Aug 25, '06 — I am writing briefly in response to Gadadara dasa’s article, “Thoughts on Manipura”.
Certainly it is true that many have exploited or abused others in the name of religions originating in the mid-east. However, when confronted with the current world situation in which there is so much strife perpetrated by Islamic terrorists, please keep in mind that in Islamic countires, one can be executed for causing a conversion from Islam to any other faith.
I lived in Riyadh, KSA, for three years, and also in Kuwait for some months. Although I did manage to do some preaching work, I was “black-balled” on this account and cannot enter a Muslim country in the mid-east. I was almost arrested for saying my gayatri while living there, and as well, was not allowed to enter any mosque on account of not being a Muslim.
The Muslims in Saudi do not accept the Vaisnavas as followers of the supreme, but as followers of their Satan, and so they hate them and have engaged in campaigns against
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