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Publication: The Hindi
Date: October 28, 2006
URL: http://www.hindu.com/2006/10/28/stories/2006102804141200.htm
[Note from the Hindu Vivek Kendra: Does this
not say a lot about the way the Christian misionaries operate? Given that
a secular Prime Minister of India had asked for the oath, should it not be
a standard practice for all times to come?]
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter revealed
on Friday that he had to sign a personal undertaking that an international
charity, Habitat for Humanity, would not engage in religious conversion activities,
before the group was allowed to build houses for the poor in India. Mr. Carter
said he had given this undertaking to then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
Mr. Carter, who will be in Mumbai to witness
construction of small homes by Habitat for Humanity, said the group had approached
him in the U.S. to intercede with the Government of India on its behalf. Though
a former President, he had taken up the matter with Mr. Gandhi who asked him
to sign an oath that there would be no proselytization activities.
