Thousands converting back to Hinduism: truth, or propaganda?

ICC Note: The story that more than 1,000 Christians have reconverted to Hinduism is troubling because the background of the supposedly reconverted Christians is unknown.

by Nirmala Carvalho
04/08/09 Mumbai, India (AsiaNews) – A lavish demonstration to celebrate the return to Hinduism of 1,130 families who had left the traditional religion of India to become Christian. It took place in Kalyan, a city in the district of Thane, in the state of Maharashtra, about fifty kilometers from Mumbai. A similar ceremony had taken place on April 27, 2008, in Borivali in suburban Mumbai, during which the return to Hinduism of 1,793 new converts to Christianity was celebrated.

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Interviewed by AsiaNews, Percival Fernandez, auxiliary bishop of Mumbai, said that he was perplexed by the celebration, which clearly has value only as propaganda, while the origin of the alleged “return converts” is unknown, nor is it known to what Christian confession they are supposed to have belonged before returning to Hinduism… [Go To Full Story]