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...groups most upset by the impressive show of force were ultra-Orthodox Jews and Jerusalem's 70,000 Arabs. Members of a strict Jewish sect called Natorei Karta (Guardians of the Wall) dressed in sackcloth because the parade took place on the second Monday after Passover, a sacred day of fast. As for the Arabs, many regarded it as a bitter reminder of past defeats. "It was an Israeli invasion," grumbled one young Arab doctor, who watched the show on television...
Such tumult ill fits a religious group that calls itself Ananda Marga (the Path of Bliss). But its desperate devotees believe Indian authorities are conspiring to crush the sect and kill their imprisoned guru, P.R. Sarkar, by poison and mistreatment. The government has Sarkar in jail awaiting trial on the charge of abetting the murder of six defectors from his faith. It also claims that Ananda Marga is really a dangerous political organization...
...sect operates a network of welfare agencies in India and has spread to more than 30 foreign lands, including a vocal U.S. branch based in Wichita, Kans. The sect now has at least 2.5 million converts in India alone, many of them recruited among frustrated youths who are educated but jobless...
...government has described the sect as everything from anarchist to fascist. Certainly Ananda Marga is profoundly political; its political wing ran several unsuccessful candidates in the 1971 elections. But officials refuse to explain the case until Sarkar is tried. Sarkar has languished in prison for 16 months with only a pretrial hearing, and because murder is involved the courts have denied him bail three times. Such court snarls are common in India, but until Sarkar is proved guilty or innocent, both sides are likely to go on thinking-or doing-the worst...
Davis also claimed that fellow Chicago Seven defendant Jerry Rubin was receiving instruction at an Ashram, or holy place of the sect...