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To: Mohan Marette who wrote (9371)11/5/1999 7:43:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette  Read Replies (1) of 12475
 
VHP demands withdrawal of foreign missionaries

Posted November 5, 1999

New Delhi, November 5: Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Friday put a new demand before Pope John Paul II asking him to withdraw all foreign missionaries from India besides tendering an apology for alleged atrocities by the church during Portuguese rule in Goa and other parts of the country.

Alleging that foreign missionaries funded by the international church groups are backing terrorist activities in the north-east and indulging in conversions through inducements, VHP general secretary Acharya Giriraj Kishore said, -the Pope should withdraw all foreign missionaries from our soil. Indian Christian missionaries are competent to do their job.

Addressing reporters on the day of the Pontiff's arrival, the VHP leader alleged, "extremist groups in the north-east are being financially supported and encouraged by the church." The Acharya quoted a statement by the then Union minister of state for Home Affairs Mohammad Maqbool Dar in the Lok Sabha in December, 1996 to substantiate his charge.

The VHP leader accused the church of 'racial discrimination' for stating that the inquisitions in Europe were different from those in India and reiterated the demand for a Papal apology on the issue. He, however, welcomed a reported statement by the church that it was willing to discuss the issue of conversion with VHP.

india-today.com
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