Acts of Terror Against Christians in India

[Omar1984]

Acts of Terror Against Christians in India December 2011 Incidents


India Briefs: Recent Incidents of Persecution

Tamil Nadu, India, December 30 (Compass Direct News) – Police arrested a Christian after Hindu extremists on Dec. 22 accused him of forceful conversion in Nagarcoil. The Global Council of Indian Christians reported that Hindu extremists accused Sagaya Dass of forceful conversion after he and students from SP Hindu College organized a Christmas program. The extremists filed a police complaint at the Kottar police station. Dass was released on bail the same day after the intervention of area Christian leaders.

Tamil Nadu – Hindu extremists on the evening of Dec. 22 burned down a church building in Kurinjipadi, Vallalar Nagar, Kadaloor district. The Global Council of Indian Christian reported Hindu extremists had threatened Pastor K .Solomon and other church members, and that they destroyed the building to stop Christmas and New Year’s celebrations.·

Madhya Pradesh – On Dec. 21 police filed forcible conversion charges against Christians after their Hindu extremist accusers from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh beat them in Nehru Nagar, Indore. The Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC) reported that pastor Dilip Wadia of Light Giving Church went to the house of Kailash Gormeys for a prayer meeting and to watch the “Jesus Film.” One of the 24 other people present belonged to the RSS and soon informed other extremists, who surrounded the house, according to the GCIC. After the extremists attacked them, the Christians went to the police station to file a complaint, only to find out that officers had filed a First Information Report against them under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, including Section 323 for “voluntarily causing hurt.” Police also took down a complaint against the extremists for injuring or defiling a place of worship with intent to insult religion. At press time police were attempting to broker an agreement between the two parties.·

Karnataka – Police arrested a pastor after Hindu extremists beat him and stopped his church’s Sunday worship service on Dec. 18 in Pillanna Garden, near Lingarajpuram, Bangalore. The Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC) reported that about 200 Hindu extremists barged into the Agape Bible Church service and attacked pastors Reuben Sathyaraj and Perumal Fernandes. At the time church members “were only being given baptism to confirm their membership to the church, as part of a regular year-end program,” according to the statement of one of the church leaders, reported GCIC. Nearly 200 Hindus outside the church premises chanted slogans accusing the Christians of forced and fraudulent conversions before beating the pastors and other Christians. Police took 20 people alleged to have been forcibly/fraudulently converted to the police station, but after several hours of questioning they found there was no truth to the accusations and released them. The 60-year-old Pastor Sathyaraj, however, was detained late into the night; when he became ill, he was allowed to go a hospital on the condition that he report back the next morning. The following day police charged him with “promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion and deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings or any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs.” With the intervention of the area Christian leaders, the pastor was released on bail the next day.·

Andhra Pradesh – Hindu extremists at Mahabubnagar railway station attacked a pastor as he was distributing Christian literature on Dec 17. The All India Christian Council (AICC) reported that Pastor R. Prasad had gone to the railway station and was distributing tracts to commuters when a group of young men approached him at about 8:30 a.m. and started beating him. The young men then forcibly led the pastor to a car that took them to a Hindu temple, where they burned the Christian literature and again beat him, according to the AICC. The pastor has filed a complaint at the Mahabubnagar police station.

Karnataka – Police arrested a pastor and other Christians after Hindu extremists on Dec. 16 trespassed into the house of one of them, identified only as Venketesh of Badhravathy Baptist Church, and beat assistant pastor Sagar Guntur and church elders in Kagekodana-Jayanagar Shimoga. The Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC) reported that the perpetrators attacked six women, four elders and the assistant pastor. The extremists falsely accused the Christians of forcible conversions, dragging them out and summoning police from Badravathy rural police station, according to the GCIC. Police have filed a First Information Report against the Christians under Sections 34 and 295-A of the Indian Penal Code for “deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings or any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs.” The Christians were released on bail after two days.

Maharashtra – Hindu extremists demolished a church building and beat a pastor in Ghatkoper, Mumbai on Dec. 14 after he complained that the church’s worship site was omitted on an area development plan map. Visiting the office of Kunal Vardhan of Neelam Finance Bombay, Ltd., pastor Prabhakaran Kaviraj of the Apostolic Christian Assembly learned of the omission and inquired about it. A few men beat him as he was leaving Kaviraj’s office, and on Dec. 14 a bulldozer demolished the church building. Kunal identified one of the key perpetrators of the demolition along with 12 others who were later arrested. An FIR has been filed against Vardhan and others involved in the demolition at Cheda Nagar police station.

Andhra Pradesh – Masked men on Dec. 11 seriously injured a pastor in Nalgonda, according to the Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC). The suspected Hindu extremists stormed into the Sunday service of New Fellowship Gospel Church and started throwing stones at a pastor identified only as Bangariah, who was leading worship. The pastor bled heavily, according to the GCIC, and as church members cried out, neighbors gathered at the site and the masked men ran away. The pastor was taken to Government Hospital in Nalgonda and received 14 stitches on his head and face. Police registered a case, but no arrests have been made.·

Madhya Pradesh – Hindu extremists from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and World Hindu Council (VHP) attacked Christians on Dec. 9 in Jhabua, Indore, beating a pastor unconscious, destroying Bibles and taking gold and silver jewelry. The Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC) reported that about 100 RSS and VHP activists surrounded pastor Ramesh V. Asnia’s house from all sides and began pelting the Christians with large stones before forcibly entering the pastor’s house as his wife, Indira Vasunia, was leading prayer. After breaking a wooden cross and a television set and taking silver and gold chains worth about 30,000 rupees (US$550), they beat the pastor’s 50-year-old mother and broke one of her legs. Vasunia and other women escaped and told the pastor what was happening. When Pastor Ramesh reached his village by motorcycle along with another Christian, Babu Vasunia, about 20 RSS and VHP members severely beat them, alleging that they were forcibly and fraudulently converting Hindus. Even as the two Christians were bleeding heavily and the pastor was unconscious, the extremists continued to strike them with stones and with their fists, also kicking them in the stomach, according to the GCIC. They dragged the pastor, tearing his clothes. Witnesses later told Pastor Ramesh that the extremists threatened to further harm them if he continued preaching and teaching, and that they were carrying pistols, bows and arrows, and a sword-like weapon. Pastor Ramesh and Babu Vasunia went to the Antarwailya police station and told a head constable identified only as Kushwaha about the incident, asking him to file a First Information Report against the attackers, but Kushwaha said no police officers were on duty that day, according to GCIC.

Tamil Nadu – Police in Nagarcoil on Dec. 9 arrested the Rev. Arul Saiju and the Rev. Stanley Baburaj, along with 10 Christians from the Makankara Catholic Church, after local officials supervised the demolition of their church building, which was under renovation. Saiju and Baburaj produced the original title deeds to the officials to establish ownership, but Hindu extremists attacked them and took them to the local police station alleging that they had obstructed civil servants from discharging their responsibility. Saij, Baburaj and the 10 other Christians were put in a sub-jail and were later released on bail, reported a GCIC representative.

Orissa – A group of tribal Hindu extremists on Dec. 8 attacked three tribal Christian families in Chandikhole, Jajpur district. The All India Christian Council (AICC) reported that the extremists beat the Christians, accused them of forceful conversion and filed a police complaint against them. When the tribal Christians approached the police to complain, they were reprimanded and detained due to the First Information Report filed against them. The AICC leaders in Orissa contacted the deputy inspector and superintendent of police in efforts to free the innocent victims of the hate crime, reported AICC.

Tamil Nadu – Hindu extremists on Dec. 3 razed a church after issuing several threats to a pastor in Hosur. The Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC) reported that the extremists destroyed the Christu Sabha church building in the dead of night. The Hindu extremists had mounted two previous attacks against pastor Paul Chinnaswamy, according to the GCIC, robbing his small savings and destroying a small shed in which he regularly held worship services in April 2007 and beating and stabbing him in the leg with a screw drive in May of that year. They have also threatened to abduct his four daughters and harm his son if he continues spreading Christianity in the village. Police refused to register a case.

Madhya Pradesh – Police arrested a pastor after Hindu extremists filed a complaint of forceful conversion against a pastor in Sendwa, Badhwani district on Dec. 2. The Evangelical Fellowship of India reported that the pastor of the Indian Pentecostal Church, identified only as Titus, and other Christians were arrested after being charged under Sections 3 and 4 of the Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act after a complaint was registered against them. While in the police station, about 20 men from a radical Hindu organization stormed in demanding the arrest of the pastor. Pastor Titus and the other Christians were released after bail was posted by local Christians. Police seized the vehicle they were using along with some CDs and Bibles.·



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Hindu Militants Attack India Evangelicals; Several Injured


BANGALORE, INDIA (Worthy News)– Hindu militants twice attacked evangelical Christians in India's southern state of Karnataka, injuring several believers, including women and children, Christians told Worthy News.

In the bloodiest incident, on Christmas Day, an angry Hindu mob of 20 persons raided a home where several believers gathered for dinner, including pastor Suresh of the local New Life Church congregation in Surathkal town, and his family, local residents added.

Christians said Hindu's entered the house of Adiveppa Kashennavar armed with “big stones, sticks and clubs, shouting abusive slogans.” They were “assaulting all of them, including women and children, hitting them and causing severe injuries to their head and chest.”

Pastor Suresh, who uses only one name, was allegedly beaten with clubs while trying to rescue others. His wife, Latha, was seriously injured after being beaten on her chest with a wooden club, according to witnesses.

Additionally two other persons, identified as Annamma and Roshini, received head injuries when they were attacked while another Christian, Jason, reportedly fractured his leg after being hit with a club . Deepak, who also attended the gathering, injured his face and nose after he was beaten by extremists, Christians said.

Wen they left, the Hindu's were heard shouting that they “would kill the Christians,” according to residents.

PREVIOUS THREATS

It was not immediately clear which group was responsible for the reported December 25 violence, but several Hindu groups have openly criticized the spread of Christianity in India.

Police officials were reportedly reluctant to investigate case, asking injured Christians “How many rupees”, the Indian currency, “were paid to them for their conversion.”

Local Christian Walter Maben said local police seemed to support the attackers as “nobody has been arrested and the Christians are being questioned about their religious conversion."

In a separate incident, Thursday, December 28, about ten suspected Hindu militants stormed the Hebron Full Gospel Assembly Church, in the town of Haleyangadi, shouting threats and saying they would “not let the church continue at the place,” believers said.

PRAYER HALL

The incident reportedly happened while the pastor’s wife, his two children, his mother, brother-in-law and a friend were praying inside the prayer hall.

Christians said the attackers smashed windows of the prayer hall and later entered the pastor’s home where they destroyed “the lights and window panes in the [main] room.” The intruders also broke the refrigerator, overturning utensils in which the family meal had been prepared, before they finally left.

Pastor I. D. Prasanna , was not at home at the time of the incident. Police have not yet launched an investigation into the incident, Christians said. Officials could not immediately be reached for comment.

The reported incidents were the latest in a series of attacks against devoted Christians in India, who comprise just over two percent of the country's mainly Hindu population of over nearly 1.2 billion people.

Hindu Militants Attack India Evangelicals; Several Injured | Worthy Christian News

 

[Omar1984]

India: No justice for Christians raped and murdered

The new year should bring an important priority: justice for the victims of the anti-Christian massacres that occurred in Orissa, northern India.

This is what the Indian Christians gathered in the All India Christian Council (AICC), an organization committed to the defense of rights of believers in India demand.

Figures provided by local Christians in Orissa speak for themselves: more than 3,500 complaints presented after the massacres of 2008, 827 cases registered by the police. The number of final reports submitted to the courts after the surveys are 315 cases and those which "ended with a sentence" are only 68, with 412 people sentenced with a minimum punishment. The cases closed with an acquittal were 140 people and in all 1,900 were acquitted. The cases still awaiting trial, three years after the tragic events, are 304.

The figures say that "justice is still a huge problem for some 56,000 Christians for whom life has changed dramatically since August 2008", says John Dayal, AICC Executive Secretary in a statement. "Aggressors - he recalls - asked them to convert to Hinduism and burn a Bible as a sign. They did not do it and chose to escape. In 400villages the Christian presence was completely cancelled, more than 5,600 homes and about 295 churches were burned, hundreds of deaths, some women, including at least one nun, were raped".

Tension remains high in Orissa, aggravated by the murder of a legal assistant, and former Catholic catechist, Rabindra Parichha, who was involved in the protection of witnesses. Violence continues: before Christmas, in the village of Bujlimendi, Kaleswar Digal's house, a 45-year-old Christian with a wife and three children, was burned down shortly after midnight. Now the 25 Christian families in the village with 100 houses live in fear.

Rabindra Parichha is the third Christian leader to be killed in 2011, after the murder of two Protestant pastors, Saul Pradhan from Banjamaha (Raikia) and Minoketan Nayak from Midiakia (Baliguda).

According to eyewitnesses, Manoj Pradhan, a member of the Legislative Assembly of the state of Orissa, and the first defendant in several cases of murder, went from one village to another instigating anti-social elements to "eliminate all the Christian leaders of Kandhamal". The police - the AICC denounces - is also deaf to the complaints of hate speech, that regularly occurr during demonstrations on behalf of Hindu extremist groups.

"The saddest thing in Orissa today is the lack of dispensation of justice, especially in the courts, where not a single person was previously convicted of murder, especially because the witnesses were forced to remain silent and the police presented little evidence, after shoddy investigation", concludes Dayal.


India: No justice for Christians raped and murdered | EnerPub - Energy Publisher

 

[Omar1984]

India Churches Rocked By New Year Attacks, Group Says

Saturday, January 7, 2012 (4:17 pm)

India has seen a wave of attacks, not only in Karnataka, but also in other states, including in Orissa as captured in this photo.


NEW DELHI, INDIA -- Devoted Christians in India's southwestern state of Karnataka have begun the New Year amid uncertainty about the future of several churches after Hindu militants halted worship services, a Catholic watchdog said.

In a statement, seen by BosNewsLife Saturday, January 7, the Catholic-Christian Secular Forum (CSF) said activists of the hardline Hindu group Bajrang Dal disturbed a New Year's Day prayer service of the evangelical Blessing Youth Mission Church in Humnoor, a suburb of the main Jamkhandi town.

CSF explained that Pastor Siddu Seemanth Gunike was among several believers who were "physically attacked by about 20 Bajrang Dal Hindu fanatics" on January 1.
The group said the Hindu mob arrived "in the middle of the prayer service", which was held at a church member's home, and ordered the Christians to stop the meeting.

The violence came as a major setback for the 42-year-old Gunike, a married father with two children, who has led the 80-strong congregation for the last 15 years, CSF added. There was no immediate comment from Bajrang Dal, but the group is among several Hindu organizations known to have attacked churches.

MORE VIOLENCE

Elsewhere in Kanataka, the Karnataka Calvary Fellowship Church in the town of Ganeshgudi was attacked on New Year's Eve, according to CSF investigators. CSF quoted Pastor P.R.Jose as saying that the attack happened while most people of his 70-member church attended the December 31 gathering.

"Just when the congregation was fully immersed in the prayer service, about a dozen [activists of the Hindu group] Sangh Parivar...forced themselves into the church and ordered them to stop their prayer service," CSF said.

The Hindu mob allegedly interrogated each member and hurled "abuse at them alleging that they were involved in fraudulent and forcible conversion of Hindus to Christianity."

Police reportedly arrived but CSW claimed they joined the Hindu militants in threatening believers "with dire consequences if they continued with their conversion work."

EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS

Evangelical Christians have denied they are involved in "forcible conversions" saying the Bible speaks about a voluntary personal decision to follow Jesus Christ.

"After forcing the believers to stop the prayer service, the policemen ordered the pastor to come to the police station the next morning and went away with the Sangh Parivarists," CSF reported. It was not immediately clear whether the pastor, who is married with two children, had visited police.

Officials had no comment.

There have been several attacks reported against churches in India, a mainly Hindu nation of over 1 billion people where Hindu groups have expressed concerns about the spread of Christianity in the country.



BosNewsLife – Christian News Agency » Blog Archive » India Churches Rocked By New Year Attacks, Group Says

 

[brahmastra]

from the same source
Christianity Under Fire by Radical Islam

The stage is set. Christians in Islamic Africa and the Islamic-dominated middle east are on the chopping block and barely a peep is heard from the left-leaning media.

So much for the Arab Spring rebels seeking freedom. They were seeking freedom all right, freedom to kill, pillage and ethnically cleanse without reprisals.

Little attention is given in the media to the new crises being suffered by Christians in Islamic nations. With the de facto backing that the United States government has provided the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and other places, they are doing exactly what their manifestos have predicted which is to fundamentally Islamize the region. To do that, is to oust non-Muslims.
Where’s the outrage? Where’s the UN? Where’s the Obama administration?rightsidenews_201_2

Three months after the “Freedom Fighters” began their uprising in Egypt, and it appeared the Muslim Brotherhood was taking control of the country, Coptic Christians started to come under fire, with hundreds killed and several churches burned. Christians were protected under the evil dictatorship of Hosni Mubarak, who our president played a hand in deposing. There are no accurate statistics on how many have been killed but there are numerous reports. Here’s a sampling:

Click here: Hundreds March In Egypt To Mourn Christians Killed | Fox News
Click here: Egypt: Mass Murder of Christians While Churches Burn
Click here: More Christians killed in Egypt in past few days



Next:Tunisia. Since their fight for “Freedom” Christians have become targets of oppression and murder by fundamentalist Jihadists. Here’s a sampling:

Click here: Tunisia: Jihadists murder Catholic priest – Jihad Watch
Click here: Christian in Tunisia Under Pressure | Present Truth Ministries



Next: Nigeria. Islamists in the West African nation have been on a murder spree, targeting Christians for death unless they convert to Islam. Check these articles:

Click here: Nigerian Christians killed in fresh attacks | GlobalPost
Click here: More than 100 Christians Killed in Nigeria’s Plateau State
Click here: ?Nigerian Christians Killed By Muslims or AL CIA da?? YouTube



Next:Iraq. Under the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein, Christians were not only protected, they were included in the government. No more. Since 2010, Christians have become fair game for Jihadists. And as our troops decline in presence, the violence increased toward Christians. The three percent Christian population there is dwindling fast. There are dozens of articles, too many to post here. Check these:

Click here: Iraq’s Christians Near Extinction :: Middle East Forum
Click here: Militants stage deadliest attack on Iraqi Christians – Boston.com



Next: Syria. Believe it or not, the small Christian population in Syria is fearful of a regime change, as the Assad regime has protected Christians much like Saddam Hussein and Hosni Mubarak did. But, the Arab Spring is changing everything, and our president has called for Assad to step down. ( sound familiar) And, in the wake of his departure, Christians know they are in for the same fate as Iraq, Egypt and other places.

Click here: Militants stage deadliest attack on Iraqi Christians – Boston.com
Click here: Syrian Christians Threatened by Salafi Protestors « Persecution News



Next: Believe it or not, Great Britain. As the radical Muslim population grows in England so does the threat of Islamic domination over Christianity. To understand this better, one only has to view this short video in the UK:

Click here: MUST WATCH VIDEO: “Unholy War” Christians under attack by Muslims in the UK
Click here: Lord Carey says Christianity is ‘under attack’ in Britain



This blog could easily be ten times the length if I would include the bulk of attacks and intimidation toward Christians throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa, but you get the picture. While we like to think ourselves as “tolerant” people wishing to living a peaceful coexistence, that has to be a two-sided goal, or it will never work.

As the Islamic population grows and becomes more emboldened with power in the United States, we will see more of what is happening in places like England, Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, and France where they have over 750 Islamic enclaves which are “no-go zones” for French authorities. Sharia is the law.

It is essential that Americans get their heads out of the sand and realize the long-term goals of the Muslim Brotherhood, which is to Islamize the west. That’s not anyone’s imagination, it is written in their own secret, unearthed documents, many of which I’ve revealed in past blogs. Why do we ignore tham?

That question is for you, Mr. President. You are a Christian, correct?

Muhammed decreed, from his death bed, that Islam should be spread throughout the world. Islamic fundamentalists have been following that order to this very day, and there is little the “peaceful” and “non-fundamentalist” are doing to stem the tide.

No, I am not a Christian. But that matters not. I am conscious enough to know the threats against non-Muslims are looming down the road. It won’t be long.

Wake up America.

A question for you.
what is common in both article?

atleast, follow the ideology of the person in the middle of your avatar.

 

[Tihamah]

seems also christians are suffering as well from hindus not just indian muslims.

 

[Rig Vedic]

Omar, how come you forgot the most atrocious terrorist attacks on Christians in India? They were the bomb blasts carried out by the Pakistani Deendar Anjuman group.

 

[T90TankGuy]

a similar thread has also been opened by the OP so i am posting the same ans i gave there.

i am a Christian , and in 36 yrs of my life have yet to face persecution . yes i am not denying there are stray incidents but its usually we Indians who sort out the matter amongst our-selfs. we bring it to the notice of the media or the minorities commission .
we actually don't need false concern and tears from across the border.

 

[Rajaraja Chola]

Acts of Terror Against Christians in India December 2011 Incidents


India Briefs: Recent Incidents of Persecution

Tamil Nadu, India, December 30 (Compass Direct News) – Police arrested a Christian after Hindu extremists on Dec. 22 accused him of forceful conversion in Nagarcoil. The Global Council of Indian Christians reported that Hindu extremists accused Sagaya Dass of forceful conversion after he and students from SP Hindu College organized a Christmas program. The extremists filed a police complaint at the Kottar police station. Dass was released on bail the same day after the intervention of area Christian leaders.

Tamil Nadu – Hindu extremists on the evening of Dec. 22 burned down a church building in Kurinjipadi, Vallalar Nagar, Kadaloor district. The Global Council of Indian Christian reported Hindu extremists had threatened Pastor K .Solomon and other church members, and that they destroyed the building to stop Christmas and New Year’s celebrations.·

Madhya Pradesh – On Dec. 21 police filed forcible conversion charges against Christians after their Hindu extremist accusers from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh beat them in Nehru Nagar, Indore. The Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC) reported that pastor Dilip Wadia of Light Giving Church went to the house of Kailash Gormeys for a prayer meeting and to watch the “Jesus Film.” One of the 24 other people present belonged to the RSS and soon informed other extremists, who surrounded the house, according to the GCIC. After the extremists attacked them, the Christians went to the police station to file a complaint, only to find out that officers had filed a First Information Report against them under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, including Section 323 for “voluntarily causing hurt.” Police also took down a complaint against the extremists for injuring or defiling a place of worship with intent to insult religion. At press time police were attempting to broker an agreement between the two parties.·

Karnataka – Police arrested a pastor after Hindu extremists beat him and stopped his church’s Sunday worship service on Dec. 18 in Pillanna Garden, near Lingarajpuram, Bangalore. The Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC) reported that about 200 Hindu extremists barged into the Agape Bible Church service and attacked pastors Reuben Sathyaraj and Perumal Fernandes. At the time church members “were only being given baptism to confirm their membership to the church, as part of a regular year-end program,” according to the statement of one of the church leaders, reported GCIC. Nearly 200 Hindus outside the church premises chanted slogans accusing the Christians of forced and fraudulent conversions before beating the pastors and other Christians. Police took 20 people alleged to have been forcibly/fraudulently converted to the police station, but after several hours of questioning they found there was no truth to the accusations and released them. The 60-year-old Pastor Sathyaraj, however, was detained late into the night; when he became ill, he was allowed to go a hospital on the condition that he report back the next morning. The following day police charged him with “promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion and deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings or any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs.” With the intervention of the area Christian leaders, the pastor was released on bail the next day.·

Andhra Pradesh – Hindu extremists at Mahabubnagar railway station attacked a pastor as he was distributing Christian literature on Dec 17. The All India Christian Council (AICC) reported that Pastor R. Prasad had gone to the railway station and was distributing tracts to commuters when a group of young men approached him at about 8:30 a.m. and started beating him. The young men then forcibly led the pastor to a car that took them to a Hindu temple, where they burned the Christian literature and again beat him, according to the AICC. The pastor has filed a complaint at the Mahabubnagar police station.

Karnataka – Police arrested a pastor and other Christians after Hindu extremists on Dec. 16 trespassed into the house of one of them, identified only as Venketesh of Badhravathy Baptist Church, and beat assistant pastor Sagar Guntur and church elders in Kagekodana-Jayanagar Shimoga. The Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC) reported that the perpetrators attacked six women, four elders and the assistant pastor. The extremists falsely accused the Christians of forcible conversions, dragging them out and summoning police from Badravathy rural police station, according to the GCIC. Police have filed a First Information Report against the Christians under Sections 34 and 295-A of the Indian Penal Code for “deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings or any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs.” The Christians were released on bail after two days.

Maharashtra – Hindu extremists demolished a church building and beat a pastor in Ghatkoper, Mumbai on Dec. 14 after he complained that the church’s worship site was omitted on an area development plan map. Visiting the office of Kunal Vardhan of Neelam Finance Bombay, Ltd., pastor Prabhakaran Kaviraj of the Apostolic Christian Assembly learned of the omission and inquired about it. A few men beat him as he was leaving Kaviraj’s office, and on Dec. 14 a bulldozer demolished the church building. Kunal identified one of the key perpetrators of the demolition along with 12 others who were later arrested. An FIR has been filed against Vardhan and others involved in the demolition at Cheda Nagar police station.

Andhra Pradesh – Masked men on Dec. 11 seriously injured a pastor in Nalgonda, according to the Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC). The suspected Hindu extremists stormed into the Sunday service of New Fellowship Gospel Church and started throwing stones at a pastor identified only as Bangariah, who was leading worship. The pastor bled heavily, according to the GCIC, and as church members cried out, neighbors gathered at the site and the masked men ran away. The pastor was taken to Government Hospital in Nalgonda and received 14 stitches on his head and face. Police registered a case, but no arrests have been made.·

Madhya Pradesh – Hindu extremists from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and World Hindu Council (VHP) attacked Christians on Dec. 9 in Jhabua, Indore, beating a pastor unconscious, destroying Bibles and taking gold and silver jewelry. The Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC) reported that about 100 RSS and VHP activists surrounded pastor Ramesh V. Asnia’s house from all sides and began pelting the Christians with large stones before forcibly entering the pastor’s house as his wife, Indira Vasunia, was leading prayer. After breaking a wooden cross and a television set and taking silver and gold chains worth about 30,000 rupees (US$550), they beat the pastor’s 50-year-old mother and broke one of her legs. Vasunia and other women escaped and told the pastor what was happening. When Pastor Ramesh reached his village by motorcycle along with another Christian, Babu Vasunia, about 20 RSS and VHP members severely beat them, alleging that they were forcibly and fraudulently converting Hindus. Even as the two Christians were bleeding heavily and the pastor was unconscious, the extremists continued to strike them with stones and with their fists, also kicking them in the stomach, according to the GCIC. They dragged the pastor, tearing his clothes. Witnesses later told Pastor Ramesh that the extremists threatened to further harm them if he continued preaching and teaching, and that they were carrying pistols, bows and arrows, and a sword-like weapon. Pastor Ramesh and Babu Vasunia went to the Antarwailya police station and told a head constable identified only as Kushwaha about the incident, asking him to file a First Information Report against the attackers, but Kushwaha said no police officers were on duty that day, according to GCIC.

Tamil Nadu – Police in Nagarcoil on Dec. 9 arrested the Rev. Arul Saiju and the Rev. Stanley Baburaj, along with 10 Christians from the Makankara Catholic Church, after local officials supervised the demolition of their church building, which was under renovation. Saiju and Baburaj produced the original title deeds to the officials to establish ownership, but Hindu extremists attacked them and took them to the local police station alleging that they had obstructed civil servants from discharging their responsibility. Saij, Baburaj and the 10 other Christians were put in a sub-jail and were later released on bail, reported a GCIC representative.

Orissa – A group of tribal Hindu extremists on Dec. 8 attacked three tribal Christian families in Chandikhole, Jajpur district. The All India Christian Council (AICC) reported that the extremists beat the Christians, accused them of forceful conversion and filed a police complaint against them. When the tribal Christians approached the police to complain, they were reprimanded and detained due to the First Information Report filed against them. The AICC leaders in Orissa contacted the deputy inspector and superintendent of police in efforts to free the innocent victims of the hate crime, reported AICC.

Tamil Nadu – Hindu extremists on Dec. 3 razed a church after issuing several threats to a pastor in Hosur. The Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC) reported that the extremists destroyed the Christu Sabha church building in the dead of night. The Hindu extremists had mounted two previous attacks against pastor Paul Chinnaswamy, according to the GCIC, robbing his small savings and destroying a small shed in which he regularly held worship services in April 2007 and beating and stabbing him in the leg with a screw drive in May of that year. They have also threatened to abduct his four daughters and harm his son if he continues spreading Christianity in the village. Police refused to register a case.

Madhya Pradesh – Police arrested a pastor after Hindu extremists filed a complaint of forceful conversion against a pastor in Sendwa, Badhwani district on Dec. 2. The Evangelical Fellowship of India reported that the pastor of the Indian Pentecostal Church, identified only as Titus, and other Christians were arrested after being charged under Sections 3 and 4 of the Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act after a complaint was registered against them. While in the police station, about 20 men from a radical Hindu organization stormed in demanding the arrest of the pastor. Pastor Titus and the other Christians were released after bail was posted by local Christians. Police seized the vehicle they were using along with some CDs and Bibles.·



Acts of Terror Against Christians in India December 2011 Incidents | Terrorism Right Side News

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Hindu Militants Attack India Evangelicals; Several Injured


BANGALORE, INDIA (Worthy News)– Hindu militants twice attacked evangelical Christians in India's southern state of Karnataka, injuring several believers, including women and children, Christians told Worthy News.

In the bloodiest incident, on Christmas Day, an angry Hindu mob of 20 persons raided a home where several believers gathered for dinner, including pastor Suresh of the local New Life Church congregation in Surathkal town, and his family, local residents added.

Christians said Hindu's entered the house of Adiveppa Kashennavar armed with “big stones, sticks and clubs, shouting abusive slogans.” They were “assaulting all of them, including women and children, hitting them and causing severe injuries to their head and chest.”

Pastor Suresh, who uses only one name, was allegedly beaten with clubs while trying to rescue others. His wife, Latha, was seriously injured after being beaten on her chest with a wooden club, according to witnesses.

Additionally two other persons, identified as Annamma and Roshini, received head injuries when they were attacked while another Christian, Jason, reportedly fractured his leg after being hit with a club . Deepak, who also attended the gathering, injured his face and nose after he was beaten by extremists, Christians said.

Wen they left, the Hindu's were heard shouting that they “would kill the Christians,” according to residents.

PREVIOUS THREATS

It was not immediately clear which group was responsible for the reported December 25 violence, but several Hindu groups have openly criticized the spread of Christianity in India.

Police officials were reportedly reluctant to investigate case, asking injured Christians “How many rupees”, the Indian currency, “were paid to them for their conversion.”

Local Christian Walter Maben said local police seemed to support the attackers as “nobody has been arrested and the Christians are being questioned about their religious conversion."

In a separate incident, Thursday, December 28, about ten suspected Hindu militants stormed the Hebron Full Gospel Assembly Church, in the town of Haleyangadi, shouting threats and saying they would “not let the church continue at the place,” believers said.

PRAYER HALL

The incident reportedly happened while the pastor’s wife, his two children, his mother, brother-in-law and a friend were praying inside the prayer hall.

Christians said the attackers smashed windows of the prayer hall and later entered the pastor’s home where they destroyed “the lights and window panes in the [main] room.” The intruders also broke the refrigerator, overturning utensils in which the family meal had been prepared, before they finally left.

Pastor I. D. Prasanna , was not at home at the time of the incident. Police have not yet launched an investigation into the incident, Christians said. Officials could not immediately be reached for comment.

The reported incidents were the latest in a series of attacks against devoted Christians in India, who comprise just over two percent of the country's mainly Hindu population of over nearly 1.2 billion people.

Hindu Militants Attack India Evangelicals; Several Injured | Worthy Christian News

I havent heard of this site !!
And i live in tamil nadu, were my native is madurai(though i live in chennai) which is some few km away from above mentioned places !!!
Human rights groups n media are more advanced than in ur country and such incidents will be taken with harsh laws !!!
But the issue is these incidents never took place and i can assure anybody about this !!
So stop having crocodile tears !!
minorities are better of here than in ur great country !!!
so stop posting fake news bullshits omar !!

 

[Adnan Faruqi]

seems also christians are suffering as well from hindus not just indian muslims.

Look who is talking

Should I post news from "Arab News" newspaper where a Saudi girl in Saudi Arabia died in the open because she don't have blanket and food??????

I will suggest Google for you to know more about it.

Yes, we Indian Muslims are suffering in India that's why we are over represented in Indian film industry

Yes, we Indian Muslims are suffering in India that's why we have a Muslim Vice President of India today.

Yes, we Indian Muslims are suffering in India that's why we have richest self made Muslim in this world is a Indian Muslim.

So much of sufferings you see.

 

[rai_kamal]

Look who is talking

Should I post news from "Arab News" newspaper where a Saudi girl in Saudi Arabia died in the open because she don't have blanket and food??????

I will suggest Google for you to know more about it.

Yes, we Indian Muslims are suffering in India that's why we are over represented in Indian film industry Shah rukh, Salman, Amir, Saif, Dilip kumar..

Yes, we Indian Muslims are suffering in India that's why we have a Muslim Vice President of India today. Remember ?? Abdul kalam..

Yes, we Indian Muslims are suffering in India that's why we have richest self made Muslim in this world is a Indian Muslim. Indian Muslim r not only 18 crore,but whole india with 121 crore is indian muslim(coz,i m hindu and i go to "Dargahs",i pray "Saiyad baba")

So much of sufferings you see.

Seeing the above bold part, all outsiders will definetly rubb their crocodile tears..

 

[skyisthelimit]

i guess, this is still a lot better than compared to the manipulative Blasphemy law in Pakistan.

 

[Rana4pak]

Persecution of Christians in Orissa India

 

[joekrish]

Persecution of Christians in Orissa India

Dam! Are nt you bugged to bring in the Orissa story again and again? Learn something new or even better log off and take a walk.

 

[Tihamah]

Persecution of Christians in Orissa India

Oh this is very barbaric and inhumane, what an animals, even animals are 100 times better than those, disgusting and simply a crime against humanity...

 

[T90TankGuy]

Oh this is very barbaric and inhumane, what an animals, even animals are 100 times better than those, disgusting and simply a crime against humanity...

yeah we have seen the way you guys treat your own . what with the killings beheading and bombings .
quit the act mate the only one you fool is your self . we live in India . we know what happens here , and don't need some propaganda machine to tell us how good we need to feel because our neighbor is doing bad.