For the first time, in the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), a call to protect Indian civilisation against religious conversions was made. Tamil Nadu State BJP Secretary and advocate A. Aswathaman, speaking via a live session at the UNHRC in Geneva on March 12, made a strong pitch for protecting Indian civilisation against conversions.
Aswathaman, who shared details of his speech with Organiser, said, “Global warming is usually discussed from a technical and industrial point of view, but it also has a cultural dimension that is often ignored. Cultural diversity plays a vital role in ecological balance; when different cultures exist, people follow different lifestyles, rituals, foods, and consumption patterns, which reduce pressure on the environment.”
Sharing the transcript and video of the event, he said, “This kind of cultural diversity is preserved by civilisations which have multiple gods, meaning multiple lifestyles and consumption patterns. Most importantly, natural aspects are preserved by civilisations through nature worship. For instance, in my native Panruti, Tamil Nadu, there is the Gadilam River, which is believed to have been created for Bhagwan Vishnu.”
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Elaborating further, Aswathaman said, “The world must know the difference between civilisation and religion. Religion is mainly based on a one-God concept, bringing one ritual and one lifestyle, which leads to a single consumption pattern. We have already lost old civilisations like Egyptian and Roman civilisations due to religious conversion. It is crucial for the world to protect existing civilisations. India is one of the oldest living civilisations in the world. Our PM Narendra Modi speaks about civilisational self-respect, which evokes a global response. Hence, this submission is to take steps to curtail rapid religious conversions in lands where the oldest civilisations exist. This is not only for cultural protection, but for global protection from global warming.”
At a time when there have been serious and well-planned attempts over a long period to Christianise the globe under various projects, a web search shows (authored by Ra O Trivedhi) “the link between religious conversions and political separatism in various states of India is shaped by historical, social, and cultural contexts under the Project Joshua. Additionally, the Joshua Project has an educational impact, providing training and material to cultivate individuals and communities to understand the importance of Christianity and its population in the world for geopolitical existence. Every year, 24 lakh people are being converted to Christianity, according to data available on the website of the Joshua Project, a Christian conversion ‘research’ initiative. There are a total of 2,272 case groups, of which 2,041 are unreached, as per their website.”
In Bharat, they set targets to convert people, particularly SC/STs, by promising and giving freebies such as clothes, medicines, vessels, etc., to entice them to join Christianity. In Tamil Nadu, they move in groups aggressively with Christian literature. They make house visits to gullible and fence-sitting individuals or people under pressure from various issues, including health, poverty, education, or alleged caste discrimination. Viewed in this context, an opening has been made with a strong pitch to protect Indian civilisation against religious conversion.
