Christianity, Evangelism & its geopolitical impact

Rudradev · Post by **Rudradev** » 27 May 2021 02:17

X-posted from 2021 Strategic & Political thread:

So we all know that Modi's India is a Hindutva Fascist construct where nobody dares utter anything critical of Hinduism lest they get arrested/lynched/raped etc. Right?

You'd never know it from what's happening in the great state of Andhra Pradesh right now.

https://swarajyamag.com/news-brief/expl ... ishna-raju

Two days ago, Supreme Court of India granted bail to rebel YSR Congress Party leader K Raghu Rama Krishna Raju in a sedition case. He is a member of Lok Sabha representing the Narasapuram constituency.

Raju was arrested by the Andhra Pradesh CID on 14 May on the charge of sedition after he filed a petition in the Special Court for CBI cases in Hyderabad seeking cancellation of bail granted to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister (CM) Jagan Mohan Reddy in a quid pro case on the grounds of violation of bail conditions.

The rebel YSRCP leader had made many allegations including that of corruption, mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic, etc. against the state government.

Raju had alleged that he was tortured in the police custody. Further, in his petition before the Supreme Court, he said that the state government had asked the DIG, CID, Amaravathi, to conduct an inquiry into his “actions in addressing the print and electronic media accusing failure of the chief minister and his government in dealing with COVID-related issues”.

Following his arrest, the statement from the CID reportedly said:

“MP from Narasapur Raghu Rama Krishna Raju has been arrested at his residence at Hyderabad. There was information against Raju, stating that he has been indulging in hate speeches against certain communities and promoting disaffection against the government.”

“A preliminary enquiry has been ordered by ADG CID PV Sunil Kumar IPS. It was found that through his speeches Raju was indulging in a systematic, schematic effort to cause tensions among the communities and by attacking various government dignitaries in a way which will cause loss of faith in the government which they represent. There is hate speech against communities and social groups also, which was used to foment social and public order disturbances in conspiracy with a few media channels,” it further read.

On the orders of the CID ADG, a case was registered against the MP under Sections 124A (sedition), 153A (promoting enmity between different groups), 505 (statements conducing public mischief) read with 120B (conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code.
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The Narasapuram Lok Sabha MP was medically examined and whole procedure video-graphed at the Army Hospital at Secunderabad, Telangana at the intervention of the Supreme Court. The report found a fracture in the toe area of the left foot and other injuries.

The court stated that the report of his medical examination indicated that he may possibly have been ill-treated in custody, and granted him bail.

The chargesheet against him tries to obscure the true reason for this brutal, targeted reprisal by presenting a whole muddle of accusations. But let's take a closer look at what K Raju ji actually said:

In October 2020, Raju wrote a letter to PM Modi, alleging that the Andhra Pradesh government was promoting conversion to Christianity in the state in violation of the Indian Constitution.

He said that the Christian population had increased from 1.8 per cent in 2011 to 25 per cent through conversion. He said that there were about 33,000 churches in the state, equivalent to Hindu temples. However, the demographic change was not officially entering the government records.

He alleged that those who converted had entered the legislatures and other lucrative government jobs with fake caste certificates to take advantage of reservations. He urged that these mistakes be rectified in the 2021 census and measures be taken to make reservations available only to those who are eligible.

Get the picture? This is a country where Hindu Sadhus are lynched by Christians in Palghar with absolutely no legal ramifications; where a Hindu sant (Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati) is murdered by Christian-funded Maoists in Orissa, and Hindus alone are blamed for the communal violence that follows; and meanwhile, anyone drawing attention to the collusion of certain political parties in the systematic extermination of Hinduism gets arrested and tortured. As did Sadhvi Pragya, Lt. Col. Purohit, Swami Aseemanand, and now MP K. Raju.

In broader terms, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has a strategy. He sees that INC under the Gandhis is a lost cause. He recognizes that its entire ecosystem of foreign supporters (the Catholic Church, various Evangelical Christian organizations, and the intelligence & foreign-policy apparatus of certain Western countries) are about to give up on Sonia and Rahul Gandhi as the political vanguard of soul-harvesting Christendom in India.

So he is setting himself up as the successor. He wants to be the one availing of funds from the Vatican, the Southern Baptists, and the US State Department. These foreign entities are the last shreds of legitimacy keeping the Maino Congress together as a viable political entity in 2021. What YSJMR wants to demonstrate is that not only can he advance the soul-harvesting cause by leaps and bounds compared to the Mainos-- but he can actually win elections and wield brutal state power against Hindu resistance, be it from his party's MPs or from the Thirumala Tirupati Devasthanams. He believes this will convince INC's foreign puppeteers-- the only legs it continues to stand on-- to withdraw their Maino-family centric support and insist on his ascendance to the party leadership. Being from AP, he is also well-positioned to serve their Breaking-India agenda by championing a "United States of South India" soft-separatist course against Modi Sarkar.

Let's remember YSJMR's father nursed similar ambitions. In 2009, they may have been premature-- the Mainos had a stranglehold over the nation and YSR was disposed of in a "helicopter crash". Now the Mainos have no such power, and YSJMR is jockeying to finish what his father started with respect to the INC.

That's how I see this, anyway.

ricky_v · Post by **ricky_v** » 27 May 2021 05:48

https://www.realclearreligion.org/artic ... 77098.html

In recent years, we've had a million people attending my Ten Commandments mission series and had evangelistic events filling the largest venues available. Reduced to a virtual presence by the COVID-19 pandemic, I found myself with so many invitations for Easter Sunday 2021 that I ended up preaching virtually at 747 churches and 120 prisons. And it's not just me.

A remarkable work of the Spirit is occurring amongst Europe's Iranian migrants and refugees to the extent that, in Britain at least, many churches have one or two families of converts. Across the continent, God is working amongst the 12 million Roma peoples so that as many as a third are now Pentecostal Christians.

And in France – modern atheism's birthplace – evangelicals have gone from 50,000 to more than 700,000 in a lifetime. Spiritual soil in Europe is more promising for the gospel than for generations, perhaps centuries.

https://evangelicalfocus.com/lausanne-m ... d-non-roma

Srinivas Naik is a Banjara pastor who founded Global Banjara Baptist Ministries (GBBM), which ministers among Banjara in four different Indian states through church planting, leadership training, and social work. In Sarajevo, he expressed a strong desire to connect and worship with people from his own ethnic group.
He described a sense of ‘belongingness, not only do he and his fellow Roma belong to Christ, but also to each other in terms of ethnicity and history.

In India, Naik relates tremendous growth in the last 20 years, after Banjara began evangelizing Banjara. He independently echoed the sentiment saying that now is the time for the Banjara; God is pouring out his Spirit among them. He asked for more partners to join them from around the world to utilize this opportunity.

For example, various Banjara ministries in India are part of a Banjara Christian Council India (BCCI), which holds joint events demonstrating unity; and ethnocentrisms between Rom and Calon in Brazil are broken down in the church.

- GBBM has benefited from outside partnerships which, for example, taught them how storying five stories from the Old Testament can prepare a polytheistic culture for the gospel.

Christianity continues to grow globally among the Roma, largely in Pentecostal forms, ranging from large revivals beginning in the 1950s in France, to rapid development in Central and Eastern Europe after the fall of Communism, and the growth of churches in Brazil.[5]

Issues of discrimination and social marginalization are not confined to Europe. Although the Roma in Brazil (made up of Calon and Rom) have been the subject of rising political concern in the last 20 years,[7] they continue to face prejudice.

In India, the Banjara are often socially isolated, lacking education and economically disadvantaged. Although Banjara in Naik’s state are categorized as a tribal group which allows them more social respect, they are frequently classified as Dalits (untouchables) in other states.

https://www.gbbmi.org/

Jarita · Post by **Jarita** » 29 May 2021 02:08

Hot of the press. This is just a drop in the ocean of crimes of this cult. All these residential schools were run by the church. In India too many of these establishments are hellfire for the kids. Goras have complete access to vulnerable kids.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/ ... SApp_Other

A mass grave containing the remains of 215 Indigenous children has been discovered on the grounds of a former residential school in the interior of southern British Columbia.

The grim discovery at the former school near the town of Kamloops was announced late on Thursday by the Tk’emlups te Secwépemc people after the site was examined by a team using ground-penetrating radar.

“We had a knowing in our community that we were able to verify. To our knowledge, these missing children are undocumented deaths,” said Rosanne Casimir, chief of the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc, in a statement.

chanakyaa · Post by **chanakyaa** » 29 May 2021 09:15

Union of Ontario Indians (Natives of Canada) had put together a short document listing Churches in Canada engaging in crime against natives through the residential school system, including inhumane practices (outcome of years of litigation).

http://www.anishinabek.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/An-Overview-of-the-IRS-System-Booklet.pdf
Booklet provides general information on the purpose, establishment, and history of the Indian residential school system in Canada.

"What Happened At The Schools?" and "How Were Rules Enforced At The Schools?" in the link above are very gruesome. Didn't want to post details here and bring the wrath of adminuallah.

· Indian residential schools operated in Canada between the 1870s and the 1990s.
· The last Indian residential school closed in 1996.
· Children between the ages of 4-16 attended Indian residential school.
· It is estimated that over 150,000 Indian, Inuit, and Métis children attended Indian residential school.

m_saini · Post by **m_saini** » 03 Jun 2021 05:18

Chick-fil-A’s profits are being used to push anti-trans state laws & kill the Equality Act

Christian millionaires – including Dan Cathy, an heir to the Chick-fil-A fortune – are behind one of “the most sophisticated dark money operations” ever seen to pass anti-LGBTQ legislation and stop the Equality Act.

A new report from The Daily Beast exposes the operation being run through the National Christian Charitable Foundation (NCF), the sixth largest charity in the U.S. The group’s donors include some of the wealthiest social conservatives in the country, like Chick-fil-A CEO and chairman Dan Cathy, former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’s family foundation, Hobby Lobby, and the Anschutz family.

In its 2018 Form 990, NCF gave $6,585,923 to ADF, money that came from people like Cathy and DeVos. And they’re likely fully aware of how the money is being spent.

sanjaykumar · Post by **sanjaykumar** » 03 Jun 2021 10:24

May I respectfully ask whether the Canadian residential school findings are being reported in India?

Is it being honestly reported that the accusations include rape by Christian priests of aboriginal children and discarding the ensuing progeny in the furnace?

Let us examine the standards of the Indian media and of India’s secularism.

I am sorry if readers were upset reading the above accusations. I do not mean any outarage. Just the facts.

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 04 Jun 2021 22:30

sanjaykumar wrote:May I respectfully ask whether the Canadian residential school findings are being reported in India?

Is it being honestly reported that the accusations include rape by Christian priests of aboriginal children and discarding the ensuing progeny in the furnace?

Let us examine the standards of the Indian media and of India’s secularism.

I am sorry if readers were upset reading the above accusations. I do not mean any outarage. Just the facts.

Would anyone care? My friends who are planning to migrate there, will still do so ...

However, the face value of needling the meddlesome Canucks through the media here would be awesome. Has Republic or WION done it yet, a simple Google search does not yield a satisfactory result. Then again the apple does not fall far from the tree....

gpurewal · Post by **gpurewal** » 04 Jun 2021 23:06

Maria wrote:
sanjaykumar wrote:May I respectfully ask whether the Canadian residential school findings are being reported in India?

Is it being honestly reported that the accusations include rape by Christian priests of aboriginal children and discarding the ensuing progeny in the furnace?

Let us examine the standards of the Indian media and of India’s secularism.

I am sorry if readers were upset reading the above accusations. I do not mean any outarage. Just the facts.
Would anyone care? My friends who are planning to migrate there, will still do so ...

However, the face value of needling the meddlesome Canucks through the media here would be awesome. Has Republic or WION done it yet, a simple Google search does not yield a satisfactory result. Then again the apple does not fall far from the tree....

The question is not about trying to 'needling(sic) meddlesome Canucks' but, pointing out the atrocities performed by the Christian Churches (Catholic in particular) against the native community in Canada. If this gets reported in India, then people can start asking questions whether the same atrocities were performed against the local populations.

The Catholic Church does have a reputation now, regarding child sexual abuse by their clergy members.

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 04 Jun 2021 23:38

A fantastic point taken, I stand corrected.

darshan · Post by **darshan** » 05 Jun 2021 03:06

U.S. Boarding Schools Were The Blueprint For Indigenous Family Separation In Canada
https://www.npr.org/2021/06/03/10030202 ... on-in-cana
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KELLY: Give us just a little bit of the history here. When and why and how did these schools start in the U.S.?

PEMBER: Well, it began as a sort of a means to deal with the, quote, unquote, "Indian problem" and open up the West for settlement. In the late 1860s, after the Civil War, America didn't have that much money, and, you know, killing Indians was pretty expensive. So they came up with this idea that the real problem with Indians is they're just too Indian. If we could separate them from their traditions and their ways and their language, turn them into, quote, unquote, "Americans," they could participate in capitalism, mostly, of course, as servants or farmhands.

Out of that process grew these boarding schools in which a lot of children were forcibly or coerced into attending without any contact with their families and often as young as age 5. The notion and the philosophy of the boarding schools of that era were established by this Army Lieutenant Richard Pratt, who coined the infamous phrase that we need to kill the Indian to save the man - so, in other words, the systematic destruction of Native culture, language and family as a way to save Native people.
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darshan · Post by **darshan** » 05 Jun 2021 03:08

There should be news coverage and also there should be open relationships with the native American tribes. Their leadership should be engaged, invited, etc.

darshan · Post by **darshan** » 05 Jun 2021 03:17

Needless to say what happens when they are done converting and taking over your civilization.

Just imagine what these westerners must have been doing before the internet and during colonialism.

The Filipino mothers selling their children for online sexual abuse
https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/in-de ... xual-abuse
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Carmen said she started out doing live shows on the internet and sending her photos to customers in Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom. She did not finish elementary school, but her English was enough for the necessary communication.
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sanjaykumar · Post by **sanjaykumar** » 05 Jun 2021 03:43

Of course the point was that for this Catholic church that finds the Hindus demonic, demonic possession of their own priests and its false creed over a two thousand year period may be the explanation for relentless abuse of humans, from Europe to Africa, from the Americas to India.

m_saini · Post by **m_saini** » 06 Jun 2021 21:11

Pope voices ‘pain’ over Canadian deaths, doesn’t apologize

Pope Francis on Sunday expressed his pain over the discovery in Canada of the remains of 215 Indigenous students of church-run boarding schools and pressed religious and political authorities to shed light on “this sad affair.” But he didn’t offer the apology sought by the Canadian prime minister.

From the 19th century until the 1970s, more than 150,000 Indigenous children were forced to attend state-funded Christian schools, the majority of them run by Roman Catholic missionary congregations, in a campaign to assimilate them into Canadian society.

The Canadian government has admitted that physical and sexual abuse was rampant in the schools, with students beaten for speaking their native languages.

sanjaykumar · Post by **sanjaykumar** » 06 Jun 2021 22:57

To be fair to the church, white Canadians as recently as the 1980s and 1990s were routinely beaten in Catholic schools. They tell of canings, of students thrown into the lockers and walls by Catholic teachers.

The priests would use parishioners for personal errands. Also for their private 'ends'.

They were equal opportunity abusers.

I wish all Indian converts happy tithing, happy praying as below, happy salvation.

chetak · Post by **chetak** » 07 Jun 2021 18:05

sanjaykumar · Post by **sanjaykumar** » 07 Jun 2021 20:04

You must be a demonic Hindu.

sanjaykumar · Post by **sanjaykumar** » 08 Jun 2021 05:34

The holiness just doesn't end.

Here is something else for the Indian press to censor.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archi ... bc/619122/

darshan · Post by **darshan** » 08 Jun 2021 08:34

One has to wonder about rest of the world. There are many places apart from Canada where population was lot higher.
From Americas to Australia.

How Thousands of Indigenous Children Vanished in Canada
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/07/worl ... hools.html

sanjaykumar · Post by **sanjaykumar** » 08 Jun 2021 09:27

Golly, this is a job for Arundhati Roy.

Kati · Post by **Kati** » 08 Jun 2021 10:08

The Scandal Rocking the Evangelical World

......Instead, the letter suggests, the breach was caused by the stands he had taken against sexual abuse within the SBC and on racial reconciliation, which had infuriated the executive committee. .....

Read the whole article on the scandals in Southern Baptist Convention (SBC).

m_saini · Post by **m_saini** » 24 Jun 2021 20:00

Hundreds of bodies reported found in unmarked graves at former Saskatchewan residential school

The total number of graves near the former Marieval Indian Residential School is expected to be over three times higher than the 215 discovered recently in Kamloops

The remains are in unmarked graves in a communal gravesite first used in 1885 but eventually taken over by the Marieval Indian Residential School, founded and operated by the Roman Catholic Church beginning in 1899 on what was then the Marieval Reserve.

Administration of the school was handed over to the federal government in 1969 and then the Cowessess First Nation in 1987 before being closed in 1997. Everything but the church, rectory and cemetery was demolished shortly after, according to National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation records.

Just straight up casual genocide by the christian Canada and Vatican. Why do we still maintain ties with Vatican again?

sanjaykumar · Post by **sanjaykumar** » 24 Jun 2021 21:21

This is the end of Christianity in Canada.

Let the third world accept this toxic waste.

chetak · Post by **chetak** » 25 Jun 2021 16:14

sanjaykumar wrote:This is the end of Christianity in Canada.

Let the third world accept this toxic waste.

the end of xtianity started when uncontrolled migration was allowed into the country.

each incoming and obviously consolidating ethnicity is turning out to be more venomous and malignantly destructive than the other

they will now go the european way, and will live to regret their liberal policies in their own lifetimes

Haresh · Post by **Haresh** » 25 Jun 2021 20:10

sanjaykumar wrote:This is the end of Christianity in Canada.

Let the third world accept this toxic waste.

I sincerely hope it is. Is this being publicised in India much?

I really do think that when the Mandir in Ayodya is opened, the followers of the native faiths from around the world are invited.
What a message that would send out.

shravanp · Post by **shravanp** » 25 Jun 2021 20:21

sanjaykumar wrote:This is the end of Christianity in Canada.

Let the third world accept this toxic waste.

The efforts of exporting this toxic waste to 3rd world began vigorously during UPA rule. I know a person who works in construction business in NY, and with limited space left in the city, demolition projects are also part of their biz portfolio. He mentioned that churches are empty, expensive to maintain and hence get listed for demolition projects.

shravanp · Post by **shravanp** » 25 Jun 2021 20:23

Haresh wrote:
sanjaykumar wrote:This is the end of Christianity in Canada.

Let the third world accept this toxic waste.
I sincerely hope it is. Is this being publicised in India much?

I really do think that when the Mandir in Ayodya is opened, the followers of the native faiths from around the world are invited.
What a message that would send out.

The message should be exactly the opposite of Canadian grave story. Victory of indigenous people over the oppressors.

chanakyaa · Post by **chanakyaa** » 01 Jul 2021 08:03

Another 182 graves found. Lower Kootenay Band finds human remains at former residential school in British Columbia – the third such discovery in weeks. And now Justin Trudeau says it is not the fault of Canada, but pope should apologize. Wah bhai wah...Escaping genocide Canadian estyle.

182 unmarked graves discovered near residential school in B.C.'s Interior, First Nation says

St. Eugene's Mission School in Cranbrook, B.C., was operated by the Catholic Church from 1912 until the early 1970s. The building has since been converted into a resort and casino, with an adjacent golf course.

Justin Trudeau says Pope Francis should apologize on Canadian soil for church's role in residential schools

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Pope Francis should come to Canada and apologize on behalf of the Catholic Church for its role in running residential schools for Indigenous children, after hundreds of bodies were located in two unmarked graves.

darshan · Post by **darshan** » 02 Jul 2021 01:07

GoI needs to setup it's own commissions to discuss genocides committed on Indian soil. Catalog all the genocides and abuses from around the world. Need to have a dedicated genocides center and public education center.

chetak · Post by **chetak** » 10 Jul 2021 21:34

‘You natives, be grateful that your children died as Christians, not pagans’: American Conservative magazine tells indigenous people in Canada

‘You natives, be grateful that your children died as Christians, not pagans’: American Conservative magazine tells indigenous people in Canada

It is astounding indeed, the callousness, the blatant indifference with which the countless lives lost and the irreparable loss of the native language, and culture, is being defended, even hailed because apparently, it was more important to be a dead Christian than to be alive as a 'pagan'.

9 July, 2021
Sanghamitra

The article in American Conservative, published on July 8, titled “The Meaning of The Native Graves”, actually says the residential schools were dong ‘God’s work’. The article actually starts with paragraphs from The Bible, listing out lines where Jesus had apparently commanded to convert pagans and ‘save their souls’.

It then describes the ‘noble’ mission and deeds of French Jesuit Jean de Brebeuf, who had dared to venture into an “untamed” continent because he had to carry out a grave mission, “to bring the Christian Gospels to the natives”.

The article then narrates how a “caring and noble’ Jean de Brebeuf had preached the Gospels to the natives for 13 years, successfully baptizing dozens of natives, before the Church was attacked by another band of natives and the priests were killed.

Haresh · Post by **Haresh** » 05 Aug 2021 20:08

Note the sign "Jesus - Hope for Humanity"

Hillsong founder Brian Houston is charged with allegedly concealing his father Frank's sexual abuse of a child in the 1970s after years-long investigation by police

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... ences.html

Haresh · Post by **Haresh** » 06 Aug 2021 14:56

The sense of self-rightousness is amazing.
People need to organize and reply in the comments section.

India: Christian persecution watchdog fears police orders to surveil Christians’ activities will increase attacks on believers

https://www.christianpost.com/news/indi ... unity.html

rsingh · Post by **rsingh** » 12 Aug 2021 00:55

I am not sure if this is right thread. Spar shops in Belgium are selling Pisang (an alcoholic drink) with lord Ganesha pic on it in Belgium. I being President of Hindu Forum of Belgium , have taken action against spar shops. Please check in your local spar shops to check if it is global policy of spar.
Here is my message Indians in Belgium and Europe.

Dear all,
It has come to our notice that Spar Mechlin is selling Pisang ( an alcoholic drink) with lord Ganesha's picture on the bottle. It is outrageous and blatant attack on Hinduism and Hindus. We at levels HF Belgium and HF Europe are going to deal with it. Meanwhile may I ask all Indians to boycott Spar shops until matter is resolved to our satisfaction.

President Hindu Forum of Belgium

Rudradev · Post by **Rudradev** » 13 Aug 2021 07:05

Thank you for your seva, RSingh ji. Pranaam.

Santosh · Post by **Santosh** » 13 Aug 2021 09:30

Great work rsingh ji!

Sachin · Post by **Sachin** » 13 Aug 2021 09:45

Land deal: IT slaps 3-crore penalty on archdiocese. And an additional fine of Rs. 3.5 crores was again imposed two days back.

Cardinal Mar George Alencherry should face trial in land deal case: Kerala HC.
Syro Malabar Church land deal: Mar George Alencherry must face trial, says HC.

chetak · Post by **chetak** » 13 Aug 2021 09:54

Sachin wrote:Land deal: IT slaps 3-crore penalty on archdiocese. And an additional fine of Rs. 3.5 crores was again imposed two days back.

Cardinal Mar George Alencherry should face trial in land deal case: Kerala HC.
Syro Malabar Church land deal: Mar George Alencherry must face trial, says HC.

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What is even more disturbing is that Kerala High Court has quoted a bible verse in its explanation for why Catholic priests must pay TDS.

In this particular case, the argument of the Catholic priests was that bible is above Constitution.

Which makes it important for courts to avoid any appearance that the bible can affect how we interpret the Constitution.

How is bible relevant here?

Is this country running on Constitution or bible?

Cyrano · Post by **Cyrano** » 13 Aug 2021 14:41

rsingh wrote:I am not sure if this is right thread. Spar shops in Belgium are selling Pisang (an alcoholic drink) with lord Ganesha pic on it in Belgium. I being President of Hindu Forum of Belgium , have taken action against spar shops. Please check in your local spar shops to check if it is global policy of spar.
Here is my message Indians in Belgium and Europe.

Dear all,
It has come to our notice that Spar Mechlin is selling Pisang ( an alcoholic drink) with lord Ganesha's picture on the bottle. It is outrageous and blatant attack on Hinduism and Hindus. We at levels HF Belgium and HF Europe are going to deal with it. Meanwhile may I ask all Indians to boycott Spar shops until matter is resolved to our satisfaction.

President Hindu Forum of Belgium

Rising ji,
The brand is owned by Lucas Bols B.V. of Netherlands. CEO is HUUB VAN DOORNE.
https://www.lucasbols.com/our-people/huub-van-doorne

The protest must be taken to him.

Is there a pic of the bottle in question? I couldn't find on the web.

rsingh · Post by **rsingh** » 13 Aug 2021 14:53

^^^
Our Embassy took prompt action and the issue has been resolved. I was surprised by promptness of Embassy. I am here for last 28 years and I know how lazy they are. But Modi hei to mumkin hei. The company has tendered un conditional apology and has taken off all stock out of supply chain. I am not sure if this is still sold in other European countries. We are checking this on European Hindu Forum level. Cheers

Cyrano · Post by **Cyrano** » 13 Aug 2021 15:57

Wow ! Fantastic to hear this

Haven't been to a big supermarket liquor isle since a long time here in France, next time I do will check the bottle of Pisang (Ambon?)