Re: Family waits to see if mother, accused of blasphemy, will be hanged
How is it different from anti-christian law in India?
http://www.conservapedia.com/Anti-conversion_legislation_in_India
Anti-conversion legislation in India refers to the laws enacted by several Indian states which prohibit Hindus from converting to Christianity. Christianity is the third largest religion in India with Hinduism being the largest and Islam being the second largest religion.[1]](http://www.conservapedia.com/Anti-conversion_legislation_in_India#cite_note-census-0) More than 2% of the population in the country are Christians.[2]](http://www.conservapedia.com/Anti-conversion_legislation_in_India#cite_note-TCHUI-1) Christianity is the majority religion in the states of Nagaland, Mizoram and Meghalaya where Christians constitute 90.02%, 87% and 70.3% of the states’ populations respectively.
Hindu fundamentalists claim Christian missionaries forcefully convert Hindus to Christianity.[3]](http://www.conservapedia.com/Anti-conversion_legislation_in_India#cite_note-IACLTEFS-2) This belief is described as false propaganda campaign orchestrated by Hindu nationalist organizations in India.[2]](http://www.conservapedia.com/Anti-conversion_legislation_in_India#cite_note-TCHUI-1) The stated purpose of the anti-conversion laws are to prohibit religious conversions allegedly made by “force”, “fraud” or “allurement”. This view is rejected by Christians and rights groups.[3]](http://www.conservapedia.com/Anti-conversion_legislation_in_India#cite_note-IACLTEFS-2) In fact, there are incidents where churches are torched and Christian schools are ransacked by Hindu extremists.[2]](http://www.conservapedia.com/Anti-conversion_legislation_in_India#cite_note-TCHUI-1) Christians stated that the laws are enacted actually for the purpose of obstructing conversion generally[3]](http://www.conservapedia.com/Anti-conversion_legislation_in_India#cite_note-IACLTEFS-2) and to hold onto a Hindu cultural hegemony.[2]](http://www.conservapedia.com/Anti-conversion_legislation_in_India#cite_note-TCHUI-1) There is also allegation that Hindu nationalists harass Christian workers by imprisoning them with false accusations.[3]](http://www.conservapedia.com/Anti-conversion_legislation_in_India#cite_note-IACLTEFS-2) Hindu extremist organizations in the country want India to become a theocratic Hindu state.[2]](http://www.conservapedia.com/Anti-conversion_legislation_in_India#cite_note-TCHUI-1) The anti-conversion laws favour Hinduism over other religions.[4]](http://www.conservapedia.com/Anti-conversion_legislation_in_India#cite_note-3)
The U.S. Congressional Human Rights Caucus briefing on anti-conversion laws in India by Angela C. Wu of the Washington, D.C.-based The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty stated:[5]](http://www.conservapedia.com/Anti-conversion_legislation_in_India#cite_note-4)
“ The federal government in India has embraced religious pluralism, and indeed Article 25 of the Indian Constitution guarantees everyone the right and the freedom to preach, practice and propagate her religion. … Yet many state governments have chosen to exploit religious tensions by enforcing or strengthening anti-conversion laws Some of these laws have long been on the books, but the recent enforcement and even strengthening of these laws, particularly by the Hindu nationalist BJP, is alarming. These laws forbid “forcible conversions” — which police and judges have interpreted to mean anything from charity by religious groups to claiming that God would be happier if someone converted to a new religion. ”
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a Hindu nationalist political party in India, passed an anti-conversion law in the state of Gujarat in 2003. Christian community in the state feared that Hindu extremists will misuse this law by making false accusations against Christian missionaries. A report in an Indian newspaper described the law “From now on, anyone wishing to convert will have to tell the government why they were doing it and for how long they had been following the religion which they were renouncing, failing which, they will be declared offenders and prosecuted under criminal laws”. Hindu nationalist organizations prosecuted Muslims and Christians and killed more than 2,000 Muslims in Gujarat in 2002
Not to mention anti-cow slaughter law and persecution of people who even tried to do it in their homes by burning their homes.
Interestingly, that discussion is going in culture forum as well.
Oh I assume that Hinduism a peaceful religion. Bull…errrr cow cr*p!