Author: Editorial
Publication: News Today
Date: August 30, 2008
URL: http://newstodaynet.com/newsindex.php?id=10351%20&%20section=13
Many untoward incidents have unfolded in Orissa
during the last one-week.
In the aftermath of the well-planned brutal
murder of Swami Lakshmanananda Saraswathi he was a constant target of Christian
groups and had around 10 attempts on his life before he was killed a few Churches
and Christian prayer houses have been attacked and burnt to ashes.
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Without condoning the violence, it could be said they were an emotional spur-of-the-moment
retaliation of the cadres allegedly belonging to the VHP and Bajrangdal.
Meanwhile, close on the heels of the interference
from the Vatican City through Pope's statement condemning only the retaliatory
attacks on churches, the Italian government has summoned the Indian Ambassador
to register its protest against the alleged atrocities on Christian
community in Orissa.
The Italian government has even said that
it would take up the matter with the European Union to debate and pass resolutions.
This action by Rome smacks of arrogance and
it is time for the Indian government to remind itself of the strong reprimand
received by the Tamilnadu Chief Minister from the Malaysian government for
expressing concern on its harassment of ethnic Indians in Malaysia.
New Delhi should summon 'courage' to tell
Italy to mind its business. But going by its general pusillanimity, the UPA
government, which maintained a stoic silence without supporting the TN Chief
Minister then and even during the summoning of Indian Ambassador by the Vatican
in the wake of the anti-conversion law, passed by the Rajasthan Assembly,
can be expected to not open its mouth now.
At any rate, this government's Italian connection
is only too obvious.
The Prime Minister also has called the retaliatory attacks on Christians a
'national shame' when a delegation of Christian leaders met him.
He has assured them that the government would
help the State government in containing the violence and to bring the culprits
to book.
In this context, it must be noted that the
Prime Minister has not condemned or even said a word about the dastardly murder
of the Hindu Swamiji and his disciples on the day of Krishna Jayanthi.
It can also be recalled that how he lost his
sleep over the plight of Islamic terror suspects, while he goes to sleep after
ceremonially condemning their terror acts.
Also the Catholic educational institutions,
which thrive on government's money and the money contributed by the majority
Hindu students, have threatened to close the educational institutions and
shut them on Friday as a token protest.
But, the Central government has not bothered
to condemn this blatant blackmailing, which is also against the fundamental
right of the students enshrined in the Constitution, by the Christian community.
In the meantime, the Congress party and the
Union government have said that they would prefer a CBI probe on the attacks
of Christians in Orissa. Both the party and the government have said that
they could not compromise the country's 'image' and 'commitment' to 'secularism'!
Time and again they have proved that pandering
to minorities and ignoring the majority is 'secularism' and probably that
is why they have not bothered to look into the brutal murder of the Hindu
Swamiji.
The government has even gone to the extent
of equating Bajrangdal with SIMI and is contemplating a ban on it. It seems
to have failed to note that, while the actions of Bajrangdal are retaliatory
in nature, the actions of SIMI and its terrorism and the upcoming Christian
terrorists and their evangelisation are premeditated.
The recurrence of communal violence in Orissa
has prompted many media houses to resort to investigative journalism resulting
in pouring in of confirmed reports on the huge business of evangelisation
and the involvement of many NGOs and foreign institutions in that ugly business,
which has been carried out with the help of financial help from abroad.
The Orissa government itself maintains details
of foreign contributions to the tune of millions of dollars to the NGOs like
Orissa Fellowship Ministry, Cuttack Roman Catholic Diocese, Indian Evangelical
Association, Brethren in Christ Church, East India Mission and Joypore Evangelical
Lutheran church, etc. All these NGOs, which claim to work in the sectors of
education and health care, cleverly utilise these funds for 'harvesting souls'.
The latest addition to this strategy is the
'AIDS' awareness campaign, which gets millions of dollars from organisations
like Bill Gates Foundation, etc. But, the central government doesn't seem
to be worried about all these nefarious activities, as it is concerned about
its 'image' and 'commitment' to the so-called secularism.
A close and deep analysis of the history of
Islamic terrorism and Christian evangelisation in India shows that both plan
their strategies, perpetrate them meticulously and then play victims with
the help of self-styled human rights organisations and vlouble minority commissions.
In the bargain, the actual victim, that is
the majority community, suffers from unlimited persecution.