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All India Christian Council Press Statement
The following is the text of the press statement issued by the All
India Christian Council secretary general Dr John Dayal, Member,
National Integration Council, Government of India]
"The Christian community in India has denounced the threat of a US
Pastor, Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center, Gainesville,
Florida, to burn a copy of the Holy Quran to "commemorate 9/11". This
man today stands isolated in the world.
“This is not a Christian way to register one's anger and sorrow at the
9/11 act of wanton terrorism that left so many thousands dead. The
best way to commemorate the memory of the innocent dead, and to
protest that criminal action, is to resolve to denounce and renounce
violence, especially religion-motivated violence.
“We in India who count amongst us almost 200 million Muslims, 26
million Christians and 20 million Sikhs, in a population of a billion
and a quarter, understand the need for religious peace, inter-
religious dialogue, and most importantly, the need of not identifying
lunatic violent and fundamentalist fringes, with the populations of
those faiths. Al Qaida does not represent the Islamic faith and this
pastor certainly does not represent the teachings of Jesus Christ. It
is carrying US constitutional freedom of expression to ridiculous and
dangerous extremes. There can be violent consequences of his quixotic
action across the world."
The following is the text of the press statement issued by the All
India Christian Council secretary general Dr John Dayal, Member,
National Integration Council, Government of India]
"The Christian community in India has denounced the threat of a US
Pastor, Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center, Gainesville,
Florida, to burn a copy of the Holy Quran to "commemorate 9/11". This
man today stands isolated in the world.
“This is not a Christian way to register one's anger and sorrow at the
9/11 act of wanton terrorism that left so many thousands dead. The
best way to commemorate the memory of the innocent dead, and to
protest that criminal action, is to resolve to denounce and renounce
violence, especially religion-motivated violence.
“We in India who count amongst us almost 200 million Muslims, 26
million Christians and 20 million Sikhs, in a population of a billion
and a quarter, understand the need for religious peace, inter-
religious dialogue, and most importantly, the need of not identifying
lunatic violent and fundamentalist fringes, with the populations of
those faiths. Al Qaida does not represent the Islamic faith and this
pastor certainly does not represent the teachings of Jesus Christ. It
is carrying US constitutional freedom of expression to ridiculous and
dangerous extremes. There can be violent consequences of his quixotic
action across the world."
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