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RSS repeats call for Indian church, Islam

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh on Sunday repeated its stand on the need for Indian churches and indigenisation of Islam, saying, "The followers of these religions are inextricably linked to the land, culture and traditions of the country."

Addressing the concluding session of the national convention on national security, sarsanghachalak K S Sudershan said: "We may worship different gods and follow different religions, but we have a common link that is deeply rooted in this land.

"Christianity followed in India is less of religion and more of politics and detrimental to the country. Therefore we oppose it."

He said Christianity or Islam did not believe in a single country based on religion. That was why there were so many countries belonging to the same faith. And there were umpteen instances where such countries had refused to accept a person from another country professing the same faith. In this connection he cited the plight of the so-called Mohajirs (refugees) in Pakistan.

The history books brought out by Pakistan were full of details about the culture that prevailed on the banks of the Sindhu, about the Sanskrit language, and Panini, the great Sanskrit grammarian. "Had they accepted these facts [earlier], probably Partition would have been averted," he remarked.

Sudershan said Mahatma Gandhi himself had once said that he would ask the churches to leave India if they used their work in the spheres of health, education and welfare to convert people.

He said that while countries like China, Thailand and Sri Lanka did not let the pope make an address to their people in their country, Pope John Paul II had given a call in India to increase the number of Christians in Asia.

Among those who attended the concluding session were Union Home Minister Lal Kishenchand Advani and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Ram Prakash Gupta.

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