newindianexpress.com reserves the right to take any or all comments down at any time. This table summarizes three Protestant beliefs. Lofland noted that most of their efforts were ineffective and that most of the people who joined did so because of personal relationships often family relationships with existing members. Though ostensibly secular in objective, the, Indians look up to the judiciary to uphold the secular values of the republic, and the Supreme Court has, time and again, thwarted onslaughts on peoples core fundamental right of religious freedom. From Delhi in the north to Yadgir in south, mass Dalit conversion to Buddhism has riled up many Hindu groups. . Christanity has 2.5-3% base in 82% Hindu dominated India. Colonial missions since the 19th century have attracted people to an implied nexus of material well-being, civilisation, and European-style religion. Place Nagpur, Maharashtra, the city where the Headquarter of Rastriya Swayamsewak Sangh is situated. Converts to Islam are due to marriage/love issues. This theory was publicized by the popular news media but disputed by other scholars, including some sociologists of religion. The moment where one has made pure intentions to convert to Hinduism, he will be regarded as a Hindu. Sixty years ago BR Ambedkar, the first untouchable to hold high office in India and the man who wrote India's constitution, renounced Hinduism as a creed in the grip of casteism and converted - with more than 100,000 of his followers - to Buddhism. 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The Muslim castes which have been particularly vulnerable to Hindu missionary efforts have been those Let me say this that if there is a hint of coercion or forcible conversion, the matter will be dealt with seriously, said Derek OBrien, a spokesman for the Trinamool National Congress party which is in power in West Bengal. UP's Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Ordinance, 2020, promulgated last week penalises mass conversions - defined by the ordinance as conversions of two or more persons. This vast majority are from the middle and upper middle class. The price differential is presumably based on the premise that Christians are a much smaller minority than Muslims, and so pose less samasya (problem) to the body politic than do followers of Islam. "The whole world knows that most of the ancestors of India's Christians and Muslims are Hindus," Surendra Jain, the VHP's Joint General-Secretary, said [] Officials say an inquiry has been launched into Wednesdays event. The views expressed in comments published on newindianexpress.com are those of the comment writers alone. More portentous was the grand ghar wapsi (homecoming, or mass-reconversion) programme announced by the Dharam Jagran Samiti (loosely translated into Hindi-Religious Awakening Front) in the neighbouring town of Aligarh, where Christmas was to be celebrated by bringing 4,000 Christians and 1,000 Muslims back into the folds of Hinduism. "Evangelization." The message has been conveyed in the party leaderships own style, Bedi said at the weekend. {{#more}} This is list of converts from Indian-origin religions. A national anti-conversion law, if enacted, would definitely be challenged in the Supreme Court. Not so for the small community of Christians in Agra, a town in the northern Indian province of Uttar Pradesh. [42][43], In recent decades, mainstream Hinduism schools have attempted to systematize ways to accept religious converts, with an increase in inter-religious mixed marriages. The mass ceremony was the latest in what is a growing number of such conversions to Pakistan's majority Muslim faith in recent years although precise data is scarce. In addition, it is strongly recommended you visit your local temple/ashram/spiritual organization . You can become a Hindu even if you are born a non-Hindu and you are of a non-Asian origin. SS Subramuniyaswami (2000), How to become a Hindu, 2nd Edition, Himalayan Academy. University of California Press, 2000. p.114. Modi, 64, a former organiser with a revivalist Hindu organisation, has yet to make any public comment on the reconversion ceremonies. Retrieved May 5, 2015. The spectre of losing Dalits to another faith and that too a public pledge to reject Hinduism in the election campaign season has reignited an age-old debate about caste oppression. In connection to this, many users in India posted a claim that the 'princess of Indonesia' converted to Hinduism following which 50,000 Indonesians did the same. Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, A Buddhist monk shaves the head of a man converting him to Buddhism. Merchants and traders of India, particularly from Indian peninsula, carried their religious ideas, which led to religious conversions to Hinduism in Indonesia, Champa, Cambodia and Burma. Amen. Careers, Home | Nation | World | Cities | Business | Columns | Entertainment | Sport | Magazine | The Sunday Standard. One might well question in face of such provisions, do the laws even need to use the modifiers forcible or fraudulent? [citation needed]. All the comments will be moderated by the newindianexpress.com editorial. Match case Limit results 1 per page. Ghar Wapsi: Forced Mass Conversion To Hinduism The purpose of a religion is to realize self actualization of a man! The Hindu right has become increasingly wary of Buddhist conversions, seeing its call for equality as exerting a powerful pull on the lowest castes. Here I am safe.". Despite this UN-declared human right, some groups forbid or restrict religious conversion (see below). Ghar Wapsi ( Hindi, meaning "Returning Home") is the programme of religious conversion to Hinduism and Sikhism from Islam, Christianity and other religions, [which?] Of the total 506 people who registered their change of religion with the government, 241 were those who converted from Christianity or Islam to Hinduism. Following the conversion of Rinchan, his commander-in-chief and many other Hindus converted to Islam. The sometimes intense violence has led to a migration to the cities, where caste is easier to submerge. "There is no caste system here." Attending the ceremonies are monks from America, Britain and Taiwan. Despite mass gatherings like the Kumbh Mela, Hindus have traditionally never practiced congregational worship. conducted by Indian Hindu nationalist organisations Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and their allies. [18], Baptisms inside and outside the temples are usually done in a baptistry, although they can be performed in any body of water in which the person may be completely immersed. [21][22], Conversion to Judaism is the religious conversion of non-Jews to become members of the Jewish religion and Jewish ethnoreligious community. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Some Christian sects require full conversion for new members regardless of any history in other Christian sects, or from certain other sects. So all tribals and SCs converted to Christians here. Can you explain why? Photograph: Amit Bhargava/AP. [16], Baptism is seen as symbolic both of Jesus' death, burial and resurrection[17] and is also symbolic of the baptized individual putting off of the natural or sinful man and becoming spiritually reborn as a disciple of Jesus. March 21, 2015 by Ambaa Choate. Anti-cult evangelicals protest that 'aggressiveness and proselytizing are basic to authentic Christianity,' and that Jews for Jesus and Campus Crusade for Christ are not to be labeled as cults. He ran away after being tied up with his mother and clubbed for a night by an upper caste neighbour for allowing his goat to wander. Proselytism is the act of attempting to convert by persuasion another individual from a different religion or belief system. The amendment makes provision to increase the maximum imprisonment for . Also find news, photos and videos on conversions to hinduism. Saurav Datta teaches media law and jurisprudence in Mumbai and Pune. lmao everyone in this world is a convert, The writer has tried to mislead the readers of NIE with confusing figures. Mass Conversions to Hinduism among Indian Muslims Yoginder Sikand Manjari Katju In cases of mass conversion of Muslims to Hinduism, the central thrust has been on their de-Islamisation rather than on their accepting the Hindu religion. In Tibetan Buddhism, for example, the current Dalai Lama discourages active attempts to win converts. But these benefits aside, there was another more substantive reason why many Indians, especially the Dalits (Untouchables) and tribals embraced Christianity, and even Islam. They include never worshipping Hindu gods and goddesses, never inviting a Brahmin for rituals and never drinking alcohol. Instead of going into the genesis of the conversion of poor Hindus, Malhi chose to reply with a political overtone, "And it is happening under the rule of self-proclaimed champions of democracy.". In fact we think that there are very few differences between Buddhism and Hinduism," says Lalit Kumar, who works for a Hindu nationalist welfare association in Andhra Pradesh. In 1339, Shah Mir established his own kingship and founded the Shah Mir Dynasty, which lasted till 1561. 77% of the new converts to Islam were Hindus and 63% women. The worry is that some kind of coercion is involved. https://www.whatdomormonsbelieve.com/15/09/2010/the-original-sin/ The person administering the baptism must recite the prayer exactly, and immerse every part, limb, hair and clothing of the person being baptized. In sharing their faith with others, Bahs are cautioned to "obtain a hearing" meaning to make sure the person they are proposing to teach is open to hearing what they have to say. More than 550 Hindu temples in the Portuguese territories were razed to the ground. I do not have a caste.". [1] In some cases, religious conversion "marks a transformation of religious identity and is symbolized by special rituals".[2]. Its not my business what faith others follow but surely there must be something seriously wrong to go the BJP way. However, Taoism does have its own religious conversion ceremony which seems[original research?] All Indian religions, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainsim and Sikhism, are collective called "Sanatan Dharma" and "Dhamma", and all others are called mleccha. Thus the 1st-century Levant, steeped in expectations of overturning the political situation, provided fertile ground for nascent Christianity and other Jewish messianic sects, such as the Zealots. The communities [involved in the recent incidents] are already vulnerable and the campaign seems quite aggressive and the combination is concerning, said Meenakshi Ganguly, South Asia director of Human Rights Watch. I would list some of the people here, 1. All Indian religions, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainsim and Sikhism, are collective called "Sanatan Dharma" and "Dhamma", and all others are called mleccha. Hindu Scriptures do not provide any procedure to convert to Hindu from any other religion as Hinduism is regarded as the way of life. Indians look up to the judiciary to uphold the secular values of the republic, and the Supreme Court has, time and again, thwarted onslaughts on peoples core fundamental right of religious freedom. [citation needed], Greece has a long history of conflict, mostly with Jehovah's Witnesses, but also with some Pentecostals, over its laws on proselytism. [61][62] The Church of Scientology requires that all converts sign a legal waiver which covers their relationship with the Church of Scientology before engaging in Scientology services. [I say] why wait?". In fact, there are millions of men and women living in the world who were non-Hindus by birth but later accepted Hinduism as their way of life. 66 Comments. But the Sangh Parivar seems bent on turning it into a way of strife. Conversion to Hinduism. This applies also for the presence of New Age centres. The six Astika and two Nastika schools of Hindu philosophy, in its history, did not develop a missionary or proselytization methodology, and they co-existed with each other. This is a service to our country and we will continue with the ghar wapsi [homecomings], Jugal Kishore, a VHP official involved in the event, was quoted as saying in the Indian Express newspaper. [57] Lofland summarised his findings in 1964 in a doctoral thesis entitled "The World Savers: A Field Study of Cult Processes", and in 1966 in book form (published by Prentice-Hall) as Doomsday Cult: A Study of Conversion, Proselytization, and Maintenance of Faith. 06/24/2021 India (International Christian Concern) - Using extremely anti-minority rhetoric, a Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader in India on Wednesday tweeted his support for mass 're-conversion' programs pushing Indian Christians and Muslims to convert to Hinduism. A former associate editor with the Times of India, Jug Suraiya writes two regular columns for the print edition, Jugular Vein, which appears every Friday, and Second Opinion, which appears on Wednesdays. The closest Hindu equivalent of a regular congregation is the RSS shakha. Frankish armies spread Roman Catholicism eastwards in the Middle Ages. Sunday saw more than 100 persons belonging to the SC/ST communities embracing Buddhism at Guduvanchery, a Chennai suburb, under the auspices of Mass Movement for Transformation, claiming to be a. 17 persons including 12 females were from the Nair community. Explore conversions to hinduism profile at Times of India for photos, videos and latest news of conversions to hinduism. However, he has warned members of parliament and ministers not to make statements that might distract from his development agenda, after one member of his government called Indian Muslims bastard children last year. "CatholicHerald.co.uk Cardinal protests against forced conversions to Hinduism". A Jehovah's Witness, Minos Kokkinakis, won the equivalent of $14,400 in damages from the Greek state after being arrested for trying to preach his faith from door to door. However, people who converted to Buddhism said they faced caste. Reports of a new mass conversion of Christians in India have raised concerns over freedom of worship, days after Barack Obama challenged the countrys record on religious tolerance. Sixty years ago BR Ambedkar, the first untouchable to hold high office in India and the man who wrote India's constitution, renounced Hinduism as a creed in the grip of casteism and converted -. Throughout the timeline of Buddhism, conversions of entire countries and regions to Buddhism were frequent, as Buddhism spread throughout Asia. 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Messianism may prepare groups for the coming of a Messiah or of a saviour. At one stage Kerala Anglo Indian nurses were very well respected in other states also but with the passage of time the conversion to Islam picked up the race and see now they are in majority. Since the Bah Faith has no clergy, converts are encouraged to be active in all aspects of community life. to be adopted and modified from Chinese Buddhist refuge-taking ceremonies. Early Christianity attracted followers by offering community material support and enhanced status for disadvantaged groups such as women and slaves. [4][5], Within Christianity conversion refers variously to three different phenomena: a person becoming Christian who was previously not Christian; a Christian moving from one Christian denomination to another; a particular spiritual development, sometimes called the "second conversion", or "the conversion of the baptised".[6]. More than 1,000 people, mostly Muslims, were killed by rioters. The rise of the BJP to power at the national level in 1998 spurred a spate of anti-conversion legislation. Often these are relatively small, close-knit minority religions that are ethnically based such as the Yazidis, Druze, and Mandaeans. which appears on Wednesdays. Different factors and circumstances may operate and interact to persuade individuals of groups to convert and adopt a new set of religious doctrines and habits. Gautam revealed that ov. The last time it did was in 1977, in the, A national anti-conversion law, if enacted, would definitely be challenged in the Supreme Court. Force can at least apparently coerce people into adopting different ideas. Up to 100 Christians welcomed back to Hinduism in West Bengal, raising concerns about possible coercion, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, A damaged mural of Jesus Christ on the outside of a home in India. Alphonso Albuquerque conquered Diu. [21] In Islam, circumcision is considered a sunnah custom and is never mentioned in the Quran. Both are true in their own contexts. These laws are invoked and enforced only when a group of people, not individuals, seek to move out of Hinduism. Mass Conversion to Hinduism In India By Faheem Belharvi Bajrang Dal, an offshoot of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) converted at least 57 Muslim families (200 people) into Hindus at a "Purkhon ki Ghar vapsi" coming home of the ancestors ceremony held at Agra, Uttar Pardesh. Hinduism, says this analysis, was "adopted" by 47% of those who converted to a different religion in Kerala during the referred year. The Inquisition in France and in Iberia worked to convert heretics with varying success. Meaningless data. This suits their propaganda well and helps in the mass mobilisation against Muslims and Christians. All rights reserved. Article 18.2 bars coercion that would impair the right to have or adopt a religion or belief, including the use of threat of physical force or penal sanctions to compel believers or non-believers to adhere to their religious beliefs and congregations, to recant their religion or belief or to convert." Gavin Flood, Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Editor: Knut Jacobsen (2010), Volume II, Brill. Log into your account. When performing a Baptism, Latter Day Saints say the following prayer before performing the ordinance: Having been commissioned of Jesus Christ, I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. When I tell them my caste they stop asking questions. On 14 October 1956, Dr BR Ambedkar, the architect of the Indian Constitution, took a life-altering decision. Without defining what all would, and could, possibly count as inducement or fraud, these laws impose stringent criminal sanctions on violators. No society is immune from the darkest impulses of men. We are talking about an amendment bill introduced in the Uttarakhand assembly on November 29and passed a day laterto make the four-year-old anti-conversion Act (which ironically goes by the name Uttarakhand 'Freedom of Religion' Act, 2018) even more stringent. Mate. the biggest gainer has been Islam. In other words, the true purpose of a religion is to ensure that each person reaches his true potential, goes beyond the temptations toward one honest truth - upliftment of himself. 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