Thursday, October 2, 2008

Uphold spirit of multi-faith fabric Guruji

Respecting other religions should be our practice to uphold the multi-faith fabric and plurality of Indian society but 'vote-bank politics' to appease minorities must be condemned. Addressing mediapersons, the spiritual Guru said voluntary adoption of any religion should not be banned, but it should not be allowed if poor people are told that what they are practising or doing is 'evil or bad' or their faith is 'inferior'. Conversion in the name of development, and all sorts of evangelical activities must be dealt with firmly, he said quoting Mahatma Gandhi.''Conversion has created so many problems. It has even divided brothers and sisters in a family,''

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