Conversions in Kashmir

Girls’ conversion to Christianity
Another case against preacher
Tribune News Service

Jammu, May 2
After two real Hindu sisters embraced Christianity against the wishes of their family, the police registered another case against religious preacher AM Samuels of Kerala on the grounds that by preaching Christianity he had been creating fissures and hatred among different communities.

It may be stated here that recently two sisters Ranjana Sharma and Rekha Sharma of Jullaka Mohalla had embraced Christianity after under the influence of the religious preacher. Before converting to Christianity both the siblings had reportedly gone missing. Official sources told The Tribune that after the case surfaced inviting outcry from a particular community, an FIR had been registered at Pucca Danga police station.

A senior police officer said, “Both sibling were postgraduates from Jammu University and after they went missing two months back their father Raj Gopal Sharma had lodged a missing complaint with Pucca Danga police station.”

The religious preacher had already been arrested, he said. He added that the whereabouts of the sisters were not known as yet. We are investigating the case and have got some clues about their presence in Mumbai, he added.

Sources said the police registered the case on the direction of a local court under Section 153-A, RPC. They said both girls used to attend religious sermons of AM Samuels before they went missing. A case for forcible conversion had also been registered against Samuels, the sources said, adding that the religious preacher had been influencing people from other religions to embrace Christianity.

We have had cases in Orissa, North East, Karnataka and now Kashmir.
I understand a delegation from the USA is to come to India to enquire about religious persecution.
I have said it earlier and am repeating again that people of all faith are welcome to practise their religions in India.
Hindus are very broad minded in this respect.
What we reject and shall repulse is any attempt to convert people of one faith to another faith.
Religious freedom does not give any person the right to convert people using different forms of enticement.
On the other hand, I would advise the different political parties, especially the BJP, to set their houses in order.
We have sufficient money in India if only it was distributed equitably so that every person could get four square meals, clothes a house and education for his children.
If some persons live in houses worth 40 crores and another person does not have a roof or some people throw away food in one night which could feed whole villages for one year, these missionaries will try to take advantage.
Please set India on the path to prosperity by removing corruption so that we do not have to pull up the missionaries.