[link|http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/993308.cms|http://timesofindia....leshow/993308.cms]

Relief work in the Aceh province of Sumatra is assuming religious undertones with some aid groups seeking to exploit the tragedy. A number of religious groups have moved in to the region, looking to help tsunami victims \ufffd and convert them to their faith \ufffd which is creating trouble in the area.

and [link|http://news.newkerala.com/india-news/?action=fullnews&id=60729|http://news.newkeral...fullnews&id=60729]

Rage and fury has gripped this tsunami-hit tiny Hindu village in India's southern Tamil Nadu after a group of Christian missionaries allegedly refused them aid for not agreeing to follow their religion.

And then there was the plan to "create a foothold" of christianity by building an orphanage to raise a group of tsunami orphans in a "christian home". This has since been abandoned.

[link|http://wireservice.wired.com/wired/story.asp?section=Breaking&storyId=975239&tw=wn_wire_story|http://wireservice.w...&tw=wn_wire_story]

One should ask themselves how they would feel if a group of muslims set out to adopt Florida hurricane orphans to "create a foothold" of their faith in Florida. I expect that the public outcry would be no less deafening.

One is reminded of the saying quoted in Michener's "Hawaii".

"The missionaries came here to do good and for the most part they did right well."