KOCHI: The Kerala unit of the VHP on Thursday demanded the state government deport foreign missionaries in the state who are "indulging in widespread religious conversion, with the help of foreig

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New Delhi, June 18 : Religious conversion is a complex and emotionally charged issue but fundamentalists of all hues exploit it, liberals confuse it and many do not comprehend what the fuss is about, says a new book.Written by an unlikely author, the Catholic Jesuit priest-sociologist Rudolf C.

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According to Susan Shields, Mother Teresa 'harmed her helpers as well as those they helped.'By Greg SzymanskiJune 6, 2007For nine years Susan Shields worked as a devoted Catholic Sister, working for Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity.

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Hyderabad, June 8In a sensational allegation, well-known evangelist Dr K.A Paul today said he apprehended danger to his life from Congress president Sonia Gandhi.The President of Global Peace Initiative, based in the USA, claimed that Sonia Gandhi was out to take “revenge against me under the instructions of (American President) Bush and (Secretary of State) Rice”.Paul, who hails from Andhra Pradesh, alleged that Sonia Gandhi and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Rajasekhar Reddy had been “nursing a grudge” against him and “destroying” his ministry by imposing curbs on the activities of his organisation in the country.Addressing a press conference here, the self-made preacher, who became internationally known for rubbing shoulders with several presidents and prime ministers, charged that Bush, with whom he apparently fell out after the Iraq war, instructed Sonia to cut off all help to his activities in the country.He also alleged that Reddy was against him because he had refused to give $ 5 million party fund sought by Y.S Rajasekhar Reddy in December 2003 when he was the opposition leader.The Chief Minister, however, refuted the charges and said there appeared an “ulterior motive” behind the allegations.Paul alleged that he was approached by Congress leader B.Satyanarayana, who is now the marketing minister, on December 9, 2003 for donation to the Congress fund on behalf of Rajasekhar Reddy.“My refusal to accede to their request did not go well with them.

Hyderabad, June 8: Amidst a furore over alleged Christian missionary activity in and around the popular Tirumala shrine, the Andhra Pradesh government today promulgated an ordinance prohibiting the propagation of other religions in notified places of worship."The ordinance empowers the government to prohibit the propagation of religions other than the one that is traditionally practiced at the notified place," Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhar Reddy told reporters here.

From correspondents in Andhra Pradesh, India, 11:01 PM ISTA Christian evangelist Friday alleged that Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy had demanded $5 million for party funds in December 2003 even as the later denied the allegations as 'wild' and 'baseless'.K.A.