Conversion or Anti- Conversion Laws - What do you support?
Conversion or Anti- Conversion Laws - What do you support?
The government had to answer the issues related to religious conversion laws as the opposition raised questions in Lok Sabha on this. The opposition asked why the RSS and its affiliates are allowed to go ahead with the conversion laws. ‘Ghar Wapsi’ campaign should not be encouraged. The main focus was on conversion laws on Thursday’s session in Lok Sabha. During the three-hour discussion, the government said that it was in favor of anti conversion laws in all states as well as at the Centre? What do you favour: Conversion Laws Or Anti-Conversion Laws?
Conversion Laws
- If a person willingly wants to change the religion, then the government should not have a problem. It is the personal choice.
- The conversion laws come useful when two people from different religions want to marry each other. Conversion laws are a solution at that time.
- There are times when people, government and nation have to deal with communal riots. If during those times, people want to take the path of conversion they should be allowed to do so.
- The conversion laws are justified till the time they are not forced upon the people by any of the political parties.
- All the religions give the same teachings in their holy books. It doesn’t matter what religion they belong to.
Anti-conversion laws
- No one wants to change the religion willingly. The presence of conversion laws forces them to take the unwanted path.
- In a secular nation like India, where everyone talks about equality, there should be no place for such differentiating laws.
- All the religions preach same things, so why there is a need for the people or even the political parties to support conversion laws.
- Conversion laws are not for the convenience of the people, instead they are for the convenience of the political parties who can create nuisance on name of religion.
- Everyone is talking about Swachch Bharat campaign. Is cleaning streets enough? Is it necessary to clean the mindsets that dwell on narrow ideology?
Conclusion
Conversion should not be the philosophy of India. When the political parties fail to provide economic relief, they are inclined towards religious or racial issues. But the common men should not allow them to succeed in their polarization motives. Religion has always remained a sensitive issue in India and no such step should be taken that can raise the communal temperature of the country. India is a land of diversity and everyone should accept it and moreover respect it.
Discussion
- RE: Conversion or Anti- Conversion Laws - What do you support? -Ravi Pratap Jaiswal (12/16/14)
- India is a religious country and home of many religions. Each and every person attached to particular religion whether it’s Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christian etc. And they worship and have immense belief in their religion.
In a recent plot, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) had converted 200 Muslims 'reconverted' to Hinduism in Agra by fooling in the name of ration cards and BPL cards. The Puja was organized by Hindu in the slums mostly were Bengali Muslim rag pickers and they were not aware of the motives behind the puja and later they proclaimed to have been converted to Hindu.
If people are willing to change their religion then no one should have any objection on that but this conversion should not have political motives for vote bank. Mostly people belonging to schedule tribes and slum dwellers opt for conversion so that they can have better life and being driven by money motives.
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Similar event has been planned by Dharam Jagran Samiti (DJS) for "ghar wapsi" program on December 25 event that aims to convert 5000 Muslims and 1000 Christians at Maheshwari College in Aligarh. And they ‘targeted’ people whose ancestors were Hindus and who are now Muslims or Christians. There are also those called "ardhvaraya" — people neither here nor there, who celebrate both Eid and Diwali and bear names like Mohan Khan.
Dharam Jagran Samiti have issued the pamphlets in Pashchim Chhetra (western UP, Braj prant, Meerut and Uttarakhand), has even spelled out how proselytization is an expensive business and that it costs Rs 2 lakh to convert a Christian and a slightly bigger Rs. 5 lakh to make a similar faith change in a Muslim.
- RE: Conversion or Anti- Conversion Laws - What do you support? -Ra (12/16/14)
- India is a religious country and home of many religions. Each and every person attached to particular religion whether it’s Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christian etc. And they worship and have immense belief in their religion.
In a recent plot, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) had converted 200 Muslims 'reconverted' to Hinduism in Agra by fooling in the name of ration cards and BPL cards. The Puja was organized by Hindu in the slums mostly were Bengali Muslim rag pickers and they were not aware of the motives behind the puja and later they proclaimed to have been converted to Hindu.
If people are willing to change their religion then no one should have any objection on that but this conversion should not have political motives for vote bank. Mostly people belonging to schedule tribes and slum dwellers opt for conversion so that they can have better life and being driven by money motives.
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Similar event has been planned by Dharam Jagran Samiti (DJS) for "ghar wapsi" program on December 25 event that aims to convert 5000 Muslims and 1000 Christians at Maheshwari College in Aligarh. And they ‘targeted’ people whose ancestors were Hindus and who are now Muslims or Christians. There are also those called "ardhvaraya" — people neither here nor there, who celebrate both Eid and Diwali and bear names like Mohan Khan.
Dharam Jagran Samiti have issued the pamphlets in Pashchim Chhetra (western UP, Braj prant, Meerut and Uttarakhand), has even spelled out how proselytization is an expensive business and that it costs Rs 2 lakh to convert a Christian and a slightly bigger Rs. 5 lakh to make a similar faith change in a Muslim.
- RE: Conversion or Anti- Conversion Laws - What do you support? -Deepa Kaushik (12/15/14)
- Conversion and anti-conversion laws are more than mere words with the legal consent. These terms play with the emotions of the people. In India, which is a secular state, we give equal importance to all the religions. We are a land of many religions living under a single roof. Such places are usually prone to agitations with any sort of turmoil across the country.
We as a secular and democratic nation should give the freedom to the people to choose their own religion. The conversion of religion is very less due to anybody’s will without any critical cause operating at the background. That cause being political is very rarely found, where the majority conversions occur to satisfy the undue requirements of the bride’s or groom’s family during the love marriages. Again, the majority victims being girls as far as India is concerned.
Still, it would be a rude and arrogant step in a democratic nation to have an anti-conversion law. Even if the conversion takes place under emotional pressure, still the partners are happy to lead a blissful life with the conversion. It is always better to have conversion law handy in comparison to the anti-conversion laws.
- RE: Conversion or Anti- Conversion Laws - What do you support? -preeti (12/14/14)
- we are living in India ....here we think we have only one GOD...like HINDU ,MUSLIM ,SIKH,ISSAI all are brother...so how can some political parties raise these kind of nonsense they have narrow thinking...conversion only depends on our choice
- RE: Conversion or Anti- Conversion Laws - What do you support? -Arvind (12/13/14)
- In my view we are living in a free country. We have a right of freedom of religion and to go in all temple, church, gurudwara and to change my religion on my self choice. But I would like to say that don't force anyone to change his religion.
