Explanation:
There may have been no place on earth where religious minorities were safer and happier than under the Hindu Kingdom of Nepal. There are several examples of how Nepal has maintained this religious tolerance for all even after its republicanisation:
King Tribhuvan, great King of Nepal, was born a Hindu and died one and greatly respected and admired Buddhism, so much to the extent that he declared Buddha Jayanti (the birth of Lord Buddha) a national holiday of a Hindu kingdom!
After his death in 1955, his son, King Mahendra, banned all animal sacrifice on Buddha Jayanti day, and hosted the 4th World Buddhist Conference in Kathmandu of the year 1956.
Nepal has had no religious conflict for millennia and all people’s faith has been respected. Kathmandu is a city important equally to Buddhists and Hindus, but we have not engaged in Crusade-like behavior such as Christians and Muslims for Jerusalem.
A mosque in Nepal, Kashmiri Masjid, is located almost across the way from Narayanhity Palace, which is where Nepali kings used to reside.
I am aware that many Western-based Christian groups are publishing articles on the internet such as “Nepal outlaws conversion to Christianity” and “Nepal Just Made Evangelism Illegal” attempting to demean the very foundation of tolerance which we were built upon and call it a obstacle to ‘religious freedom.’ However, it is well known that Christian missionary outfit wants to evangelise the whole of Nepal and convert every last Nepali from their ‘futile, Satanic, demon worshipping religions’ as they call it, to Christianity as they did in North and South America, Africa, and Northeast India. They call this ‘religious freedom.’
I feel that the anti-conversion bill that was passed last year in Nepal is actually beneficial to the country and targets those conversion that take place because of force, allurement, and bribery, as well as rooting out the perpetrators. Do not get me wrong, you are more than safe and welcome to practice your religion in Nepal peacefully, but if you interfere with other religion and their affairs, know that you will face the consequences and are provoking religious tolerance in the country.
