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From: alt.fan.jai-maharaj@googlegroups.com

Forwarded post from Shri Ashok Chowgule:

FW: Tweet from Archbishop of Canterbury (@JustinWelby)

September 12, 2019

Archbishop of Canterbury (@JustinWelby) tweeted at 3:01 PM
on Tue, Sep 10, 2019:

I feel a deep sense of grief, humility and profound shame
having visited the site of the horrific #JallianwalaBagh
massacre in Amritsar today.

Here, a great number of Sikhs -- as well as Hindus, Muslims
and Christians -- were shot dead by British troops in 1919. https://t.co/p5fDprIMbr

https://twitter.com/JustinWelby/status/1171355601299025923?s=03

Queen Elizabeth II had visited India sometime in 1998 or
1999, when I K Gujral was the prime minister.  A visit to
Amritsar was planned.  Obviously this would entail a visit
to the Jalianwala Bagh.  In planning for the visit,
discussions were held whether the Queen should apologise to
the massacre in 1919.  The then minister of foreign
relations appeared to have dismissed the suggestion out of
hand.  Gujral was supposed to have commented that Britain
was a third rate power and surprised that it was behaving
so arrogantly.  I do not remember whether an apology was
made by the Queen, and what was the exact wording.

Now we have the Archbishop of Canterbury making an apology.
The Archbishop is the spiritual head of the Church of
England, and the Queen, when she was coronated, took an
oath to defend the Anglican faith, a subset of
Christianity.  (The oath does not oblige her to defend any
other sect of Christianity, let alone defend non-Christian
faith.)  So, why has this apology come some twenty years
later?

Amongst the various places in India, the Christian churches
have also made Punjab as being 'favoured' with special
attention.  And then there is also the issue of Khalistan
wanting to push for a referendum in 2020.  So, is the act
by the Archbishop of Canterbury part of the "Breaking
India" project, which has been so well documented by Rajiv
Malhotra and others?

This might sound like a conspiracy theory.  However, there
have been many places in India, the action of the Christian
churches have been most hostile towards India's culture and
civilization.  While the various sects of Christianity are
at loggerheads in various parts of the world, when it comes
to India, they have a united programme of trying to
demonise Hinduism.  Very often, in this programme, they
take active help of the Islamists as well as the Communists
in India.  The three groups also collaborate outside India
in putting our country in as bad a light as possible.

We in the VHP had taken up the issue of an apology from the
Roman Catholic Church in India in 1994.  I am enclosing a
note on the exchange of letters between the VHP and a
couple of very senior members of the clergy of the Church.

This apology by the Archbishop of Canterbury has to be
taken with a large fistful of salt.

Namaste.

Ashok Chowgule,
Working President (External),
Vishwa Hindu Parishad, India.

Enclosure:

In a letter dated June 10, 1994, to both the Roman
Catholic Archbishops of Delhi and Mumbai, the President of
the VHP, Shri Vishnu Hari Dalmia, wrote: "It will be in the
fitness of things if the Church in India recognises its
unsavoury role in the past and while admitting the same,
assures the population of India that it will desist from
such prejudicial activities in all parts of the country.
Such a proclamation from the Church will not only pave the
way for amity between these two great religions, but will
also set an example for other religionists to emulate."

A reminder was sent on August 5 to both the
persons. The secretary of the Archbishop of Mumbai merely
acknowledged the receipt of the letter. The Archbishop of
Delhi was in a combative mood that often reflects the
thinking of the hierarchy in India. He wrote in a letter
dated October 3, "I don't think any useful purpose will be
served by going backwards into the past and especially
trying to point out mistakes committed by various
communities and members of the various religions who are
living together in harmony in India. Our country has the
unique record of harbouring the world's greatest religions
whose followers, by and large, live together in peace, in
tolerance. We Indians should do our best to preserve this
heritage which in my belief is a great gift of God."

On October 14, Shri Dalmia wrote: "In recognising
the past, the intention is to inform the present generation
of the history as it is. It will also be a beacon for the
manner of the interaction for nowadays. Just like the
Germans and the others of today are not being blamed for
the crimes of the Nazis, the apology that has been tendered
is a clear indication that they do not associate with the
philosophy of the Nazis. This is the way for living
together in harmony in India. I would very much like to
have your views on the points that I have raised."

This is where the correspondence rests -- that is,
there is no need to engage in a sincere dialogue.
Subsequently the VHP pointed out the hypocrisy of the Roman
Catholic Church in apologising to the Jews and the South
American Indians, while refusing to even consider a similar
act towards the Hindus. The office of the Archbishop of
Mumbai said, "It is categorically denied that prejudicial
activities were resorted by Roman Catholic missionaries in
the centuries gone by nor has Dalmia made mention of a
single such instance." (The Indian Express, April 24, 1996,
"Negation of history is the best way to frustrate a
dialogue")

End of forwarded post from Shri Ashok Chowgule.

Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
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