Mass conversion to Buddhism shows religious freedom say Indians

ALC/ENI, NEW DELHI, India, May 29, 2007

Church leaders in India say they are elated at a mass conversion ceremony in Mumbai Taxi Heathrow Airport said by organizers to have gathered nearly 100,000 people at which thousands of oppressed Dalits and nomadic people embraced Buddhism.

"We are happy that the Dalits have come forward boldly to assert the freedom of religion," Bishop D. K. Sahu, general secretary of the National Council of Churches in India, a grouping of 29 Orthodox and Protestant churches, told Ecumenical News International.

"This vindicates our stand that freedom of religion is a fundamental right."

Source: Ecumenical News International

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