they believe in Forced Conversions.
By the by how can 2 % covert 80% by force.

 

[metro]

---------- Post added at 09:18 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:17 PM ----------

 

[justanobserver]

Christian religion doesn't Preach death to anybody nor they believe in Forced Conversions.

Oh come on ! Let's stop being politically correct!

What about the Crusades or Reconquista (where Muslim Spain was converted to Christianity)

Anyways atleast twoplustwoisfour agreed that there are a few bad apples

The National Liberation Front of Tripura, a rebel group operating in Tripura, North-East India classified by the National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism as one of the ten most active terrorist groups in the world, has been accused of forcefully converting people to Christianity.[6][7][8] The state government reports that the Baptist Church of Tripura supplies arms and gives financial support to the NLFT.[7][8][9] The Church is also reported to encourage the NLFT to murder Hindus, particularly infants.[9] NLFT has also declared a ban against Hindus celebrating Durga Puja and other Hindu festivals.[10]

The insurgency in Nagaland was led by the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) and continues today with its faction NSCN - Isaac Muivah which explicitly calls for a "Nagalim for Christ."[11]

In Assam, an extremest group named Manmasi National Christian Army (MNCA) with around 15 members from the Hmar ethnic group, have placed bloodstained crosses in Hindu temples and forced Hindus to convert at gunpoint.[12]

Christian terrorism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Can you disprove of the above (the references are from SATP and NE newspapers) ?

 

[Infinity]

Oh come on ! Let's stop being politically correct!

What about the Crusades or Reconquista (where Muslim Spain was converted to Christianity)

Anyways atleast twoplustwoisfour agreed that there are a few bad apples

Christian terrorism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Can you disprove of the above (the references are from SATP and NE newspapers) ?

1)How could you compare Present India with 14th century Europe
2) You google and came out with wikipedia(i too can edit it)

so Calm your brain

 

[metro]

Christian religion doesn't Preach death to anybody nor they believe in Forced Conversions.
By the by how can 2 % covert 80% by force.

name any religion that preach death to anybody ...!!!

 

[Infinity]

name any religion that preach death to anybody ...!!!

No offense to any religion on earth dude

I was answering post 196

 

[justanobserver]

1)How could you compare Present India with 14th century Europe
2) You google and came out with wikipedia(i too can edit it)

so Calm your brain

Well this was your statement

Christian religion doesn't Preach death to anybody nor they believe in Forced Conversions.

Since you said "Christian religion" and did not specify the timeline, I gave a few examples.

2) You google and came out with wikipedia(i too can edit it)

Please read my statement

(the references are from SATP and NE newspapers) ?

Anyways let me do the liberty of posting these links here


One is from good 'ol BBC

BBC News | SOUTH ASIA | 'Church backing Tripura rebels'

Other from South Asian Terrorism portal
National Liberation Front of Tripura, India, South Asia Terrorism Porta

Fromm Assam Tribune
Christianity threat looms over Bhuvan Pahar

More From SATP National Socialist Council of Nagaland - Isak-Muivah

I'm very calm, and I hope you read these links with a calm and open mind too

 

[metro]

No offense to any religion on earth dude

I was answering post 196

then dont bring christanity here.
nobody is saying anything against christainty. im a Hindu and i myself respect Jesus Christ a lot.
but these missionaries are on a evil mission in India, and u dont have to support them only becoz ure a Christan.

 

[twoplustwoisfour]

Christian religion doesn't Preach death to anybody nor they believe in Forced Conversions.
By the by how can 2 % covert 80% by force.

Read my post again. I said some of the missionaries preach death, just like some Hindu Babas. I never said the religion preached death.

 

[Infinity]

double post and self delete

 

[justanobserver]

@Infinity incase you missed my post here it is again

1)How could you compare Present India with 14th century Europe
2) You google and came out with wikipedia(i too can edit it)

so Calm your brain

Well this was your statement

Christian religion doesn't Preach death to anybody nor they believe in Forced Conversions.

Since you said "Christian religion" and did not specify the timeline, I gave a few examples.

2) You google and came out with wikipedia(i too can edit it)

Please read my statement

(the references are from SATP and NE newspapers) ?

Anyways let me do the liberty of posting these links here


One is from good 'ol BBC

BBC News | SOUTH ASIA | 'Church backing Tripura rebels'

Other from South Asian Terrorism portal
National Liberation Front of Tripura, India, South Asia Terrorism Porta

Fromm Assam Tribune
Christianity threat looms over Bhuvan Pahar

More From SATP National Socialist Council of Nagaland - Isak-Muivah

I'm very calm, and I hope you read these (instead of ignoring them) links with a calm and open mind too

 

[Infinity]

@ Metro

If I post Videos of Atrocities on Christians in India You will be really ashamed to be called an Indian.
i dont want to embarrass you and myself

 

[metro]

@ Metro

If I post Videos of Atrocities on Christians in India You will be really ashamed to be called and Indian.
i dont want to embarrass myself

dear infinity, please calm down and take a deep breath.
please dont make this thread a christian vs hindu thread.
there is nothing against christanity in my heart.
but, these missionaries are evil, they do evil, and they preach evil.

and when we support a evil organisation, we too become evil.
like i said before, u dont have to defend these missionaries only becoz ure a Christian.

lets accept it, these evangeical missionaries are thugs and actually preaching hate to poor tribal s.. why...???
becoz they are businessmen, thier market in European countries is decreasing rapidly, so they are looking for newer markets just like any good businessmen.
but please dont confuse this buisness with divinity.

im against mission-ires and not against Christians or chrisianity.