Thousands of Muslims and Christians forced to convert to Hinduism in Modi’s Zionist Hindu state. Become Hindu or die is the new law. Vyankatesh Abdeo has helped convert 700,000 Indian Christians and Muslims to Hinduism over the last two decades, but he would describe it differently. It is not conversion; it is reconversion, said the professorial Abdeo, national secretary of Vishva Hindu Parishad, a pro-Hindu organization. A thousand years ago, all the Muslims and Christians in India were Hindu. They were converted by the sword. We are just bringing them back to their original faith. Hindu fundamentalists, claiming that Christian missionaries and Muslim conquerors centuries ago converted Indians by force, have for years quietly sought to win them back. Modis allies say his governing Bharatiya Janata Party does not condone conversions obtained by force or fraud, which are illegal in India. But the prime ministers refusal to distance himself from the hard-liners has fueled critics who accuse the party of pro-Hindu bias and added to a series of controversies that have overshadowed his attempts to jump-start Indias economy since taking office in May. Prime Minister Narendra Modis silence affects his credibility as a head of the nation loyal to the constitution, social scientist Shiv Visvanathan wrote Wednesday in the Hindu, a secular daily newspaper. Hindu fundamentalists have spoken out against interfaith marriages, accusing Muslims of marrying Hindu girls to convert them to Islam in a practice dubbed love jihad. Analysts say the issue was created to stir up the Hindu vote ahead of the national elections that brought Modi to power. Members of at least 57 Muslim families were converted to Hinduism at a ceremony called Purkhon ki ghar vapsi, a mass conversion jointly organized by Dharma Jagran Samanvay Vibhag, an offshoot of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), and Bajrang Dal in Agra on Monday. RSS regional head Rajeshwar Singh said more than 200 Muslims were brought back to Hinduism in the mass event held in Madhunagar area of the city. Rajeshwar Singh told TOI that RSS spends Rs 50 lakh every month on conversion of an average 1,000 families. It spends Rs 8-10 lakh per month on fuel costs alone in west UP, he added. We have re-converted 2.73 lakh Muslims and Christians in Braj region that includes Agra, Fatehpur Sikri, Mathura, Firozabad, Etah, Meerut, Mainpuri and Uttarakhand since 2003. The upcoming mass re-conversion event in which some 5,000 Muslims and Christians will be brought back into Hindu fold will be headed by Yogi Adityanath on December 25 in Aligarh, Singh said. Singh also claimed that RSS has taken possession of as many as 60 churches across the state, where no Christians worship now, as they have all been re-converted to Hinduism. Ek din in girijagharo ki deewarein bhi gir jayengi aur hamara desh sirf hinduon ka hoga (one day these churches will crumble and our country will belong to the Hindus alone), he added. Talking to TOI, Aslam Qureishi, prominent muslim leader of the city, said, This is just a tactic of the RSS to misguide Muslims.
Posted on: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 08:05:14 +0000
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