This news item is form TimesofIndia on Jan 10, 2011. Muslim men are doing the same in India by targetting innnocent Hindu/Sikh girls.
News item is below.
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AMRITSAR: A day after UKs' former home secretary Jack Straw blamed some Pakistani Muslim men for targeting "vulnerable" White girls sexually, UK's Hindu and Sikh organizations also publicly accused Muslim groups of the same offence.
Straw, in an interview to the BBC recently, had said, "...there is a specific problem which involves Pakistani heritage men...who target vulnerable young white girls...they see these young women, white girls who are vulnerable, some of them in care ... who they think are easy meat."
Feeling emboldened by Straw's statement, UK's Hindu and Sikh organizations have also come in open and accused some Pakistani men of specifically targeting Hindu and Sikh girls. "This has been a serious concern for the last decade," said Hardeep Singh of Network of Sikh Organizations (NSO) while talking to TOI on Monday.
Sikhs and Hindus are annoyed that Straw had shown concern for White girls and not the Hindu and the Sikh teenage girls who have been coaxed by some Pakistani men for sex and religious conversion.
"Straw does other communities a disservice by suggesting that only white girls were targets of this predatory behaviour. We raised the issue of our girls with the previous government and the police on several occasions over the last decade. This phenomenon has been there because a minority of Islamic extremists view all 'non believers' as legitimate targets," said director NSO Inderjit Singh.
Targeted sexual offences and forced conversions of Hindu and Sikh girls was not a new phenomenon in the UK, said Ashish Joshio from Media Monitoring group.
"This has been going on for decades in the UK . Young Muslim men have been boasting about seducing the Kaffir (unbeliever) women. The Hindu and the Sikh communities must be commended for showing both restraint and maturity under such provocation," he added.
Hardeep said that in 2007, The Hindu Forum of Britain claimed that hundreds of Hindu and Sikh girls had been first romantically coaxed and later intimidated and converted by Muslim men.
Inderjit said," We are heartened by the swift condemnation of this behaviour by the Prime Minister David Cameron and his government. However, we urge the government to be firm in dealing with this criminal behaviour to protect the vulnerable girls, and, importantly protect the good name of the majority law abiding members of the Muslim community."
Read more: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Not-just-White-girls-Pak-Muslim-men-sexually-target-Hindu-and-Sikh-girls-as-well/articleshow/7254035.cms
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Muslim Mom cuts out daughter's heart as 'religious offering'
35-year-old Shayna Bharuchi of Somali origin was arrested after her daughter's body was found stabbed to death in the kitchen with her heart and other vital organs cut out and strewn around her flat, the 'Daily Mail' reported.
The woman was allegedly chanting verses of the Koran as her daughter's disembowelled corpse lay next to her in the home in East London; she had her MP3 player on full blast as she listened to the Muslim holy book, the report said.
The woman was arrested on Thursday after her partner Jerome Negney, believed to be a Muslim convert, had informed the police after seeing the mother of two teenage children clutching a kitchen knife in their home.
He dialled 999 and paramedics pronounced the girl dead at the scene, the report said.
The Metropolitan Police's Child Abuse Investigation Command is leading the murder inquiry. They are not believed to be looking for anybody else.
Read more: Mom cuts out daughter's heart as 'religious offering' - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/Mom-cuts-out-daughters-heart-as-religious-offering/articleshow/7127891.cms#ixzz18ZNi7cL2
The woman was allegedly chanting verses of the Koran as her daughter's disembowelled corpse lay next to her in the home in East London; she had her MP3 player on full blast as she listened to the Muslim holy book, the report said.
The woman was arrested on Thursday after her partner Jerome Negney, believed to be a Muslim convert, had informed the police after seeing the mother of two teenage children clutching a kitchen knife in their home.
He dialled 999 and paramedics pronounced the girl dead at the scene, the report said.
The Metropolitan Police's Child Abuse Investigation Command is leading the murder inquiry. They are not believed to be looking for anybody else.
Read more: Mom cuts out daughter's heart as 'religious offering' - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/Mom-cuts-out-daughters-heart-as-religious-offering/articleshow/7127891.cms#ixzz18ZNi7cL2
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Missionaries are Kidnapping our Children
I have another article in my blog for December 2009 where Christian missionaries had kidnapped children in India and police help had to be taken to free them. Now 10 missionaries have been arrested in Haiti for Kidnapping.
Please spread the news to all poor people in India. Never trust your children with these missionaries.
Read the article below from CNN.
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U.S. missionaries charged with kidnapping in Haiti
Feb 5, 2010.
Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- Ten Americans detained last week while trying to take 33 Haitian children out of the country were charged Thursday with kidnapping children and criminal association, a government official said.
Information Minister Marie Laurence Lassegue's announcement came shortly after the five men and five women left a hearing at the prosecutor's office.
Under Haitian law, anyone accused of kidnapping a child is not eligible for bail, the attorney general's office said.
Conviction on the kidnapping charge carries a maximum penalty of life in prison; the criminal association charge carries a penalty of three to nine years, according to a former justice minister.
Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive told CNN's "Larry King Live" on Thursday night that the judge in the case has three months to decide whether to prosecute.
"We hope that he will decide long before those three months," he said. "He can release them, he can ask to prosecute them."
If a decision is made to prosecute, the case would be heard before a jury, he said.
Told that the families of the detained Americans had pleaded for him to intervene, Bellerive said he could not.
"Those people are not in the hands of the government; they are in the hands of justice," he said. "We have to respect the law. It is clear that the people violated the law. What we have to understand is if they did it in good faith."
Bellerive said the Haitian government was open to the possibility of the case being transferred to a U.S. court but said the request would have to come from the United States. "Until now, I was not asked," he said.
He expressed gratitude for the work of the vast majority of Americans who have helped in the aftermath of the January 12 earthquake that he said killed at least 212,000 people.
The Americans were turned back Friday as they tried to take the children across the border into the Dominican Republic without proper documentation. They said they were going to house them in a converted hotel in that country and later move them to an orphanage they were building there.
"We can confirm that the 10 American citizens remain in custody in Haiti," said State Department deputy spokesman Gordon Duguid. "We continue to provide appropriate consular assistance and to monitor developments in the legal case."
The Americans have said they were just trying to help the children leave the earthquake-stricken country.
Some of the detained Americans have said they thought they were helping orphans, but their interpreters said Wednesday that they were present when group members spoke with the children's parents. Some parents in a village outside Port-au-Prince said they had willingly given their children over to the Americans, who promised them a better life and who said they could see their children whenever they wanted to.
Government approval is needed for any Haitian child to leave the country, and the group acknowledged that the children had no passports.
Some members of the group belong to the Central Valley Baptist Church in Meridian, Idaho. One of the church's ministers asked for privacy and would not discuss the matter.
"I know you have many questions but we don't have answers right now," Drew Ham, assistant pastor, said in a note to reporters.
P.J. Crowley, a spokesman for the U.S. State Department, has said that U.S. officials have been given unlimited consular access to the Americans and that U.S. and Haitian authorities are "working to try to ascertain what happened [and] the motive behind these people.
"Clearly, there are questions about procedure as to whether they had the appropriate paperwork to move the children," he said Wednesday.
Please spread the news to all poor people in India. Never trust your children with these missionaries.
Read the article below from CNN.
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U.S. missionaries charged with kidnapping in Haiti
Feb 5, 2010.
Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- Ten Americans detained last week while trying to take 33 Haitian children out of the country were charged Thursday with kidnapping children and criminal association, a government official said.
Information Minister Marie Laurence Lassegue's announcement came shortly after the five men and five women left a hearing at the prosecutor's office.
Under Haitian law, anyone accused of kidnapping a child is not eligible for bail, the attorney general's office said.
Conviction on the kidnapping charge carries a maximum penalty of life in prison; the criminal association charge carries a penalty of three to nine years, according to a former justice minister.
Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive told CNN's "Larry King Live" on Thursday night that the judge in the case has three months to decide whether to prosecute.
"We hope that he will decide long before those three months," he said. "He can release them, he can ask to prosecute them."
If a decision is made to prosecute, the case would be heard before a jury, he said.
Told that the families of the detained Americans had pleaded for him to intervene, Bellerive said he could not.
"Those people are not in the hands of the government; they are in the hands of justice," he said. "We have to respect the law. It is clear that the people violated the law. What we have to understand is if they did it in good faith."
Bellerive said the Haitian government was open to the possibility of the case being transferred to a U.S. court but said the request would have to come from the United States. "Until now, I was not asked," he said.
He expressed gratitude for the work of the vast majority of Americans who have helped in the aftermath of the January 12 earthquake that he said killed at least 212,000 people.
The Americans were turned back Friday as they tried to take the children across the border into the Dominican Republic without proper documentation. They said they were going to house them in a converted hotel in that country and later move them to an orphanage they were building there.
"We can confirm that the 10 American citizens remain in custody in Haiti," said State Department deputy spokesman Gordon Duguid. "We continue to provide appropriate consular assistance and to monitor developments in the legal case."
The Americans have said they were just trying to help the children leave the earthquake-stricken country.
Some of the detained Americans have said they thought they were helping orphans, but their interpreters said Wednesday that they were present when group members spoke with the children's parents. Some parents in a village outside Port-au-Prince said they had willingly given their children over to the Americans, who promised them a better life and who said they could see their children whenever they wanted to.
Government approval is needed for any Haitian child to leave the country, and the group acknowledged that the children had no passports.
Some members of the group belong to the Central Valley Baptist Church in Meridian, Idaho. One of the church's ministers asked for privacy and would not discuss the matter.
"I know you have many questions but we don't have answers right now," Drew Ham, assistant pastor, said in a note to reporters.
P.J. Crowley, a spokesman for the U.S. State Department, has said that U.S. officials have been given unlimited consular access to the Americans and that U.S. and Haitian authorities are "working to try to ascertain what happened [and] the motive behind these people.
"Clearly, there are questions about procedure as to whether they had the appropriate paperwork to move the children," he said Wednesday.
India is just one earthquake away from Christinisation
India is just one earthquake away from Christianization.
I found this article on Washington post, it was dated 13th Feb 2010. Just look at how missionaries are taking advantage of poor Haitians and converting them by exploiting their helplessness.
These people will not listen to reason and law should be in place in India to completely stop missionaries from coming to India. Also all current missionary activities supported by foreign funds should be banned.
Just one natural calamity these people would be all over the place to exploit peoples helplessness.
Article is below.
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Tension among Haiti's religions grows after quake
By Paisley Dodds ASSOCIATED PRESS
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Christian and Voodoo leaders put aside their differences for a moment Friday, joining hands under a canopy of tropical trees as some earthquake survivors on crutches and in wheelchairs mourned the more than 200,000 Haitians killed by an earthquake one month ago.
The catastrophe has driven a wedge between Haiti's religions as Christian groups make inroads among shaken Voodoo followers -- some drawn by the steady flow of aid through evangelical missions and others frightened by a disaster they saw as a warning from God.
"People see rice being distributed in front of churches and those homeless now needing papers are being offered baptism certificates that can act as identity documents," Voodoo priest Max Beauvoir told The Associated Press before speaking at Friday's service. "The horrible thing though is that by rejecting Voodoo these people are rejecting their ancestors and history. Voodoo is the soul of the Haitian people. Without it, the people are lost."
Beauvoir said it took weeks of negotiations to arrange his participation in Friday's ceremony, and that some didn't want Voodoo represented in Port-au-Prince on Friday's national day of mourning.
Haitians gathered under the shade of mimosa and powderpuff trees and flooded the streets of the capital in prayer, climbing atop the rubble of destroyed churches and spilling into parks where they stretched their arms to the skies. Hymns reverberated throughout the shattered city.
President Rene Preval broke down in tears, wiping his eyes with a handkerchief as his wife tried to console him.
"The pain is too heavy -- words cannot describe it," Preval said in one of the first major public addresses he has made in weeks.
After the quake, evangelical U.S. broadcaster Pat Robertson said Haiti had been cursed after its slave founders made a "pact with the devil." The White House called the remark "stupid" but some Haitians wonder if God may be angry for their close ties to the spirit world.
"The earthquake scared me," said Veronique Malot, a 24-year-old who joined an evangelical church two weeks ago when she found herself living in one of the city's many outdoor camps. "Voodoo has been in my family but the government isn't helping us. The only people giving aid are the Christian churches."
Christians have spearheaded international disaster relief in Haiti and the rest of the developing world for decades.
Baptists, Catholics, Jehovah's Witnesses, Scientologists, Mormons and other missionaries have flocked to Haiti in droves since the earthquake -- feeding the homeless, treating the injured and preaching the Gospel in squalid camps where some 1 million people now live.
In many of the camps, trucks with loudspeakers blast evangelical music while missionaries talk to families under tarpaulin roofs.
The Rev. Florian Ganthier, of an evangelical church that was partially destroyed in the quake, said he knows of dozens of Voodoo followers who have converted in the last month.
"People who practice Voodoo are living in the shadows," Ganthier said. "This earthquake was a sign to all those who do not accept Jesus Christ in their life."
Voodoo, or Vodou as preferred by Haitians, evolved in the 17th century when the French brought slaves to Haiti from West Africa. Slaves forced to practice Catholicism remained loyal to their African spirits in secret by adopting Catholic saints to coincide with African spirits, and today many Haitians consider themselves followers of both religions.
Voodoo's followers believe in reincarnation, one God and a pantheon of spirits. Voodoo leaders say that although they do not believe in evil spirits, some followers pray for the spirits to do evil.
In 1791, an escaped slave named Boukman gathered thousands of followers in the forests of northern Haiti, sacrificed a wild boar and pledged that with the spirits' help, he would liberate his people and free Haiti. After 10 years of bloodshed, slavery ended and Haiti became the world's first black republic, making Boukman a hero and giving special prominence to Voodoo.
Still, Voodoo worshippers have been persecuted. A church-led campaign in the 1940s led to the destruction of temples and sacred objects. Hollywood films sensationalizing Voodoo and legends of the undead pushed the practice further underground.
Voodoo became recognized as a formal religion in Haiti only in 1987, under a new constitution that recognizes the rights of all religions.
Many missionaries who have flocked to the country since the earthquake say their goals in Haiti are strictly humanitarian.
"We're not here to practice our religion," said Chris Hermensen, a Mormon nurse who came after the quake to help treat patients in several hospitals. "We tell people what are beliefs are but we treat everyone the same. We're here to help right now."
At Friday's mourning ceremony, Preval urged support for the government despite multiplying protests over government failures to provide food and shelter to those left homeless by the quake. Some aid groups have also complained of government dithering over moving people to safe shelter in advance of the coming rains.
In a sign of a return to normality, officials announced that commercial passenger flights would resume at Haiti's international airport on Feb. 19. American Airlines was accepting reservations online but said it would not make a definitive commitment to starting that day. Small commercial planes have been operating between neighboring Dominican Republic and Port-au-Prince's small national airport.
Meanwhile, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi led a bipartisan delegation on a half-day visit to Port-au-Prince, meeting Preval and visiting aid distribution sites and medical facilities.
I found this article on Washington post, it was dated 13th Feb 2010. Just look at how missionaries are taking advantage of poor Haitians and converting them by exploiting their helplessness.
These people will not listen to reason and law should be in place in India to completely stop missionaries from coming to India. Also all current missionary activities supported by foreign funds should be banned.
Just one natural calamity these people would be all over the place to exploit peoples helplessness.
Article is below.
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Tension among Haiti's religions grows after quake
By Paisley Dodds ASSOCIATED PRESS
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Christian and Voodoo leaders put aside their differences for a moment Friday, joining hands under a canopy of tropical trees as some earthquake survivors on crutches and in wheelchairs mourned the more than 200,000 Haitians killed by an earthquake one month ago.
The catastrophe has driven a wedge between Haiti's religions as Christian groups make inroads among shaken Voodoo followers -- some drawn by the steady flow of aid through evangelical missions and others frightened by a disaster they saw as a warning from God.
"People see rice being distributed in front of churches and those homeless now needing papers are being offered baptism certificates that can act as identity documents," Voodoo priest Max Beauvoir told The Associated Press before speaking at Friday's service. "The horrible thing though is that by rejecting Voodoo these people are rejecting their ancestors and history. Voodoo is the soul of the Haitian people. Without it, the people are lost."
Beauvoir said it took weeks of negotiations to arrange his participation in Friday's ceremony, and that some didn't want Voodoo represented in Port-au-Prince on Friday's national day of mourning.
Haitians gathered under the shade of mimosa and powderpuff trees and flooded the streets of the capital in prayer, climbing atop the rubble of destroyed churches and spilling into parks where they stretched their arms to the skies. Hymns reverberated throughout the shattered city.
President Rene Preval broke down in tears, wiping his eyes with a handkerchief as his wife tried to console him.
"The pain is too heavy -- words cannot describe it," Preval said in one of the first major public addresses he has made in weeks.
After the quake, evangelical U.S. broadcaster Pat Robertson said Haiti had been cursed after its slave founders made a "pact with the devil." The White House called the remark "stupid" but some Haitians wonder if God may be angry for their close ties to the spirit world.
"The earthquake scared me," said Veronique Malot, a 24-year-old who joined an evangelical church two weeks ago when she found herself living in one of the city's many outdoor camps. "Voodoo has been in my family but the government isn't helping us. The only people giving aid are the Christian churches."
Christians have spearheaded international disaster relief in Haiti and the rest of the developing world for decades.
Baptists, Catholics, Jehovah's Witnesses, Scientologists, Mormons and other missionaries have flocked to Haiti in droves since the earthquake -- feeding the homeless, treating the injured and preaching the Gospel in squalid camps where some 1 million people now live.
In many of the camps, trucks with loudspeakers blast evangelical music while missionaries talk to families under tarpaulin roofs.
The Rev. Florian Ganthier, of an evangelical church that was partially destroyed in the quake, said he knows of dozens of Voodoo followers who have converted in the last month.
"People who practice Voodoo are living in the shadows," Ganthier said. "This earthquake was a sign to all those who do not accept Jesus Christ in their life."
Voodoo, or Vodou as preferred by Haitians, evolved in the 17th century when the French brought slaves to Haiti from West Africa. Slaves forced to practice Catholicism remained loyal to their African spirits in secret by adopting Catholic saints to coincide with African spirits, and today many Haitians consider themselves followers of both religions.
Voodoo's followers believe in reincarnation, one God and a pantheon of spirits. Voodoo leaders say that although they do not believe in evil spirits, some followers pray for the spirits to do evil.
In 1791, an escaped slave named Boukman gathered thousands of followers in the forests of northern Haiti, sacrificed a wild boar and pledged that with the spirits' help, he would liberate his people and free Haiti. After 10 years of bloodshed, slavery ended and Haiti became the world's first black republic, making Boukman a hero and giving special prominence to Voodoo.
Still, Voodoo worshippers have been persecuted. A church-led campaign in the 1940s led to the destruction of temples and sacred objects. Hollywood films sensationalizing Voodoo and legends of the undead pushed the practice further underground.
Voodoo became recognized as a formal religion in Haiti only in 1987, under a new constitution that recognizes the rights of all religions.
Many missionaries who have flocked to the country since the earthquake say their goals in Haiti are strictly humanitarian.
"We're not here to practice our religion," said Chris Hermensen, a Mormon nurse who came after the quake to help treat patients in several hospitals. "We tell people what are beliefs are but we treat everyone the same. We're here to help right now."
At Friday's mourning ceremony, Preval urged support for the government despite multiplying protests over government failures to provide food and shelter to those left homeless by the quake. Some aid groups have also complained of government dithering over moving people to safe shelter in advance of the coming rains.
In a sign of a return to normality, officials announced that commercial passenger flights would resume at Haiti's international airport on Feb. 19. American Airlines was accepting reservations online but said it would not make a definitive commitment to starting that day. Small commercial planes have been operating between neighboring Dominican Republic and Port-au-Prince's small national airport.
Meanwhile, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi led a bipartisan delegation on a half-day visit to Port-au-Prince, meeting Preval and visiting aid distribution sites and medical facilities.
Friday, January 1, 2010
A Poor Hindu is a lesser human being than a poor Muslim
Below article is from "Times of India"
Minority, not Muslim, on BPL list?
Subodh Ghildiyal | TNN
New Delhi: The Centre is veering round to accept the N C Saxena committee’s methodology for identifying BPL (below poverty line) through a census but may go in for a crucial change—replace “Muslim’’ with “minority’’ for extra weightage on poverty index. The Union rural development ministry is mulling to put minorities as a whole in place of only Muslims who are to be given one point extra weightage in BPL identification. The ministry conducts a census to identify the BPL. This is now due in 2010.
Sources said a rethink on whether Muslims as a community should be retained as beneficiary of special points in BPL census started after a few states said it was not prudent. In their comments on the Saxena report, the states, learnt to be mostly the BJP-ruled ones, felt it would send out a wrong message.
Sources said the ministry is still to decide between “Muslim’’ and “minority’’ and a final view is to be taken on Saxena report’s methodology for the BPL census. The debate, however, seems interesting.
While the Sachar commission and other surveys from time to time have identified a vast section of Muslims as poor, sources said it was suggested that use of the word “minority’’ would pre-empt any misgivings that one community was being given the preference in poverty welfare. It would, while removing the possible grounds for social envy, also not disturb other minority communities who could feel let down.
Among the families to be surveyed, there is certain weightage to be given to social groups. While SC/STs would get three points, Most Backward Castes (MBCs) would secure two points. The Saxena report added that Muslims and OBCs be given one point each. Otherwise, the RD ministry feels the methodology suggested by Saxena panel for BPL census is strong, specially the method of “automatic inclusion and exclusion’’. The concept is seen as “fair and robust’’. According to the concept, certain families would not be considered for BPL category at all. They include households which own double of a district’s average irrigated landholding or have a three-wheeled or four-wheeled motor vehicle or a mechanized farm equipment or have a member who is a government employee or have a private sector employee drawing above Rs 10,000 per month salary.
Minority, not Muslim, on BPL list?
Subodh Ghildiyal | TNN
New Delhi: The Centre is veering round to accept the N C Saxena committee’s methodology for identifying BPL (below poverty line) through a census but may go in for a crucial change—replace “Muslim’’ with “minority’’ for extra weightage on poverty index. The Union rural development ministry is mulling to put minorities as a whole in place of only Muslims who are to be given one point extra weightage in BPL identification. The ministry conducts a census to identify the BPL. This is now due in 2010.
Sources said a rethink on whether Muslims as a community should be retained as beneficiary of special points in BPL census started after a few states said it was not prudent. In their comments on the Saxena report, the states, learnt to be mostly the BJP-ruled ones, felt it would send out a wrong message.
Sources said the ministry is still to decide between “Muslim’’ and “minority’’ and a final view is to be taken on Saxena report’s methodology for the BPL census. The debate, however, seems interesting.
While the Sachar commission and other surveys from time to time have identified a vast section of Muslims as poor, sources said it was suggested that use of the word “minority’’ would pre-empt any misgivings that one community was being given the preference in poverty welfare. It would, while removing the possible grounds for social envy, also not disturb other minority communities who could feel let down.
Among the families to be surveyed, there is certain weightage to be given to social groups. While SC/STs would get three points, Most Backward Castes (MBCs) would secure two points. The Saxena report added that Muslims and OBCs be given one point each. Otherwise, the RD ministry feels the methodology suggested by Saxena panel for BPL census is strong, specially the method of “automatic inclusion and exclusion’’. The concept is seen as “fair and robust’’. According to the concept, certain families would not be considered for BPL category at all. They include households which own double of a district’s average irrigated landholding or have a three-wheeled or four-wheeled motor vehicle or a mechanized farm equipment or have a member who is a government employee or have a private sector employee drawing above Rs 10,000 per month salary.
Friday, December 25, 2009
Alarming forced conversions to christianity in India
Below article is from Mid-day (newspaper in Mumbai). You can see how Hindus are being exploited.
'Our kids have new names, go to church. We don't even know'
By: Amit Singh
Date: 2009-12-07
Place: Delhi
Say angry parents. The trust says the parents have signed a 20-year contract promising non-interference in the children's lives. Poor parents are unaware of the contractEight-year-old Anila Paswan has a new name, Mary. So does 10-year-old Shivani, who is now known as Damaris. So, where's the problem? Well, their parents don't know.The parents say the girls, along with 13 others, have been converted to Christianity by a charitable trust in Faridabad where they were residing.The parents allege they haven't seen their children for five months and the organisation, Comademat Charitable Trust, managed by a couple from Brazil Aldemir De Souza and his wife Darlene has been avoiding their attempts to contact the girls. The trust's official documents say Aldemir, age 37, is a nurse by profession and his wife Darlene, 28, is a specialist in child education, childcare and welfare.
Where have they gone? Radha Paswan, the mother of Anila, one of the girls at the trust, waits outside Greenfield Apartments, Faridabad, on Sunday. This is where the children stayed earlier. (Left) Another girl Damiris with the trust's founder Aldemir De Souza. PICS/SUBHASH BAROLIAWhat's in name?The two girls were handed over to the trust by their poor families about two years ago. In return, the parents were assured the girls would be provided good education, free food and accommodation. The change of name came as a shock.
What the law says
The anti-conversion law is in force in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat. Officially termed the Freedom of Religion Act, the law restricts conversions by use of force, deceit or allurement. The punishment for anyone convicted of the offence differs from state to sate.Trying to trace the children, when MiD DAY reached Northland International School, Faridabad, where the girls had been studying till October last year, the change of names was revealed. The principal of Northland International School, Vikash Sharma, said the trust had enrolled 12 girls in the school but they were pulled out in October last year. "The trust submitted an affidavit saying all expenses towards fees, books and stationery of the girls will be borne by the trust," said Sharma. A copy of the affidavit, which MiD DAY has, lists 12 girls with 'Christian' names. "I didn't know my daughter's name had been changed or that she has been converted to Christianity. I don't even know when the conversion process took place. I called up the trust to speak to her and was asked by them to address her as Mary," said Suresh Paswan, working as a labourer in a farmhouse near Gurgaon. Paswan had contacted MiD DAY on Friday evening reporting that his daughter had gone missing.Pitambar, a taxi driver who had handed over his 10-year-old daughter Shivani to the trust, said, "Without asking me they changed my daughter's name. When I asked the reason, they said, it was difficult to pronounce. I didn't object because she was happy."'Kids untraceable'The parents say they haven't met the girls for a long time. "We last met our daughter five months ago. In fact, we were rebuked by the caretaker there for visiting her so often. We were asked to come after six months. But for the past one month, there has been no word. We called up the trust's number but no one answered," said Paswan. When this reporter visited the rented residence of the trust at B-1083, Greenfield Apartments, Faridabad, he found the girls had been shifted out a month ago. There was no forwarding address with the neighbours. "The trust never informed us the girls were being taken to another residence. As parents, don't we have theright?" asked a harried Paswan, when MiD DAY informed him about the change of address.'Parents signed contract'
The Other Side
Darlene and Aldemir said they were out of India. In an email, Darlene De Souza said, "I want to inform you that we are out of India for a surgery. We have all the documents and the parents know everything. We are only in India to help those needy children."Meanwhile, when finally, MiD DAY traced the trust to its new address at 134, Sector-21/D, Faridabad, the flat was locked from inside. A girl, who introduced herself as the caretaker of the trust's flat, informed the children had been taken to a church and would return shortly. She informed Darlene and her husband had gone abroad and would only return on January 10. Another caretaker, who identified himself as Mishra, said, "The parents were informed about the new address. Maybe we missed informing some of them." However, Mishra avoided queries about the girls' change of names. "The parents have signed a 20-year-contract with the trust, which says none of them will interfere with the way the children are being brought up. The trust will take care of the children in return," said Mishra.However, the parents claim they are unaware of any contract. "To my knowledge I have not signed any paper. The only thing which they (the trust) asked me to get is a certificate from the school where she was studying earlier. It's still with me," said Paswan. Meanwhile, neighbours at the trust's earlier address said many parents had come looking for their daughters. Kusum Dhoundiyal, a neighbour, said, "Everyday someone or the other comes asking about the children. The children had been staying here for three years. But a month ago we saw them shifting out around 7 or 8 in the evening."Another neighbour, Dr GK Wadhwa, said, "Many foreigners used to visit this house regularly. We were under the impression that it was an NGO working for poor and orphaned children. A foreigner who used to take care of the kids used to visit this place often."
Controversial conversions
>>On the night of January 22 1999, Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two minor sons were burnt alive while they were sleeping in Manoharpur village of Orissa's Keonjhar district. There was a perception that he converted many tribals to Christianity.>>In July 2002, a mass religious conversion took place in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh. 70 Dalits were converted to Christianity, leading to an uproar. >>On August 25 2008, more than 25,000 Christians were forced to flee their homes by rampaging mobs, who held them responsible for the murder of VHP leader Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati in Kandhamal, Orissa. It triggered large-scale violence in the area. Saraswati was reportedly reconverting tribals from Christianity to Hinduism.
'Our kids have new names, go to church. We don't even know'
By: Amit Singh
Date: 2009-12-07
Place: Delhi
Say angry parents. The trust says the parents have signed a 20-year contract promising non-interference in the children's lives. Poor parents are unaware of the contractEight-year-old Anila Paswan has a new name, Mary. So does 10-year-old Shivani, who is now known as Damaris. So, where's the problem? Well, their parents don't know.The parents say the girls, along with 13 others, have been converted to Christianity by a charitable trust in Faridabad where they were residing.The parents allege they haven't seen their children for five months and the organisation, Comademat Charitable Trust, managed by a couple from Brazil Aldemir De Souza and his wife Darlene has been avoiding their attempts to contact the girls. The trust's official documents say Aldemir, age 37, is a nurse by profession and his wife Darlene, 28, is a specialist in child education, childcare and welfare.
Where have they gone? Radha Paswan, the mother of Anila, one of the girls at the trust, waits outside Greenfield Apartments, Faridabad, on Sunday. This is where the children stayed earlier. (Left) Another girl Damiris with the trust's founder Aldemir De Souza. PICS/SUBHASH BAROLIAWhat's in name?The two girls were handed over to the trust by their poor families about two years ago. In return, the parents were assured the girls would be provided good education, free food and accommodation. The change of name came as a shock.
What the law says
The anti-conversion law is in force in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat. Officially termed the Freedom of Religion Act, the law restricts conversions by use of force, deceit or allurement. The punishment for anyone convicted of the offence differs from state to sate.Trying to trace the children, when MiD DAY reached Northland International School, Faridabad, where the girls had been studying till October last year, the change of names was revealed. The principal of Northland International School, Vikash Sharma, said the trust had enrolled 12 girls in the school but they were pulled out in October last year. "The trust submitted an affidavit saying all expenses towards fees, books and stationery of the girls will be borne by the trust," said Sharma. A copy of the affidavit, which MiD DAY has, lists 12 girls with 'Christian' names. "I didn't know my daughter's name had been changed or that she has been converted to Christianity. I don't even know when the conversion process took place. I called up the trust to speak to her and was asked by them to address her as Mary," said Suresh Paswan, working as a labourer in a farmhouse near Gurgaon. Paswan had contacted MiD DAY on Friday evening reporting that his daughter had gone missing.Pitambar, a taxi driver who had handed over his 10-year-old daughter Shivani to the trust, said, "Without asking me they changed my daughter's name. When I asked the reason, they said, it was difficult to pronounce. I didn't object because she was happy."'Kids untraceable'The parents say they haven't met the girls for a long time. "We last met our daughter five months ago. In fact, we were rebuked by the caretaker there for visiting her so often. We were asked to come after six months. But for the past one month, there has been no word. We called up the trust's number but no one answered," said Paswan. When this reporter visited the rented residence of the trust at B-1083, Greenfield Apartments, Faridabad, he found the girls had been shifted out a month ago. There was no forwarding address with the neighbours. "The trust never informed us the girls were being taken to another residence. As parents, don't we have theright?" asked a harried Paswan, when MiD DAY informed him about the change of address.'Parents signed contract'
The Other Side
Darlene and Aldemir said they were out of India. In an email, Darlene De Souza said, "I want to inform you that we are out of India for a surgery. We have all the documents and the parents know everything. We are only in India to help those needy children."Meanwhile, when finally, MiD DAY traced the trust to its new address at 134, Sector-21/D, Faridabad, the flat was locked from inside. A girl, who introduced herself as the caretaker of the trust's flat, informed the children had been taken to a church and would return shortly. She informed Darlene and her husband had gone abroad and would only return on January 10. Another caretaker, who identified himself as Mishra, said, "The parents were informed about the new address. Maybe we missed informing some of them." However, Mishra avoided queries about the girls' change of names. "The parents have signed a 20-year-contract with the trust, which says none of them will interfere with the way the children are being brought up. The trust will take care of the children in return," said Mishra.However, the parents claim they are unaware of any contract. "To my knowledge I have not signed any paper. The only thing which they (the trust) asked me to get is a certificate from the school where she was studying earlier. It's still with me," said Paswan. Meanwhile, neighbours at the trust's earlier address said many parents had come looking for their daughters. Kusum Dhoundiyal, a neighbour, said, "Everyday someone or the other comes asking about the children. The children had been staying here for three years. But a month ago we saw them shifting out around 7 or 8 in the evening."Another neighbour, Dr GK Wadhwa, said, "Many foreigners used to visit this house regularly. We were under the impression that it was an NGO working for poor and orphaned children. A foreigner who used to take care of the kids used to visit this place often."
Controversial conversions
>>On the night of January 22 1999, Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two minor sons were burnt alive while they were sleeping in Manoharpur village of Orissa's Keonjhar district. There was a perception that he converted many tribals to Christianity.>>In July 2002, a mass religious conversion took place in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh. 70 Dalits were converted to Christianity, leading to an uproar. >>On August 25 2008, more than 25,000 Christians were forced to flee their homes by rampaging mobs, who held them responsible for the murder of VHP leader Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati in Kandhamal, Orissa. It triggered large-scale violence in the area. Saraswati was reportedly reconverting tribals from Christianity to Hinduism.
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