Comments on: Portuguese Inquisition and Revisionism http://konkanikesari.com/2007/05/27/portuguese-inquisition-revisionism/ The beautiful Konkani world Sat, 03 Dec 2011 02:34:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Arun Shanbhag http://konkanikesari.com/2007/05/27/portuguese-inquisition-revisionism/#comment-170 Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:46:48 +0000 http://arunshanbhag.wordpress.com/2007/05/27/portuguese-inquisition-and-revisionism/#comment-170 Niraj – you are absolutely right.
It was Xavier who petitioned the King of Portugal to impose the Inquisition in Goa (His letters to the king are available).
Because of his ‘efficiency’ in converting hindus he was made a “saint.”
BTW, the Inquisition was brutal for all the Hindus who resisted!

And right again – we hindus don’t know the history and see us all praying in front of his body in Goa! He tried his darndest to destroy our faith and we in turn revere him?

Thanks for your comment

]]> By: Niraj http://konkanikesari.com/2007/05/27/portuguese-inquisition-revisionism/#comment-169 Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:39:57 +0000 http://arunshanbhag.wordpress.com/2007/05/27/portuguese-inquisition-and-revisionism/#comment-169 From what I had read, “Saint” Xavier, was also deeply involved in the persecution of Goan Hindus and he did get sainthood.
Its a pity that very few people in Goa know about the truths of the Goan inquisition and whats worse is that fellow Konkani people worldwide do not care about this and dont even know why they ended up being scattered in karnataka, Maharashtra and Kerala.
It is sad that Goan Christians still use portugese in their language.

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