Talk:Cuncolim Massacre

Can this orphan article be connected to the sequence / list of articles on Goa's history? Kalpak (talk) 09:20, 24 April 2021 (UTC)Kalpak

Background POV

The following paragraphs in the Background Section are biased and unapologetic-ally insulting and generalising with respect to Hindu religion and seem to be written from an extremely biased one sided Catholic perspective and hence don't qualify as suitable language and assertion for a Wikipedia article. The below cited paragraphs fail to take the perspective of the Hinduism and the problem faced by the indigenous people due to the interfering and irritating nature of the missionary activities of the Portuguese priests. -

"The Portuguese in Goa and other parts of India were shocked when they learnt that the crafty minority of educated upper caste persons and Sadhu would often do magic tricks and deceits to fool the uneducated majority into following truth mixed with false myths, beliefs and superstitions(some of which are later classified under Hinduism) in order to serve the upper castes ulterior financial motives and political interests for the past thousands of years.[6] The Portuguese missions came to preach the teachings of Jesus from Asia, and to put an end to the evil motives of the upper castes who obstructed the progress of the local people. Later, as a result 5 innocent missionaries were most brutally killed, along with the 14 other local Indians who were also aware of the errors propagated by the Brahmins. However, force was later used, and in 1567 a campaign was launched in Bardez in North Goa resulting in the destruction of 300 temples. Enacting laws, prohibition was laid from 4 December 1567 on Hindu rituals and which required all persons above 15 years of age to listen to Christian preaching, failing which they were punished. In 1583 Hindu temples at Assolna and Cuncolim were destroyed through army action.[7]"

and also the following text - "The Portuguese chronicler Diogo do Couto described Cuncolim as "The leader of rebellions" and its people as "The worst of all villages of Salcete".[14] Jesuit priest Valignani described Cuncolim as 'rigid and obstinate' in its adherence to idolatory.[10]"

Disagree. The two accounts (Diogo do Couto, Alessandro Valignano) are relevant to this article because they are contemporary accounts about how Cuncolim was perceived by European observers.