Re: Shocking!

["Ram Narayanan" <ramn@adelphia.net>]

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Friends:

Certain things happening in India's north-east is quite alarming. There =
are some Christian groups, both Indian and foreign, inciting conflict in =
that part of India. For example, a BBC report titled "Church backing =
Tripura rebels" (April 18, 2000) said: "The government in India's =
north-eastern state of Tripura says it has evidence that the state's =
Baptist Church is involved in backing separatist rebels.... Nagmanlal =
Halam, secretary of the Noapara Baptist Church in Tripura, was arrested =
late on Monday with a large quantity of explosives". The Chief Minister =
told the BBC that Halam was found in possession of more than 50 gelatine =
sticks, 5kg of potassium and 2kg of sulphur and other ingredients for =
making explosives, and that two junior members of the same church, =
arrested the previous week, had tipped the police off about the =
explosives which were meant for the NLFT rebels. The NLFT is accused of =
forcing Tripura's indigenous tribes to become Christians and give up =
Hindu forms of worship in areas under their control. In 1999 they issued =
a ban on the Hindu festivals of Durga Puja and Saraswati Puja, and their =
manifesto proclaims that they want to expand what they describe as the =
kingdom of God and Christ in Tripura.=20

Ram Narayanan



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