Mangalore residents blame forcible conversions

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1. “ The allegation that New Life is into forcible conversions is untrue. We are not into forcible conversions, but if people want to embrace another religion then what is wrong in that. If conversions were to be banned, then every reformer of a religion is an outlaw. People are coming to us because of our Gospel and the people want to test us because of the message that we spread. There are no inducements given for conversions. ”

2. “ The Catholics have much at stake. They run several institutions and if they come to our defence then they risk their property being damaged. We completely understand what they feel and are not upset that they have disowned us. ”

3. “ Breakaway groups such as the Bajrang Dal, Shrirama Sena and others have been indulging in moral policing for quite some time now. Now they have taken on conversions. If the government acts against this then I do not see any reason for this issue to continue. ”

   By Vikram Hegde

4. “ Why should we go there? We have no faith in this government and what justice can we expect from a government which supports the actions of the Sangh Parivar. ”

Entities Mentioned

• Karnataka
• Bajrang Dal
• Sangh Parivar
• Mangalore
• New Life Fellowship Trust

1. Residents of Mangalore, who are obviously saddened by the fact that the peaceful co-existence between the Hindus and Christians who are 1,64,982 in number has been disrupted, however blame forcible conversion to be the cause. Not only the local residents, but even the Bajrang Dal and the Mangalore Diocesan say that the violence had broken out against forcible conversions. (Read Full Article)

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