Church set ablaze in India's Mandla district

[nair]

@IPL5 @JonAsad Stop trolling each other guys, You guys are getting personal

 

[IPL5]

Lol RSS education and being in khakhi chaddi all the time has made you go nuts- dont go on a rampage burning christian women and children- -

madarssa education is taking toll on you buddy. there are no 72 virgins. i hope you will keep yourself safe. don't get carried away.

 

[Utkarsh]

Read and weep. Actually, Hindus deserve this because they’re not serious about what they’ll lose in the long run.

Wakfs, temples and Sachar

A Surya Prakash

With State Assembly election in Uttar Pradesh just round the corner, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government at the Centre appears to be obsessively concerned with issues concerning the Muslim community. Central to this “Muslims first” agenda is the Government’s preoccupation with the recommendations of the Sachar Committee that examined the social, economic and educational status of Muslims in India. This Muslim-centric approach to governance makes one wonder whether the Government is oblivious to the fact that only 13.40 per cent of the citizens are Muslims and that the rest of us belong to many other religions? Has the Government completely lost track of this demographic reality?

Take the case of the management of wakfs in the country. The Sachar Committee has devoted an entire chapter to this issue and spoken of it as if Muslim religious institutions are specially targeted by the Indian state. This is absolute hogwash. In fact, if there is one religious community in India which has suffered from gross governmental encroachment in its religious affairs, it is the Hindu community.

Wakfs are bequests made by Muslims in the name of god and include mosques, dargahs, maqbaras, etc. The Sachar Committee says the total area under wakf properties in India is about six lakh acres and its book value is Rs 6,000 crore. However, the market value of these lands is much higher. For example, the current value of wakf properties in Delhi alone is estimated to be in excess of Rs 6000 crore and that of wakf properties in the country could be a staggering Rs 1,20,000 crore. If properly managed, these properties could give an annual return of anywhere between Rs 12,000 and Rs 24,000 crore (approximately $2.5 to five billion). This is more than enough to meet the basic health and educational needs of poor Muslims but wakf properties are mismanaged and, therefore, do not give this kind of return.

But the Sachar Committee does not see this as the failure of the Muslim community to prudently manage its internal affairs. The committee thinks that “blaming others” is part of its terms of reference and so blames the Union Government, the State Governments, local bodies and every body else including the Department of Archaeology. The Sachar Report says that wakf properties, where specific religious rites are observed, should not be included in land acquisition. Shall we then apply this rule uniformly across religious communities?

Pseudo-secular vandals have been undermining Hindu religious institutions for decades and citizens belonging to other religious groups including the tiniest religious minority – the Parsis – are coping with problems of encroachment and governmental apathy vis-Ã -vis their institutions for decades. Such is the extent of interference in the administration of Hindu temples that this calls for a major inquiry. If wakfs warrant a whole chapter in the Sachar report, then surely the naked invasion of the sanctum sanctorum of Hindu religious affairs by the so-called secular state warrants a probe by a national commission.

Here are a few examples of what the “secular state” is doing to Hindu religious shrines. In 2001-02, for example, the revenue from Hindu temples in Karnataka was Rs 72 crore. Of this the State Government spent just Rs 10 crore on renovation and maintenance of these temples. On the other hand, it diverted Rs 50 crore to madarsas, mosques and the Haj Committee and Rs 10 crore to Christian institutions and churches!

Such interference in Hindu religious institutions and diversion of temple funds has become a regular feature in many States, including Karnataka and Kerala. It has also reached monstrous proportions in Andhra Pradesh ever since Mr YS Rajashekhara Reddy has become the Chief Minister of the State. Cashing in on Hindu passivity and the remarkable success, he has thus far achieved in masking his religious affiliation (he is a Christian) and his communal agenda. Mr Reddy’s Government has also had the temerity to interfere with the affairs of Lord Balaji’s Temple at Tirupati.

The Reddy Government first struck a blow against this sacred shrine of Lord Balaji, who is also known as the Lord of the Seven Hills, when it claimed that only two of the seven hills are scared. Then, there are mounting allegations that the Government is diverting Tirupati temple funds for a drainage scheme and for developing an idgah maidan and is ready to sell off one lakh acres of lands belonging to Hindu temples in the State. The other issue is appointment of non-Hindus in temple administration. Attempts are also on to grab temple lands to promote the Congress party’s political propaganda. Some time ago, the Devalaya Parirakshana Samithi had to move the Andhra Pradesh High Court to restrain the State Government from taking possession of temple lands in the State to provide house sites under the “Indiramma scheme”.

In Kerala, when Mr Oomen Chandy was the Chief Minister, an attempt was made to divert Guruvayur Devaswom funds for installation of a sewage treatment plant and a water supply scheme for the area. In Orissa, lands belonging to the famous Jagannath Temple at Puri are being sold by Government to deal with the temple’s financial crunch- something brought about by gross mismanagement of the temple’s affairs by the Government.

Interestingly, the Sachar Committee also refers to The Ancient Monuments and Archeological Sites and Remains (AMASR) Act, 1958, and talks as if only Muslim religious and cultural places are affected by this law which seeks to preserve ancient monuments and archeological sites in India. It says, “There are innumerable cases where the wakf property, despite being a place of worship and of religious reverence, cannot be touched by the Wakf Board because it is declared as protected monument.” Lest every member of the Union Cabinet be carried away by Sachar’s myopia, I would like to point out that a large number of Hindu temples are also deemed to be protected monuments. At last count, there were 1,098 temples which were “Centrally protected” and maintained and conserved by the Archaeological Survey of India. So, what is so unusual about Muslim religious places coming under the ambit of the AMASR Act?

This reckless policy of Muslim appeasement will have terrible consequences, one of which will surely be diabolical encroachment into Hindu religious space. If Hindus are not on their guard, the UPA will succeed in making secularism synonymous with anti-Hinduism.


So much for Christian and Muslim persecution in India.​

No one here will weep, most will rejoice at this celebration of secularism.

 

[suresh1773]

i was pondering on the obvious difference just a few pages ago-
In Pakistan people are getting killed mainly because of terrorist- the main culprit TTP-
while in india the perpetrators involved in christian muslim church burning- mosque burning- beating- rape are common every day hindutvas- there is no comparison-

What about the Blasphemy laws in Pakistan,recenlty a Christain pastor was shot dead in jail by a police officer on Blasphemy charges,now u will say that the police officer was a TTP guy.

 

[JonAsad]

madarssa education is taking toll on you buddy. there are no 72 virgins. i hope you will keep yourself safe. don't get carried away.

Lol Hey RSS khakhi chaddi victim- there are no 7 janams- you cannot redeem yourself in other 6- i hope you make the most out of your only janam-

 

[IPL5]

Lol Hey RSS khakhi chaddi victim- there are no 7 janams- you cannot redeem yourself in other 6- i hope you make the most out of your only janam-

hey little jihadi... there are 72 virgins but they are man

 

[JonAsad]

What about the Blasphemy laws in Pakistan,recenlty a Christain pastor was shot dead in jail by a police officer on Blasphemy charges,now u will say that the police officer was a TTP guy.

The police officer is in Jail- unlike your people adamant on making the church burning as a drunken incident done by some Christians themselves--

hey little jihadi... there are 72 virgins but they are man

hey little khakhi chaddi- your other 6 janams will be as women- and i will be the man- -

 

[danger007]

Nah, just that you once called yourself SC too. Wondering how you can be both at the same time.

Well SC.. But not taking any advantage of it.. I believe in 10 commandments... I don't think there is any wrong with it.. Lot of relatives married from other religions... We don't see any thing wrong in it...

 

[IPL5]

hey little khakhi chaddi- your other 6 janams will be as women- and i will be the man- -

let me say sorry to you. i got carried away. my sincere apologies.

 

[Indrani]

Well SC.. But not taking any advantage of it.. I believe in 10 commandments... I don't think there is any wrong with it.. Lot of relatives married from other religions... We don't see any thing wrong in it...

You mean you are not formally a Christian? Just believe in 10 commandments? Or you are both a formal Christian as well as retain your caste status?

 

[JonAsad]

let me say sorry to you. i got carried away. my sincere apologies.

Lol- no need to apologize- we were just fulfilling our Holy duty- -

 

[abjktu]

You mean you are not formally a Christian? Just believe in 10 commandments? Or you are both a formal Christian as well as retain your caste status?

There are lot of Christian believers,who are hindu in official records...Even in same family you could see both hindu and Christian believers...I have seen a lot of them in Tamilnadu and Karnataka..

 

[danger007]

You mean you are not formally a Christian? Just believe in 10 commandments? Or you are both a formal Christian as well as retain your caste status?

We follow Christianity... No more questions about.. As well I responded same with Pakistanis when they insulting Hindus... I don't see much difference Hindus Muslims n Christians... I am a tax payer of this country.. We are not taking advantage of SC reservation... Don't mix these things...

 

[Indrani]

There are lot of Christian believers,who are hindu in official records...Even in same family you could see both hindu and Christian believers...I have seen a lot of them in Tamilnadu and Karnataka..

Yeah, I know, have seen them myself.

 

[Areesh]

You miss the most important one of Joseph colony burning of more than 70 Christians.

Burning of more than 70 christians?

@JonAsad

Jeesh these Bharatis are very good at lies and propaganda. 70 Christians burnt in Joseph colony? When the hell that happened unless he is talking about Gujrat or Muzaddarnagar. Some pathological liars thes scoundrels are.