a hindu priest is defying his critics and pushing to convert muslims to hinduism enemas. these religious conversions are sparking angry debate and some are accusing the government of trying to undermine independence ya's secular fountsations. >> shock and anger after a mass ritual conversion into hinduism. >> we didn't know they were converting us from muslims to hedge-fund ues. they told us to dress up, and they told all the men to wear their caps and the women to wear their bunch rkas. >> the 57 families, all slum dwellers said they were promised i.d. cards proving they lived below the poverty line. >> the ancestors of these families had accepted islam around 25 or 30 years back or before that. but now these people have understood their interests are safe only in hinduism. >> they already fear a resurgence of haslinda did you groups under the ruling party. >> this news spread across india. this is a plan against muslims to convert them into hindus. but this plan will no go ahead. >> the prime minister has said he is focusing on creating wealth for ordinary indians, but

priests in india's southern state converted 30 christians to hinduism. it's the latest in a series of conversions aimed at muslims and christians. sponsored by right-wing groups. >> today there are only 1 billion hindus in the country. just 82% of the total population. we won't let that percentage fall to 42%. we won't rest until we have turned that 82% to 100%. >> opposition politicians protested in parliament. they accuse some hindu hard liners in the government of defending the religious conversion. and they demanded that prime minister narendra modi condemn them. but the government has refused to be drawn in to the controversy. >> the government of india has nothing to do with these conversions. some will take part because of their belief in religion. how can you object to that. >> reporter: to say that they willingly produce a bill that would ban forced religious conversions. but some analysts say that any such law would be unconstitutional. >> how can the state control what people are doing at home. i think it will infringe on what is challengeable

hinduism, for example, is very patriarchal. jainism is very misogynist.e find this in all religions. in some respects, islam is even more protective of women. measures,tection which exist in islamic law, would be applied. >> you are so right. -- we sauntering concentrate too much on islam and violence. the connection between religion and violence, or perhaps not only violence, but this patriarchal system. a very long debate, which i found too long. a law was just abolished a few years ago. it's not a question about islam. [laughter] -- with --not agree [indiscernible] >> catherine, you have written in the past, it is not about islam. it is about patriarchy. when i went to law school, we is not a crimepe of sexuality. it is a crime about power. would you say that is right? >> i completely agree. one example that shows that is the example that was previously shown on india. india is a country in which women are getting stronger and stronger. they are more and more empowered , educated. they know employment is very high. now we see men are scared. men are sc

. >> priests converted 30 christians to hinduism. the latest push aimed at christians. >> today there are only 1 billion hindus in the country. just 82% of the total population. we won't let that percentage fall to 42%. we won't rest until we have turned that 82% to 100%. >> reporter: opposition politicians protested in parliament. they accuse some hindu hard liners in the bjp government in defending the religious conversions and they demanded that are prime minister narendra modi back them. >> the bjp take part because their belief in the conversion. they're. >> bjp leaders say they're willing to introduce a bill that would ban forced religious >> translator: but some analysts say any such law would be unconstitutional. >> how does the state concern itself with this, what people are doing at home in their privacy? it's their business. so i think basically it would infringe fundamental rights if challengeable in court. >> despite facing heavy criticism right wing hindu groups are planning more conversion this week. threatens to derai

they have been on a campaign to convert india's christians and muslims to hinduisms.hey call these events to home comings because their ancestors were once hindu. they say prime minister narendra modi needs to take a stand on the issue. >> today there are only 1 billion hindus in the country. just 82% of the total population. we won't let that percentage fall to 42%. we won't rest until we turn that 82% to 100%. >> ten years ago the indian ocean tsunami savaged india's southeast. and a large part of the coast line was destroyed. but as we reports the tragedy has inspired women in one community to fight for theirs rights. sitting where her home once stood, she remembers the moment the sea swallowed her beach side village. as the scale of the destruction caused by the indian ocean tsunami, help began to arrive but not everyone was taken care of. >> men were given preferential treatment by the government and aid agencies. women struggled with everything from medical support to counseling. in my community women shouldered the responsibilities of the home. but back then no

groups affiliated to the ruling of bjp party are on campaign to convert christians and muslims to hinduisml these home comings and opposition politicians say prime minister modi needs to take a stand on the issue. war crime suspect says he won't return to the hague to hear the verdict on his case. he was temporarily released so he can receive treatment for cancer and he is using the chance to stage a return to politicians and barker met him in belgrade. >> this is a gift which i received from my friend saudim-houssain. >> reporter: receiving cancer treatment, he is back at work. >> translator: in the last 12 years the hague tribunal failed to prove any kind of link between me and any atrocities. >> reporter: this is the siege that ended in the massacre of hundreds of ethic people and accused by the hague of the persecution of non-serbs, murder and prisonment and torture. the return comes at a tentative time for serbia going to eu membership and people are concerned that membership of eu will have a loss of sovereignty for the country and damaging to the close ties with russia and no secret

islam, christianity, judaisim, hinduism, protect life and cannot be used to take lives.wo whom we honor here today stand very firm on this point. they live according to what mahatma ghandi said. there are purposes i would have died for. there are no purposes i would have killed for. kailash satyarthi and malala yousafsai are not only behind the desk, but in practice. your majesties, your highnesses, ladies and gentlemen, kailash satyarthi's vision is quite simple, to put an end to child slavery. since he abandoned a career in 1980, this has been satyarthi's overriding aim. he has worked at several different levels to achieve it. at the grass roots level, he has achieved the release of some 80,000 children, sometimes in very dynamic circumstances. he has often been brutally attacked, it takes little fantasy to imagine the reaction when he and his co-workers go into worn-down factories in india to set the children free. powerful interests have profited from child labor that do not give up without a struggle. satyarthi himself has adhered to nonviolence. the child laborers

the concert they talk about prime minister and melody and hinduism in the maccabee, the crusaders, anybody. and you find some of this. what if you talk about what we're worried about, we've got to get down to define elements of it and that is my observation. thank you. >> okay. why don't we have one round of panelists. if you want to respond on the issues, then we are going to open up for discussion. >> i just want to make sure that we are very clear and that i deliver my message. so what we are doing and what we have achieved during these 50 years is fundamentally make any difference in terms of our understanding of different religions. i told you that we started in 1963. something else happened the same year. several thousand bishops were congregating in the vatican and they made major changes. this is the catholic document where they decided finally that christian, but if someone were the responsible party. and since then, it has become part in parcel of our understanding today and that the same time that document also recognizes muslims and jews as vegemite religionist believers. so th