| 词条 | Gujarat Freedom of Religion Bill |
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The Gujarat Freedom of Religion Bill is a bill concerning religious conversions in Gujarat, India. Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Bill 2006In order to regulate religious conversions, the Gujarat government is proposing an amendment[1] that will group Jainism and Buddhism along with Hinduism, and thus the adoption of any faith within the group will not be considered a conversion.[2] The bill passed by voice vote in the Gujarat assembly on 29 September 2006. All India Digambar Jain Mahasabha led by NK Jain opposed the move on 20 September 2006. He stated, "Any government, as per their convenience and agenda cannot afford to curb our right of a religious identity"[3] Bhartiya Dharma Rakshak Sena (BDRS), a small organisation said to be run by Jains, maintains that all religions in India are a part of Hinduism, "which is not a religion but a culture." In a press release, on 22 September 2006, Jasmin Shah, Piyush Jain and Abhay Shah of BDRS stated that the controversy is being promoted by forces who want to weaken Hinduism by creating minorities. They state that "Jainism is independent of Vedic religion, known as 'Hinduism'".[4] The BDRS members claimed that there four sub-sects in Jainism, out of which one, the Digambara sect, is demanding a minority status. On 3 October 2006 the predominant Jain sect in Gujarat, the Shwetambar Murtipujak Jain Sangh, held a meeting with state’s solicitor-general to assert that Jainism is a distinct religion and not a Hindu denomination. Shrenik Shah, Gujarat’s leading industrialist and president of the All India Shwetambar Murtipujak Jain Sangh, said that they had held a meeting with Gujarat’s solicitor-general and expressed their view to recognise Jainism as distinct religion. "We are not primarily concerned with the conversion aspect of the bill. But we have asserted our view that Jainism is a distinct religion," said Shah[5] Supreme Court of India's opinionIn 2005, the Supreme Court of India declined to issue a writ of mandamus to grant Jains the status of a religious minority throughout India, and left it to the individual states to decide on the minority status of the Jain religion.[6] However, the Supreme Court had recently observed that "The Jain Religion is indisputably not a part of Hindu Religion".[7] See alsoMain lists: List of basic law topics and List of legal topics
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