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in volved in the raid. The criminals hurled bombs inside the church, be fore storming the prayer hall where about 1,200 devotees were present, deputy inspec tor general of police (head quarters) Narayan Ghosh said in Kolkata. (Times of India 26.12.02) Three killed in Pak. Church attack (7) ISLAMABAD, DEC. 25. Three persons were killed and at least 10 in jured tonight when unidentified assailants hurled explosives in a United Presbyterian church in Pakistan's central Punjab province, police said. The attack took place at 8:30 p.m., when two men wearing "burqas" (veil) threw hand grenades into the church dur ing an evening Christmas service, an Interior Ministry official said here. No one has so far claimed responsibility for the incident. Security had been stepped up in Pakistan ahead of Christmas celebra tions, The attack came the same day that police announced that they I had found explosives and ammunition near a heavily-guarded fp church here. Church officials feared they had been the intended target of an attack, but went ahead with yuletide services. (Hindu 26.12.02) Inter-religion meet calls for peace, social harmony (7) New Delhi, December 25: AN INTER-RELIGION dia logue marked Christmas cel ebrations at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in the Capi tal. Besides conducting the Christmas mass, the Cathe dral also provided a platform to leaders of various reli gions to share their views. Among those who partici pated in the inter-faith meet were Delhi Archbishop Vin cent M Concessao, Swami Gokulanand of Rama Krish na Mission, Hindu leader Swami Nityanand, Jew leader Ezekiel Malekar, Dr V.K. Merchant of Bahai faith, Rev. Katsu Monuchi representing the Buddhist faith, Sadhvi Sadhna repre senting Jains and some Sikh leaders. They called for peace and harmony among all sections of society. This was the second meet of its kind. Delhi Archbishop Concessao started these meetings. "The message of Christ that religion is meant to bind people, and not divide, is meant for everyone includ ing those who are not Chris tians," said Archbishop Con cessao at the meet. (Hindustan Times 26.12.02) 27 th Dec. Christian families return to Hinduism (7) Rampur: As many as 130 Christian families returned to Hinduism at a function held in Tanda town of Rampur district. The function, arranged by the Religion Renaissance Division of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh, was attended by many Hindu leaders. (Asian Age 27.12.02) Council condemns Christmas attacks (7) NEW DELHI, DEC. 26. The All-India Christian Council has con demned violence against Chris tians in India and Pakistan in the days preceding Christmas. In a statement here today, the council said that attacks on places of worship were "no or dinary crimes". The Christmas night attack on a church in Punjab in Pakistan, it said, "was well-planned and designed to terrorise the minorities". The bomb attack in West Bengal, in which the priest and worshippers were robbed, but no arrests made, was "equally sinister". Seeking to draw a distinction between India and Pakistan, it said anti-Christian violence was a "way of life in Pakistan and the Government did little to contain the open and more subtle social violence against minorities." What was necessary was "prompt and expeditious action by the authorities to show the world how different secular In dia is from Pakistan". (Hindu 27.12.02) Pak. Church attack: four detained (7) ISLAMABAD, DEC. 26. Four per sons, including a cleric preach ing at a mosque, have been detained by the Pakistan police in connection with the grenade attack on a church in the Chian-wala village of the Punjab prov ince on Christmas Day that killed three persons and injured 14. Many people, most of them children and women, were at tending special prayers in the United Presbyterian Church in Daska at the time of the attack. A police officer was quoted as saying that two of the four who have been detained are mem bers of the banned militant out fit, aish-e-Moharnmad. They had "received armed training... at a Jaish centre in Pakistan." (Hindu 27.12.02) 30 th Dec. Kalam to open Kolkata Jesuits' meet, RSS says it's unfortunate NAGPUR, DECEMBER 29 : STOKING controversy, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief K S Sudarshan today described the proposed inauguration of a Jesuits' conference by President Abdul Kalam as "very
unfortunate". The conference is scheduled to begin on January 21 in Kolkata. Speaking at a function to release Hindu, Musalman Ani Kh-risti, a compilation of newspaper articles written by RSS spokesman M G Vaidya, Sudarshan described Jesuits as Pope's soldiers who are given deeksha by the Pope himself on an oath that prescribes violent and barbaric means to decimate all those who don't follow the Roman Catholic religion. "Our President going to inaugurate the confer ence is very unfortunate," he re marked. (Indian Express, 30-12-2002) Attack on Church - Police attempt a poor cover-up THE storming of a Catholic Church by a big armed gang JL at Tehatta in Nadia close to the Indo-Bangladesh bor der during midnight mass on Christmas Eve when Rs. 2 lakhs were looted from the Church locker and valuables worth Rs. 28 lakhs were snatched from those in the congre gation is clearly a commentary on the state of lawlessness in West Bengal's key border district. What is shocking is that the dacoits were allowed to escape to their sanctuaries in Bangladesh. The police confirm this. No less intriguing is laxity in security arrangement around the Church although the area is known to be highly crime prone. To escape blame police have invented the conversion theory and are planting storie,s suggesting the attack was the result of the bad blood created by the local Church offering ; inducements to convert Hindus and Muslims. If this were ; true there would have been manifestations of communal tension and disharmony; there was none. Official investigation should focus on police inaction. It is an open secret that a section of the police, in areas like Nadia and other bordering districts, are hand in glove with criminals engaged in smuggling a variety of items, including cattle, across the border. The police should turn" the searchlight inwards instead of offering unstateable theories in the attempted cover up. Planting stories of communal disharmony without any basis and to hide their inefficiency and corruption is to play with fire. (Statesman, 30-12-2002) Christians, Muslims under fire at re-conversion function. KHALLARI (CHHATTISGARH), DEC.29. The Vishal Hindu Sangam organized here to mark the 'ghar vapsi' (re-conversion) of 250 Christian families offered a platform to the 'dharmacharyas' to spew venom against Christianity and Islam while calling upon the Hindus to unite and fight the missionaries who 'indulged' in conversions and followers of Islam 'responsible for spreading ter rorism' in India. So much so, Baba Balak Das, regional head of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) described Mother Teresa as ' dayan' (witch). The function had been organized by the Dharma Raksha Samiti of Mahasamund district and the re-conversion j ceremony was carried out by the Bharatiya Janata i Party (BJP) MP, Dilip Singh Judev, who has been instrumental in 'ghar-vapsi' programmes for the t past many years. Though Mr. Judev was comparatively softer in t his choice of words while calling upon the Hindus to unite and check the growth of missionaries and Islamic fundamentalism, it were c the saints who were all fire and brimstone. Mr. Judev said re-conversion was a service to nation f as the converts were carried away by the glitter of t the Western life-style. "They may have changed i their religion but they cannot change their ances- 1 tors or their blood," he said while adding that t their target in 2002 was to bring back 2 lakh Christians into the Hindu fold which they could r not fulfil due to lack of resources. "But we can c touch the 5 lakh mark next year, if unite,'' he said f as he described the unique character of Chhattis- t garh where poverty, casteism, unemployment f and lack of health care facilities facilitated the p entry of missionaries. (Hindu, 30-12-2002)
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minority community should be recogn
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history textbooks, you maintained a
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(class 10) and HSC (class 12) exams
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