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Hindus seek worldwide laws to protect religion
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Subject: Hindus seek worldwide laws to protect religion
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From: Robert Clive
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Date: Mon, 17 Jul 1995 04:42:04 UTC
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DURBAN, South Africa (Reuter) - Hindus from 38 countries,
meeting in South Africa, said Tuesday they would ask governments
to outlaw blasphemy and violations of religious rights.
``We resolve that a call be made to governments all over the
world to pass a religious harmony bill to prevent blasphemy,
conversion and other transgressions of religious rights,'' they
said in a statement.
The resolution was one of 41 adopted after a four-day World
Hindu Conference which brought more than 600 Hindu saints,
swamis (priests) and scholars together in South Africa for the
first time.
The resolution urging governments to secure religious rights
was in the interest of world peace, one of the organizers,
Rambhajun Sitaram, said.
He said other resolutions included a call to the United
Nations to look urgently at threats against Hindus' fundamental
rights in such countries as Pakistan, Bangladesh and Kashmir.
One resolution said: ``We commit ourselves to
inter-religious dialog and also caution all other religious
groups that Hinduism will not necessarily accept with simple
magnanimity all their attacks and affronts on Hinduism. We will
resist vigorously attempts at conversion.''
Sitaram said a committee had been delegated to compile a set
of core principles of Hinduism which all proponents of the
religion would be recommended to follow.
An international development trust would be established to
support the Hindu way of life.
