An Islamic court in Kashmir has convicted a Protestant pastor of converting Muslims to Christianity, while another pastor and a Catholic priest have been indicted on similar charges. news
There problem regarding the conversion in to Christianity exists for a long time in India. Earlier, it was the Hindus who accused Christian missionaries of converting people by giving money, wheat, milk powder or jobs or any other means. But now the Muslims began to accuse the missionaries. The point to be noted is both Christianity and Islam are minorities in India. India is a multi religious country. There exists a law of freedom of religion in the Indian constitution. Every citizen of India has the right to practice his own religion chosen by him freely without any force. The pastors, who have been accused, reported that they were not using any means for conversion. In that case the accusation is false and it is invalid.
The reasons behind these accusations are fanaticism and power in the society. The uneducated villagers are unaware of the reality around them so they live like a slave to the landlords. The fanatics and the rich use these conditions to manipulate the poor. Once they are given education and made aware of the realities they wake up and join hands against the fanatics and the rich landlords. But they cannot stop these missionaries teaching the poor. Instead they accuse the missionary of converting the people by giving food or money. Since they are in power at present the can accuse the missionaries and quit them from the place with the false accusations. As far as the rules and regulations are in the hands of the fanatics this will continue. The better means would be to educate the poor until all of them are aware of the politics done by the fanatics and by the so called rich.
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