Assam Hindu group begins poster marketing campaign in opposition to missionary faculties
A lesser-known radical Hindu group has began a poster marketing campaign asking missionary faculties throughout Assam to take away Christian symbols and church buildings from their premises and cease utilizing instructional establishments for spiritual functions.
The posters have been pasted on the partitions of missionary-run instructional establishments in Guwahati, Barpeta, Jorhat, and Sivasagar cities by an organisation known as Sanmilita Sanatan Samaj. The posters got here up after the expiry of an analogous diktat by Kutumba Suraksha Parishad, one other radical group, on Friday.
The group threatened to launch a mass motion if the missionary faculties didn’t take away the church buildings or chapels, idols of Jesus Christ and Mom Mary, and different Christian symbols from their premises. It additionally requested the principals and academics to cease carrying “spiritual clothes” to highschool.
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“That is the ultimate warning to cease utilizing the college as a spiritual establishment… cease anti-Bharat and unconstitutional actions, or else…” the poster in Assamese learn.
“We aren’t in opposition to the Christians. However we’re in opposition to the delicate use of non secular symbols aimed toward conversion. The missionary faculties give attention to propagating Christianity, not India or Indian tradition,” a member of the group mentioned.
Members of the Assam Christian Discussion board declined to react to the posters by “fringe components” however mentioned Assam’s Director Common of Police and police chiefs of districts the place some missionary faculties have been focused, have been requested to take vital motion.
“Some mother and father have mentioned we should always search safety however we all know it could not be attainable for the federal government to supply police safety to some 400 missionary faculties throughout Assam, the oldest of which is 180 years outdated,” a member of the discussion board mentioned.
“Our establishments have at all times revered and accommodated people of all religions and cultures, sustaining a peaceable and tranquil ambiance. Had conversion been our purpose, not less than half of Assam would have been Christians by now,” he mentioned.
