ന്യൂയോര്ക്: ഇന്ത്യയില്
വര്ധിച്ചുവരുന്ന മത സ്വാതന്ത്ര്യ ലംഘനങ്ങളില് പ്രധാനമന്ത്രി നരേന്ദ്ര
മോദി പാലിക്കുന്ന മൗനം അപകടകരമാണെന്ന്
ന്യൂയോര്ക് ടൈംസ്. വികസനമെന്ന അജണ്ടയിലൂടെ അധികാരത്തിലത്തെിയ മോദി
അതിക്രമങ്ങള്ക്കെതിരായ മൗനം വെടിയണമെന്നു പത്രം ആവശ്യപ്പെട്ടു.
രാജ്യത്തെ എല്ലാ
പൗരന്മാരെയും പ്രതിനിധാനം ചെയ്യാനും സംരക്ഷിക്കാനും തെരഞ്ഞെടുക്കപ്പെട്ട
വ്യക്തി ക്രിസ്ത്യന് ദേവാലയങ്ങള്ക്കെതിരായ ആക്രമണങ്ങളില്
പ്രതികരിക്കാതിരിക്കാനുള്ള കാരണമെന്താണെന്നു ചോദിക്കുന്നു.
ഇത്തരം അസഹിഷ്ണുത ചൂണ്ടിക്കാണിക്കുന്നത് ഹിന്ദു ദേശീയ വാദികളെ
നിയന്ത്രിക്കാന് മോദിക്ക് കഴിയില്ളെന്നോ താല്പര്യമില്ളെന്നോ ആണ്.
നിരവധി ക്രിസ്ത്യന് പള്ളികളാണ് ഈയടുത്ത് ഇന്ത്യയില് ആക്രമിക്കപ്പെടുകയും
കൊള്ളയടിക്കപ്പെടുകയും ചെയ്തത്. കൂട്ട മതപരിവര്ത്തനത്തിലും ഏറെ
ആശങ്കയുണ്ട്. ഇന്ത്യയെ 100 ശതമാനം ഹിന്ദുക്കളുടെ രാഷ്ട്രമാക്കുകയാണ്
ലക്ഷ്യമെന്നും ന്യൂനപക്ഷങ്ങളുടെ മതസ്വാതന്ത്ര്യം തടയുകയാണ് ഇതിനുള്ള
മാര്ഗമെന്നുമാണ് വി.എച്ച്.പി നേതാവ് പ്രവീണ് തൊഗാഡിയയുടെ പ്രഖ്യാപനം.
Modi's Dangerous Silence (NYT editorial)
What will it take for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to speak
out about the mounting violence against India’s religious minorities?
Attacks at Christian places of worship have prompted no response from the man
elected to represent and to protect all of India’s citizens. Nor has he
addressed the mass conversion to Hinduism of Christians and Muslims who have
been coerced or promised money. Mr. Modi’s continued silence before such
troubling intolerance increasingly gives the impression that he either cannot
or does not wish to control the fringe elements of the Hindu nationalist right.
Recently, a number of Christian churches in India have been
burned and ransacked. Last December, St. Sebastian’s Church in East Delhi was engulfed in fire. Its pastor reported a
strong smell of kerosene after the blaze was put out. On Monday, St. Alphonsa’s
Church in New Delhi
was vandalized. Ceremonial vessels were taken, yet collection boxes full of
cash were untouched. Alarmed by the attacks, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference
of India has urged the government to uphold the secular nature of India and to
assure its Christians they are “protected and secure” in their own country.
There is also concern about the mass conversions. Last
December, about 200 Muslims were converted to Hinduism in Agra. In January, up to 100 Christians in West Bengal “reconverted” to Hinduism. Hard-line Hindu
nationalist groups, like the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (V.H.P.) and the Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sangh (R.S.S.), make no secret of their support for a “homecoming”
campaign designed to “return” non-Hindus to the fold. More than 80 percent of
Indians are Hindu, but Pravin Togadia of the V.H.P. says his organization’s
goal is a country that is 100 percent Hindu. The only way to achieve that is to
deny religious minorities their faith.
The V.H.P. is reportedly planning a mass conversion of 3,000
Muslims in Ayodhya this month. The destruction of the Babri Mosque there in
1992 by Hindu militants touched off riots between Hindus and Muslims across India that left
more than 2,000 people dead. The V.H.P. knows it is playing with fire.
Mr. Modi has promised an ambitious agenda for India’s
development. But, as President Obama observed in a speech in New
Delhi last month: “India
will succeed so long as it is not splintered along the lines of religious
faith.” Mr. Modi needs to break his deafening silence on religious intolerance.
Read also
After Obama's shots, NYT asks Modi to break his 'dangerous silence'
Washington,
Feb 7 : As President Barack Obama's comments that religious intolerance
in India would have shocked Mahatma Gandhi raised a storm in India, the
New York Times asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to break his
"deafening silence."
Mahatma Gandhi's legacy is
an inspiration for the US too, said the White House, while a bipartisan
commission praised the president for his "timely comments" and the
State Department said it encouraged all governments around the world to
respect religious freedom.
"What will it take
for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to speak out about the mounting
violence against India's religious minorities?" asked the New York Times
Saturday in an editorial titled "Modi's Dangerous Silence"
"Attacks
at Christian places of worship have prompted no response from the man
elected to represent and to protect all of India's citizens," said the
influential daily. "Nor has he addressed the mass conversion to Hinduism
of Christians and Muslims who have been coerced or promised money," it
said.
"Modi's continued silence before such
troubling intolerance increasingly gives the impression that he either
cannot or does not wish to control the fringe elements of the Hindu
nationalist right," the Times suggested.
Citing
Obama's speech in New Delhi last month that "India will succeed so long
as it is not splintered along the lines of religious faith," it said
"Modi needs to break his deafening silence on religious intolerance."
The
bipartisan US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)
commended Obama for deepening relations with India while also
recognizing religious freedom concerns during his India trip and at
National Prayer Breakfast Thursday.
"President
Obama's timely comments underscore the importance of India getting
religious freedom right," said USCIRF Chair Katrina Lantos Swett. "This
is a challenge that India must and can address, given its diversity and
long history of democratic values," she said noting Obama's "concerns
come at a time of increasing abuses against India's minority religious
communities."
Since 2009 USCIRF has designated
India as a Tier 2 country, noting since 2014 increased communal and
religiously-motivated attacks and slow and ineffective redress for
victims of past incidents, leading to a culture of impunity.
Meanwhile,
Mark Stroh, a White House spokesman, said "Mahatma Gandhi's legacy is
one we look to for inspiration in dealing with intolerance in the United
States and around the world."
Obama's message
in India and at the National Prayer Breakfast was a universal one "that
every nation is stronger when people of all faiths are free to practice
their religion free of persecution and fear and discrimination," he
said.
At the State Department, spokesperson
Marie Harf declined to make an assessment of the situation of religious
freedom in India specifically as she repeated Obama's universal message.
"So
certainly, we encourage all governments around the world to respect and
ensure freedom of assembly for individuals who are worshiping or who
are doing so for religious reasons, and that's a universal right we
think should be adhered to," she said.
Earlier
this week, White House had refuted suggestions that Obama's last speech
in New Delhi referring to the need for religious tolerance in India was a
kind of a parting shot at Modi, who had been denied a US visa for a
decade over his alleged inaction during 2002 Gujarat riots.
"I
think that's been somewhat misconstrued, if you look at the context of
the entire speech, it's really about inclusivity. It's about the power
of diversity," Phil Reiner, White House's senior director for South
Asian Affairs, told foreign media.
"I don't
believe that this was a parting shot by any means. This was simply the
President speaking to what makes us great democratic nations," he had
said.
Vayanakkaaran missed verses 4 & 5 in proverb 26.
Do not answer a fool according to his folly,
or you yourself will be just like him.
5. Answer a fool according to his folly,
or he will be wise in his own eyes.
6 Sending a message by the hands of a fool
is like cutting off one’s feet or drinking poison.
Most of the conservative Christians (Republicans including Bobby Jindal, Rick Perry, Sarah Palin, Michel Beckman and Ted Cruz (Screw) are fools. They make statements only fools can make. Some of them even say that rape is act of their God. Fox News and Rush Limbo are their mouth pieces. These people are Warmongers. Just like Matthulla, they want the aggressors to be roasted alive. They don’t want to give peace a chance. They have been trying hard to get Obama send the troops back to Iraq and Syria. They want Obama to send American troops to Ukraine. They think the diplomatic efforts and sanctions are fools way of thinking. Their motto is deal aggressors with aggression and then worship Jesus for making it happen. “It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.” (Voltaire)
Vayanakkaaran - Neither your Proverb 26:4 nor my proverb 26:5 & 6 worked. Matthulla is now refuting what he has been telling all these years and that is that the Bible is inspired by god and it tells the truth. He says you and I are justifying violence by quoting Proverb verses when the quoting is clearly referring to idiots and fools.(Matthulla is pretty good in twisting things around and getting into trouble) If Bible is the inspired words of god then how can Matthulla say that the verses you and I quoted are used to justify the violence? This clearly tells how confused some people are. They don’t know what they are talking. Vayanakkaran, if you want, you can join me in saying prayers for these fools and that is ‘Forgive them they don’t know what they are doing.”
The main problem with religion and its leaders are to misguide and brainwash the rank and file to read and understand the truth in the wrong way so that they can continue the slavery. Admitting a mistake is a good sign to establish heaven on earth. “Our father in heaven hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven.” Here ‘Our father’ and ‘heaven’ are hypothetical. Let us all try hard to create heaven on earth where Hindus, Christians, RSS, and Muslims can live together. In order to do that first thing is to break the shackle of religion and its masters.
ഒരാളൊരിക്കല് കണ്ണട വച്ചു
കല്ലെറി കുരിശേറ്റം
വേറൊരാളൊരിക്കല് കണ്ണട വച്ചു
ചെകിടടി വെടിയുണ്ട
കൊത്തിയുടക്കുക തിമിരക്കാഴ്ച്ചകള്
സ്ഫടികസരിതം പോലേ സുകൃതം
കാടു കരിച്ചു മറിഞ്ഞൊഴുകുന്നൊരു
മാവേലിത്തറ കാണും വരെ നാം
കൊത്തിയുടക്കുക കാഴ്ച്ചകള്
ഇടയന് മുട്ടി വിളിക്കും കാലം കാക്കുക
എല്ലാവര്ക്കും തിമിരം നമ്മള്ക്കെല്ലാവര്ക്കും തിമിരം
മങ്ങിയ കാഴ്ച്ചകള് കണ്ടു മടുത്തു
കണ്ണടകള് വേണം കണ്ണടകള് വേണം.
(കണ്ണടകൾ - മുരുകൻ കട്ടാക്കട)