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To: JPR who wrote (10671)	2/14/2000 11:52:00 AM
From: long-gone	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 12475

Thoughts on this please, sounds like B.S. based on everyone I ever met from India. Though the deaths might be based on this, might be based on something else, some Christians can get in the face of others rather badly. Hindu Extremism on the Rise in India By Suryamurthy Ramachandran CNS Correspondent 14 February, 2000 New Delhi (CNSNews.com) -Hindu fundamentalist groups in India are trying to curb the activities of other religious groups and control the "expressions" of those not conforming to their world view, according to analysts here. As examples, analysts point to Hindu attempts to change the Indian constitution in ways that would curb artistic free expression and restrict the right of minority Christians and Muslims to preach and practice their religion freely. "Increasing intolerance among the Hindu fundamentalist organizations, which pose a grave threat to democracy, are an indication of the rise of fascist forces in India," said politics professor M. Mohanty of Delhi University. "What happened with European fascism is now happening with the Hindus," he told CNSNews.com. Kanti Bajpai, professor of international politics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, agreed, telling CNSNews.com that "the rise of right-wing politics in India is far more advanced and violent than in Austria." More than 80 percent of India's nearly one billion people are Hindus. Muslims form a sizeable minority of around 15 percent, while just 2.5 percent are Christians. Although Hindu fundamentalist leaders have formally denied responsibility for attacks on minority religious communities, their propaganda is characterized by threats of violence. In Orissa, where Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons were murdered 13 months ago, the local government passed an order last November prohibiting religious conversions without the prior permission of the local police and a district magistrate. The order, an amendment to the 1967 Orissa Freedom of Religion Act, stipulates that a citizen wishing to convert must undergo a police inquiry to explain his or her reasons. India's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, has passed a bill restricting the building and use of places of worship. It is awaiting the approval of the Indian president.

To: JPR who wrote (10671)	2/14/2000 3:32:00 PM
From: JPR	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12475

Stuart Little: Where are you? Ask your adoptive parents to adopt and protect these fellow mice. Don't let SNOWBELL, the white Chinchilla Persian Cat devour them for lunch. Or call Colossal Coffey of GREEN MILE FOR HELP Stuart Little Banned in Pakistan - Just kidding and mousing around--JPR dawn.com Petition for eliminating rats, filth from city filed RAWALPINDI, Feb 13: A writ petition against the Punjab government and the Rawalpindi Municipal Corporation (RMC) was filed here at the Lahore High Court on Saturday, urging the court to direct the respondents to launch an effective campaign for eliminating rats and filth, which could cause epidemics in the city. The President of the Citizens Welfare Association of Pakistan, Kowkab Iqbal, filed the petition which stated that the interior parts of the city and the cantonment areas were infested with rodents and mice which had made the life of people residing there miserable. The petition said that the people of the city, including children, had taken out processions, appealing to the government to get rid of the menace of rats, who could spread diseases. Though the Punjab government has ordered the Rawalpindi Municiapal Corporation to take urgent steps to purge the city of the said scourge and tall claims have been made by the administration in this respect, several weeks gone by without any positive action.-APP