Display results as threads Saurav Datta teaches media law and jurisprudence in Mumbai and Pune. 22.; emphasis added), Some countries distinguish voluntary, motivated conversion from organized proselytism, attempting to restrict the latter. Senior VHP functionaries contacted by the Guardian on Thursday said they were unable to comment. [31][32][33] In its diffuse and open structure, numerous schools and sects of Hinduism have developed and spun off in India with help from its ascetic scholars, since the Vedic age. What is God? Website Designed, Developed & Maintained by Express Network Private Ltd. Don't create wrong picture by such headlines. Force can at least apparently coerce people into adopting different ideas. [66] Chinese traditional religion lacks clear criteria for membership, and hence for conversion. Copyright - newindianexpress.com 2023. Try to avoid outside hyperlinks inside the comment. your password New trends of Mass Conversion of Christians to Hinduism has emerged in India. . ", "Zoroastrianism needs to adapt its archaic laws or die | Ariane Sherine", "Joining a Cult: Religious Choice or Psychological Aberration? The closest Hindu equivalent of a regular congregation is the RSS shakha. Another step towards remoulding Hinduism into semetic form is the promotion of a congregational faith. [24] A formal conversion is also sometimes undertaken by individuals whose Jewish ancestry is questioned, even if they were raised Jewish, but may not actually be considered Jews according to traditional Jewish law. to be adopted and modified from Chinese Buddhist refuge-taking ceremonies. Abstain from posting comments that are obscene, defamatory or inflammatory, and do not indulge in personal attacks. We will be happy to have you on board as a blogger, if you have the knack for writing. [I say] why wait?". Membership into a Latter Day Saint church is granted only by baptism whether or not a person has been raised in the church. "We want to be equal to upper castes. Changing religion makes us visible," says Chanrabhan Prasad, a dalit writer. There are no rituals or dogmas, nor any sort of procedures in conversion to Spiritism. Richadiana Kartakusama (2006), Archaeology: Indonesian Perspective (Editors: Truman Simanjuntak et al. Merchants and traders of India, particularly from Indian peninsula, carried their religious ideas, which led to religious conversions to Hinduism in Indonesia, Champa, Cambodia and Burma. [7] Christian baptism has some parallels with Jewish immersion by mikvah. "The whole world knows that most of the ancestors of India's Christians and Muslims are Hindus," Surendra Jain, the VHP's Joint General-Secretary, said [] But its record in adjudicating the evidently unsecular anti-conversion statutes is dubious. Sukmawati Sukarnoputri, 69, embraced Hinduism in a ritual called 'Sudhi Wadani' . According to the report, the converts said they were neither lured nor coerced into Hinduism. Conversion is illegal if there is any element of compulsion or bribery. The six Astika and two Nastika schools of Hindu philosophy, in its history, did not develop a missionary or proselytization methodology, and they co-existed with each other. Different factors and circumstances may operate and interact to persuade individuals of groups to convert and adopt a new set of religious doctrines and habits. NEW DELHI: The political uproar continues over the mass conversion which happened in the national capital on Wednesday. 11/6/01 The historic rally on November 4 in New Delhi featuring a mass conversion of Hindus to Buddhism has taken place, but not in the way that had been planned. The boundary between them is not easily defined: what one person considers legitimate evangelizing, or witness-bearing, another may consider intrusive and improper. Most are from the so-called tribal or adivasi community, among the most deprived in India. Fringes have been stopped, they have been given the message. "Yet where are the Dalit news anchors, the entrepreneurs, the professors? "Psychological Explanations of. Compared with the semetic beliefs of Islam and Christianity, Hinduism is perceived by the Parivar as effete and weak because of its internal divisions of caste and regionalism. I do not have a caste.". Digvijaya Singh, of the ousted Congress party, thanked Obama on Twitter for speaking up for the Indian citizens rights to profess practice and propagate his religious belief. Log into your account. [12] Latter Day Saints baptisms also occur only after an "age of accountability" which is defined as the age of eight years. Retrieved 11 July 2021. [35][36] However, various schools of Hinduism do have some core common beliefs, such as the belief that all living beings have Atman (soul), a belief in karma theory, spirituality, ahimsa (non-violence) as the greatest dharma or virtue, and others. The doctrine is first considered as science, then philosophy and lastly as a religion. All Indian religions usually practice mutual religious syncretism among each other. Many a time, Muslim girls convert to Hinduism for marriage but that is not highlighted in media. The Original Sin What Do Mormons Believe?. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Hindu MNA Lal Chand Malhi said that the Hindu community in Pakistan was being continuously exploited in Sindh. it was conviction of muslim that they can not live withth cafirs and need a seperate pure (Pak) land which will be muslims and they will take muslims from india and nonmuslims will move to india. But its record in adjudicating the evidently unsecular anti-conversion statutes is dubious. [19], Following baptism, Latter Day Saints receive the Gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands of a Melchizedek Priesthood holder.[19]. [24] The procedure and requirements for conversion depend on the sponsoring denomination. Published: 02nd April 2021 04:33 AM| This doctrine answers the question of the righteous non-believer and the unevangelized by providing a post-mortem means of repentance and salvation. Converts to Islam are due to marriage/love issues. In 1339, Shah Mir established his own kingship and founded the Shah Mir Dynasty, which lasted till 1561. The issue of mass conversions has paralyzed India's parliament, with opposition lawmakers demanding Modi make a statement on earlier reports of poor Muslims being coerced into Hinduism. 5:48. Obamas words on Tuesday on the rights of religious minorities in the predominantly Hindu country came after three days of carefully choreographed demonstrations of warm relations between the US president and Modi. Modi, 64, a former organiser with a revivalist Hindu organisation, has yet to make any public comment on the reconversion ceremonies. There is no daily call to prayer, no Sunday morning sermons. Thus, all who come into one of the Latter Day Saint faiths as converts are baptized, even if they have previously received baptism in another faith. People convert to a different religion for various reasons, including active conversion by free choice due to a change in beliefs,[3] secondary conversion, deathbed conversion, conversion for convenience, marital conversion, and forced conversion. Saint Paul in Athens fits here, as do some of the Indic religions (such as Buddhism insofar as it ranks as a religion and Jainism). Also, 32 people left Islam to join Hinduism. Religious enthusiasm for proselytism can play a role. Last week the hardline group Vishnu Hindu Parishad (VHP) claimed to have reconverted more than 20 Christians in the southern state of Kerala. [15] Because the churches of the Latter Day Saint movement operate under a lay priesthood, children raised in a Mormon family are usually baptized by a father or close male friend or family member who has achieved the office of priest, which is conferred upon worthy male members at least 16 years old in the LDS Church. It has been distributing pamphlets in and around Aligarh seeking donations from the public to help fund a reconversion ghar wapsi (homecoming) ceremony that the saffron outfit is planning to hold on Christmas Day and during which it will seek to bring Muslims and Christians back into the Hindu fold from which they have allegedly strayed. 2014-12-30. Can you explain why? This happened in a very calculated way and the then Govt. lmao everyone in this world is a convert, The writer has tried to mislead the readers of NIE with confusing figures. They include never worshipping Hindu gods and goddesses, never inviting a Brahmin for rituals and never drinking alcohol. One does not need to ask any authorities for admission. In what way where the majority Hindus oppressed? Reports surface in newspapers of untouchables being barred from temples. Religious wars and suppression shaped the histories of the Baltic tribes, the Hussites and the Huguenots. Many dalit thinkers say that what is happening in India is a "religious rebellion" against a hierarchy that condemns them to a life of suffering. More than 1,000 people, mostly Muslims, were killed by rioters. March 21, 2015 by Ambaa Choate. I was told I have committed sin by converting to Christianity. "Conversion" is a very charged word for Hindus. Despite this UN-declared human right, some groups forbid or restrict religious conversion (see below). 17 Thiyya community members including 11 females converted to Islam. This page was last edited on 21 January 2023, at 07:01. In that case, the judges could remedy the errors of 1977 by seeking inspiration from the European Court of Human Rights 1993 ruling in the, Al Jazeera Centre for Public Liberties & Human Rights, programme announced by the Dharam Jagran Samiti, anti-conversion laws in force in various states, Uproar in India over forced conversions. This Samiti, a not-so-small wing of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, a militant Hindu organisation, contended that far from propagating religious intolerance, it was only righting historical wrongs and injustice perpetrated by Christian missionaries and Muslim clerics who, in order to bolster the numbers of their respective faiths, had lured and coerced Hindus to stray from their original religion. The punishment will be three to ten years in prison and at least Rs 50,000 as fine. The landless labourer points to a picture of Hanuman, the Hindu monkey god, on his wall and says it will soon be gone and replaced by an image of the Buddha. This might be from one to another denomination within the same religion, for example, from Baptist to Catholic Christianity or from Sunni Islam to Shia Islam. Explore conversions to hinduism profile at Times of India for photos, videos and latest news of conversions to hinduism. Eastern Orthodoxy expanded when it gained official sanction in Kievan Rus'. It includes various traditions and customs to be followed by its followers. Falkenberg, Steve. Last Updated: 02nd April 2021 02:32 PM The rise of the BJP to power at the national level in 1998 spurred a spate of anti-conversion legislation. Mass muslim conversion to hinduism from islam. "Evangelization." Lofland noted that most of their efforts were ineffective and that most of the people who joined did so because of personal relationships often family relationships with existing members. Interested in blogging for timesofindia.com? Buddhism means I can simply say I am not a Hindu. They even treat tribals as low. This is list of converts from Indian-origin religions. [41], Since 1800 CE, religious conversion from and to Hinduism has been a controversial subject within Hinduism. The Parsis, a Zoroastrianism group based in India, classically does not accept converts, but this issue became controversial in the 20th century due to a rapid decline in membership. The Dharama Jagran Samanvay Vibhag, an offshoot of the RSS, is reportedly going into the bounty-hunting business. {{#more}} Based on the declaration the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) drafted the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, a legally binding treaty. 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Bahs recognize the divine origins of all revealed religion, and believe that these religions occurred sequentially as part of a divine plan (see Progressive revelation), with each new revelation superseding and fulfilling that of its predecessors. However, it takes exception to what it considers illegitimate proselytizing by the Roman Catholic Church, the Salvation Army, Jehovah's Witnesses, and other religious movements in what it refers to as its canonical territory. Of India kept sleeping or had their mock permission. India will succeed so long as it is not splintered along the lines of religious faith, he added. [20] In the Islamic religion, it is believed that everyone is Muslim at birth. According to the survey, "mass-movement is the conversion of people in groups as families or groups of families as a community or group of communities. Church authorities told the Indian Express that around 1,000 local people had been baptised in the poverty-stricken and remote area over the last year. [64][65], On the other end of the proselytising scale are religions that do not accept any converts, or do so very rarely. BJP is true party work for nation. These mass conversion movements, and resulting narratives questioning converts' sincerity and agency, set the stage for three central challenges undermining the human right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion in India today: Legislation limiting "forcible" and "induced" conversions In recent years, anecdotal evidence suggests there have been conversions to Hinduism because of two factors. [21] In Islam, circumcision is considered a sunnah custom and is never mentioned in the Quran. Despite mass gatherings like the Kumbh Mela, Hindus have traditionally never practiced congregational worship. "CatholicHerald.co.uk Cardinal protests against forced conversions to Hinduism". A conversion in accordance with the process of a denomination is not a guarantee of recognition by another denomination. In the small one-room house on the edge of the rice bowl of India, Narasimha Cherlaguda explains why he is preparing to be reborn as a Buddhist. In connection to this, many users in India posted a claim that the 'princess of Indonesia' converted to Hinduism following which 50,000 Indonesians did the same. {{{short}}} Buddhism [ edit] Kafiristan, now called Nuristan, is in NE Afghanistan. Besides being overtly anti-Christian, the proposed anti-conversion law would negate the constitutions secular values. Mass Conversions to Hinduism: The Ghar Wapsi Movement With the BJP taking over control following the 2014 general elections, it has been commonly accepted that the Hindutva ideology now not only wields socio-religious control but also access to political power as well. Esther Dhanraj converted to Christianity and then reverted back to Sanatana Dharma. Mormon baptism does not purport to remit any sins other than personal ones, as adherents do not believe in original sin. Thus "religious conversion" would describe the abandoning of adherence to one denomination and affiliating with another. But often on trains people ask about my background, what my father did, where I am from. [citation needed]. Some people convert under the influence of other social conditions. There are plans for a Buddhist temple and money set aside to hire a Buddhist priest - probably the first in the area for 1,500 years - to conduct prayers as well as marriage and death rites. When converting to Hindusim to which caste do they convert to?? They may number thousands, or only hundreds, or possibly even less. Help us delete comments that do not follow these guidelines. [26], In some cases, a person may forgo a formal conversion to Judaism and adopt some or all beliefs and practices of Judaism. The exact requirements vary between different churches and denominations. Now we are on Telegram too. Anti-cult evangelicals protest that 'aggressiveness and proselytizing are basic to authentic Christianity,' and that Jews for Jesus and Campus Crusade for Christ are not to be labeled as cults. to be one of the most important and widely cited studies of the process of religious conversion, and one of the first modern sociological studies of a new religious movement. All rights reserved. "Power and purpose: Correlates to conversion." "There is no caste system here." Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021.. UP's Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Ordinance, 2020, promulgated last week penalises mass conversions - defined by the ordinance as conversions of two or more persons. Details of the incident are unclear but it was reported that between 50 and 100 Christians from some of the poorest communities in India were welcomed back to Hinduism in a homecoming ceremony in a remote area in the eastern state of West Bengal on Wednesday. To be like Islam and Christianity, which are seen to be muscular religions that enjoin proselytisation to swell their ranks, Hinduism, as viewed by the saffron brigade, needs to gird up its loins to project a more virile and vigorously assertive persona. Hinduism has no traditional ecclesiastical order, no centralized religious authorities, no universally accepted governing body, no binding holy book nor any mandatory prayer attendance requirements. First, there has been increasing campaign against Muslims as a result of which these. Evangelization. Being a dalit in Hindu society means this is not possible. There is no specific ritual for becoming a Jain. ), read and discuss ancient literature, learn and engage in rites of passages (ceremonies of birth, first feeding, first learning day, age of majority, wedding, cremation and others). They do not represent the views or opinions of newindianexpress.com or its staff, nor do they represent the views or opinions of The New Indian Express Group, or any entity of, or affiliated with, The New Indian Express Group. When these turn of events created a furore in parliament, the Narendra Modi-led central government instructed the local administration to thwart the Samitis grandiose plans, and Christmas day went peacefully. Returns? There is no daily call to prayer, no Sunday morning sermons. [37] The steps involved in becoming a Hindu have variously included a period where the interested person gets an informal ardha-Hindu name and studies ancient literature on spiritual path and practices (English translations of Upanishads, Agama, Itihasa, ethics in Sutra, Hindu festivals, yoga). The widespread Dalit mass conversions to Buddhism have enraged many Hindu organizations from Delhi in the north to Yadgir in the south. This is a service to our country and we will continue with the ghar wapsi [homecomings], Jugal Kishore, a VHP official involved in the event, was quoted as saying in the Indian Express newspaper. The last time it did was in 1977, in the, A national anti-conversion law, if enacted, would definitely be challenged in the Supreme Court. [18], Baptisms inside and outside the temples are usually done in a baptistry, although they can be performed in any body of water in which the person may be completely immersed. 29 January 2015. "Dalits should concentrate on illiteracy and poverty rather than looking for new religions. It still exists in India and in our village too. BJP is in power today only because other parties played religious politics by oppressing the majority Hindus and providing every right. For example, groups like the International Society for Krishna Consciousness accept those who have a desire to follow their sects of Hinduism and have their own religious conversion procedure. In another case, Larissis v. Greece, a member of the Pentecostal church also won a case in the European Court of Human Rights.[68]. It states that "Everyone shall have the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. Merchants and traders of India, particularly from Indian peninsula, carried their religious ideas, which led to religious conversions to Hinduism in Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia . Christanity has 2.5-3% base in 82% Hindu dominated India. Conversion to Hinduism. Whatdomormonsbelieve. We are neither seen nor heard. The mass conversion of dalits takes place on the anniversary of one of India's most controversial religious events. [37] Some of these places are mathas and asramas (hermitage, monastery), where one or more gurus (spiritual guide) conduct the conversion and offer spiritual discussions. Hinduism is often described as a way of life. [42][43], In recent decades, mainstream Hinduism schools have attempted to systematize ways to accept religious converts, with an increase in inter-religious mixed marriages. During the election campaign, an age-old discussion over caste discrimination has been rekindled by the threat of losing Dalits to another faith, and that too a public commitment to renouncing Hinduism. In fact, donations to Christian missions in India . This suits their propaganda well and helps in the mass mobilisation against Muslims and Christians. Terms of Use | In the New Testament, Jesus commanded his disciples in the Great Commission to "go and make disciples of all nations" [Matthew 28:19] [Mark 16:15]. Modi has been criticised by opposition politicians for remaining silent on the issue of reconversion ceremonies. [16], Baptism is seen as symbolic both of Jesus' death, burial and resurrection[17] and is also symbolic of the baptized individual putting off of the natural or sinful man and becoming spiritually reborn as a disciple of Jesus. Answer (1 of 17): Yes, a lot of people. "Look we make up 150m people of India. This table summarizes three Protestant beliefs. Morris, Harold C., and Lin M. Morris. Copyright 2023 Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Advertise With Us | 241 of the 506 people who reported their change of religion with the government were Christians or Muslims who converted to Hinduism. All Indian religions, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainsim and Sikhism, are collective called "Sanatan Dharma" and "Dhamma", and all others are called mleccha. In cases of mass conversion of Muslims to Hinduism, the central thrust has been on their de-Islamisation rather than on their accepting the Hindu religion. Place Nagpur, Maharashtra, the city where the Headquarter of Rastriya Swayamsewak Sangh is situated. Newer Than: Search this thread only; Search this forum only. The mass ceremony was the latest in what is a growing number of such conversions to Pakistan's majority Muslim faith in recent years although precise data is scarce. However, Taoism does have its own religious conversion ceremony which seems[original research?] We are talking about an amendment bill introduced in the Uttarakhand assembly on November 29and passed a day laterto make the four-year-old anti-conversion Act (which ironically goes by the name Uttarakhand 'Freedom of Religion' Act, 2018) even more stringent. Amen. In most countries conversion is a simple matter of filling out a card stating a declaration of belief. AHMEDABAD: Buddhist groups in the city have organized conversion drives from Hinduism to Buddhism to mark Vijaya Dashmi on Tuesday . Brahmanism?? There were 111 conversions from Hindu to Islam. Starting from the premise that the freedom of religion and religious chose of those who are converted (note; the laws never say those who convert) need to be protected from incursions of proselytisers the various anti-conversion legislations, ironically termed as freedom of religion laws make it mandatory for the convertees to inform the head of the district administration. This situation stems from a law passed in the 1930s by the dictator Ioannis Metaxas. It attracted the highest number of persons from Ezhava, Thiyya and Nair communities. For forced conversion, see. [63], Research in the United States and in the Netherlands has shown a positive correlation between areas lacking mainstream churches and the percentage of people who are members of a new religious movement. All the comments will be moderated by the newindianexpress.com editorial. Converting to Islam requires one to declare the shahdah, the Muslim profession of faith ("there is no god but Allah; Muhammad is the messenger of Allah"). The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights defines religious conversion as a human right: "Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief" (Article 18). Web. Indonesia has the world's largest population of Muslims. Answer: "God is the Supreme Intelligence-First Cause of all things."[28]. A national anti-conversion law, if enacted, would definitely be challenged in the Supreme Court. 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