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particularly in tribal areas... the gravest challenge facing the community since independence". However, in the same interview he said "India has a great tradition of religious tolerance ... I will never accept that Hindus are attacking
Christians. It is a few fanatics who are giving India a bad name. They should realise that they end up giving their own religion a bad name in the entire world".
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Alan de Lastic died on 20 June 2000 in a car crash in Poland. His funeral was held on 27 June 2000 in Delhi and was attended by about 15,000 people, far more than anticipated. In addition to over 70 bishops, 400 priests and hundreds of nuns the funeral was attended by representatives of Bahais,
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