tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105202362012-01-25T04:03:36.648-08:00Christian Persecution IndiaThis is a blog dedicated to highlight the issue of Christian Persecution in India. We do not have any political affiliations. We believe on the fundamental right of conscience and that everyone is free to choose. Even God does not tamper with free will, so why should Human Beings.Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comBlogger8171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-38364874076161349522012-01-25T04:03:00.000-08:002012-01-25T04:03:36.660-08:00GCIC demands dropping of Farooq Abdullah
Urgent Press release- 25th January-2012
GCIC demands dropping of Farooq Abdullah
To
Dr. Manmohan Singh
Hon. Prime Minister
South Block, Raisina Hill, New Delhi-110001
Phone +91-11-23012312 Fax +91-11-23019545,
New Delhi- India
Sub: Distraught Christian community demands Janab Farooq Abdullah
be immediately dropped from Council of Ministers for his
Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-88435397983166912892012-01-24T10:45:00.001-08:002012-01-24T10:45:48.664-08:00Minister from Kashmir speaks against conversions, does not mention ‘Kangaroo Court’ at allMinister for renewable energy Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday slammed religious conversions as “anti-secular”, comments that come in the wake of an Islamic court’s indictment of Christian missionaries in Kashmir on charges of proselytisation. Abdullah’s views that conversions tend to “disturb the secular balance” could be potentially seen as his backing of “Shariah Supreme Court of Islamic Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-18461902716187888352012-01-24T10:42:00.001-08:002012-01-24T10:42:02.645-08:00Sharia decree making Christians 'nervous' in ValleyThe angry reaction to the issue of conversion of Muslims in Kashmir is scaring the Christian community no end. "It's making me nervous," says Carin Jodha Fischer, a German working in Kashmir's rural areas since 2006. On January 19, the government-backed sharia court, headed by Mufti Bashiruddin, issued a decree banning the entry of four Christian pastors, finding them "guilty of luring Muslims Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-86161093510953196502012-01-24T10:25:00.000-08:002012-01-24T10:25:12.709-08:00Rally against persecution in Karnataka
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Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-27748795505481627482012-01-23T05:34:00.001-08:002012-01-23T05:34:59.631-08:00Sharia court asks govt to take over Christian schoolsA self-styled sharia court in Jammu and Kashmir has asked the state government to take over the management of the Christian missionary schools and monitor their activities. The decree also asked three Christian priests to leave the state for “luring Muslims in the valley toward Christianity.” It asked the renowned Kashmiri educationists to form a part of the management of Christian schools. Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-7095812103922728442012-01-23T05:31:00.001-08:002012-01-23T05:31:38.472-08:00Kashmir zealots push Christians into valley of fearSRINAGAR: From the toast of Srinagar to a man with a question mark about his intentions, it's been quite a journey for Juan Marcos Troia, an Argentinian football coach and star of the documentary, 'Inshallah Football'. In 2009, Marcos was credited with reviving football in Kashmir. 'Inshallah Football' is about one of Marcos's best players, Basharat, the son of a former militant, and his dream Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-90995753528784927052012-01-20T01:11:00.001-08:002012-01-20T01:11:42.534-08:00Expel three Christian priests: Kashmir Sharia courtSrinagar : A Sharia court Thursday issued a decree seeking expulsion of three Christian priests from Jammu and Kashmir and monitoring of the activities of Christian missionary schools in the Valley. Maintaining that the decree of the Sharia (Muslim Personal Law) court was not against the Christians in any manner, Kashmir’s grand mufti Bashir-ud-Din told a media conference here that three priestsChristian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-90298788432586858392012-01-20T01:09:00.001-08:002012-01-20T01:09:55.558-08:00Fatwa against Christian schools in KashmirSrinagar: A self-styled sharia court of Kashmir on Thursday issued fatwa asking three Christian priests to leave the state for "luring the valley Muslims to Christianity". The court also directed Jammu and Kashmir government to take over the management of the Christian missionary schools, besides monitoring their activities in future. Last summer, a controversy arose over the conversion of someChristian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-43599301329705656082012-01-20T00:59:00.001-08:002012-01-20T00:59:50.211-08:00Grand Mufti bans pastor from ValleySrinagar Mufti Bashir-ud-din, the government-appointed Grand Mufti who heads the Islamic Shariah court, has imposed a lifetime ban on the entry of a pastor and three other missionaries into the state. The Shariah court said they have been found “guilty” of converting Kashmiri Muslims to Christianity. The state government is, however, silent on the legality of the Shariah court. “I have to checkChristian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-434965938638224642012-01-19T01:15:00.000-08:002012-01-20T01:15:10.528-08:00Afghan Christian Widow and Daughters Stranded in India, Fear Persecution in HomelandWashington -- International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that an Afghan Christian widow and three of her daughters were denied refugee status by the UN in New Delhi, India for the second time last month despite fears that being deported to their homeland may mean imprisonment for apostasy. An Afghan widow and three of her daughters, whose names cannot be disclosed for security reasons, Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-38034416115639742882012-01-16T21:35:00.001-08:002012-01-16T21:35:19.101-08:00Yoga and intoleranceFollowing the fatwa issued by a Muslim cleric and the complaints by Christian groups against the mass performance of Suryanamaskar by students in Madhya Pradesh this Thursday, I am wondering how long before I will be forbidden from eating bread by Hindu fundamentalists. Isn’t bread, after all, the body of Christ? How long before words — allegorical, symbolic and metaphorical words written in Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-86837033220852498802012-01-14T12:01:00.000-08:002012-01-22T12:02:01.377-08:00Barefoot — Kandhamal: The aftermathAfter the violence, the victims had to live with social boycott and systematic subversion of justice. In these columns previously (December 18), I tracked disturbing parallels between the carnage targeting dalits and adivasis of Christian faith in Kandhamal in 2007-08, and the brutal slaughter of Muslims five years earlier in Gujarat. These included the systematic creation of hatred against Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-52737541863657267582012-01-09T10:50:00.000-08:002012-01-24T10:50:13.589-08:00Christian Persecution on the Rise in India; Grim Outlook for 2012Watchdog groups are sounding the alarm on increasing acts of violence against Christians in India at the hands of the country's Hindu community. India is one of the regions closely monitored by human rights groups, due to many cases of religious persecution taking place in its recent history. The biggest act of violence against Christians took place in 2008, in a remote eastern region of India, Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-14556156786834245492011-12-22T04:20:00.000-08:002011-12-22T04:20:16.140-08:00GOVERNMENT DOES NOT CARE JUST HOW MANY WILL SLEEP UNDER THE STARS ON CHRISTMAS IN KANDHAMAL, BUT HAVE WE FORGOTTEN?
AN UPDATE
BY JOHN DAYAL
22 December 2011
This is the fourth Christmas that many people of Kandhamal in Orissa will “celebrate” in terror, a few thousand of them without a real roof over their head, scores of widows and orphans remembering the denial of justice which has seen the killers of the head of the family walk away merrily after being set free by the sop called Fast Track Courts
Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-26024049278995945122011-12-03T00:15:00.001-08:002011-12-03T00:15:09.142-08:00WAITING FOR JUSTICE: A REPORT OF THE NATIONAL PEOPLE’S TRIBUNAL ON KANDHAMALEXECUTIVE SUMMARY A National People’s Tribunal (NPT) on Kandhamal was held in New Delhi on 22-24 August 2010, organized by the National Solidarity Forum - a countrywide solidarity platform of concerned persons from various walks of life. The NPT aimed at assisting the victims and survivors of the Kandhamal violence 2008 to seek justice, accountability and peace and to restore the Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-88214889495646467642011-11-26T10:03:00.001-08:002011-11-26T10:03:00.414-08:00Implications of the arrest of a Pastor in Kashmir, IndiaConversions, Shariah kangaroo courts, the law of the land and fragile unity of minorities JOHN DAYAL In retrospect, the church in India has displayed remarkable sobriety and a sense of responsibility in their response to the arrest in Srinagar of Reverend Chander Mani Khanna, pastor of the All Saints Church. The Muslim Ulema of the rest of India have been reluctant to condemn the arrest, Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-52044822964606783962011-11-24T05:47:00.000-08:002011-11-25T05:48:07.747-08:00Pastors arrested in Chhattisgarh, Released on BailThree pastors belonging to the Grace Church of God Welfare Society along with two missionaries were falsely accused of forcible conversion and were arrested by the Kukdhur police on November 22nd in Pandariya town, Kawardha in Chhattisgarh. Mr. T. Daniel, founder and Secretary of Grace Church of God Welfare Society said that a mob of around 25 Hindu radicals led by one Raghu Pathak along with Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-21429130517688363702011-11-24T04:50:00.001-08:002011-11-24T04:50:11.336-08:00A different sort of Valley ‘protest’Eating your cake and having it too may be a tempting thought. But you can’t have it both ways. The sooner Muslims realise it, the better for the ummah... and the image of Islam. A Christian pastor — Reverend Chander Mani Khanna, the presbyter-in-charge of All Saints’ Church in Srinagar — is being hounded both by the state and society for his “crime-cum-sin” of converting, allegedly through Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-62505279974422435742011-11-19T07:00:00.001-08:002011-11-19T07:00:11.807-08:00Kashmir Government files FIR against Rev. C M KhannaTo prevent worsening of law and order situation in the wake of blasphemous depictions of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) on social networking site Facebook and alleged conversion by Christian missionaries, government has lodged an FIR against incharge Churches in Kashmir, CM Khanna. The Senior Superintendent Police Srinagar, Ashiq Bukhari said an FIR No 186 0f 2011 under section 153 A and 295 A have Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-49431224617491157872011-11-18T07:20:00.000-08:002011-11-19T07:20:49.791-08:002007 Kandhamal riot was 'pre-planned', claim two top Odisha officialsCUTTACK: Appearing before Justice Basudev Panigrahi Commission of Enquiry, two top state officials on Wednesday said that 2007 communal riot in Odisha's Kandhamal district was 'pre-planned.' The cross examination of the two, former revenue divisional commissioner (RDC) and ex-deputy inspector general (DIG) of south range Satyabrata Sahu and RP Kotche respectively, remained inconclusive for the Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-27768621022507450952011-11-13T22:58:00.001-08:002011-11-13T22:58:17.228-08:00Can’t preach in free landThe arrest of evangelist William Lee in Kochi on October 14 on charges of violation of visa regulation is nothing new. A few years ago one Bishop Cooper was badly beaten up in Kerala by goons because he was found preaching Christianity and the Kerala police immediately served him a notice of deportation. A 69-year-old Italian nun, Sr Angela Bruno, has applied thrice for a visa to visit India Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-14333530103171996602011-11-09T01:59:00.000-08:002011-11-10T01:59:51.309-08:00Behead those who convert Hindus–TogadiaVHP international general secretary Pravin Togadia on Monday called for a new Indian Constitution that allows for “anyone who converts Hindus to be beheaded”. The fiery speech, seconded by right-wing leaders, came towards the conclusion of the three-day Akhil Bhartiya Dharmaprasar Karyakarta Sammelan-2011, held a few yards away from the controversial Pirana dargah on the city’s outskirts, where Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-60999571615611178042011-11-04T10:27:00.000-07:002011-11-14T10:30:29.427-08:00Pastor in Kashmir, India targeted by Muslim fundamentalists on conversionsRev. Chander Mani Khanna, the Presbyter-In-Charge of the All Saint’s Church in Sri Nagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India has been summoned by the Mufti-E-Azam (or the Grand Mufti) of the state to appear before a Sharia Court to answer charges of conversion.
Rev. Khanna has been accused “motivating the Muslim youth for conversion from Islam to Christianity.” The Mufti has claimed that he has Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-78932300360092719702011-08-31T05:10:00.001-07:002011-08-31T05:10:12.838-07:00Three years on, No flowers for Martyred Kandhamal–John DayalI would have liked to write that somewhere in India, some church – Catholic, Orthodox, Syrian, Episcopal, Pentecost or Evangelical Independent – held a prayer meeting on 23rd or 24th August 2011 for those martyred in the violence that began in Kandhamal, Orissa, on those dates in 2008. I was in Kandhamal during much of the week this year, as in past years, with local Nuns, pastors and catholicChristian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-84319576819098295962011-08-25T04:52:00.000-07:002011-08-31T04:52:42.364-07:00RSS creates trouble for school in MPBhander Datia Dt. (Madhya Pradesh) -23rd Aug.2011: The RSS in M.P. has gone to the extent of using the very teachers of Govt. Schools to spread indiscipline among the students in the class rooms of schools run by the Christian missionaries in the state. Nayajeevan Mission School in Bhander Datia District of Madhya Pradesh happens to be one of the schools targeted by the RSS. This school had beenChristian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-53577848312125671922011-07-28T04:16:00.000-07:002011-07-28T04:16:21.483-07:00NUCF Supports the demand of Dalit Christians for Scheduled Caste StatusNUCF Supports the demand of Dalit Christians for Scheduled Caste Status
New Delhi, July 27, 2011
The National United Christian Forum (NUCF) comprising of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI), National Council of Churches in India (NCCI) and Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI), strongly supports the just demand of the Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims who are on hunger strike from Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-87110451179769403022011-06-02T08:27:00.001-07:002011-06-02T08:27:08.485-07:00Sangh strikes to pre-empt effective Prevent Communal Violence Prevention BillBut civil society and minorities too have issues with components of the draft law - - - John Dayal ---- ---- Victims have not forgotten these brutal tragedies in the life of Independent India, even if the State and political parties may pretend to have. 1984 Delhi: On October 31, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her two Sikh bodyguards in revenge for Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-60100096451444928462011-05-29T04:04:00.001-07:002011-05-29T04:04:42.888-07:00Pre-emptive Sangh offensive on Bill to Prevent Communal ViolencePolitical battle lines drawn even as victim minorities still look for ideal law to stop targeted hate and bloodshed by John Dayal Remember these? 1984 Delhi: On October 31, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her two Sikh bodyguards at her official residence, in revenge for Operation Blue Star. For the next three days, as Doordarshan telecast the lying in state of her body, over Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-69645997940741219632011-05-19T00:25:00.001-07:002011-05-19T00:26:37.521-07:0013 sentenced to 5 years in prison in Kandhamal caseA fast track court in Orissa convicted 13 persons on Wednesday for their involvement in anti-Christian violence in Kandhamal district in 2008, while another court acquitted 12 others. “All the cases were related to arson,” public prosecutor PK Patra said. Kandhamal’s district headquarter Phulbani is 250 km south-east of Bhubaneswar. First Track Court I judge Shobhan Das handed the each of the Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-71377917460715000472011-05-12T01:31:00.000-07:002011-05-15T18:57:47.076-07:00Christian groups ask government to protect religious minorityChristian groups in India have asked the Centre to take action against anti-Christian violence in the “saffron-colored corridor” of states in central India. The Global Council of Indian Christians and the Catholic Secular Forum, in separate reports, have called for action to protect Christians in the states of Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat. The reports state thatChristian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-17273638277798795972011-05-12T01:24:00.000-07:002011-05-13T10:41:51.189-07:00Maoists named in chargesheet submitted by police on Laxmanananda killing.Bhubaneswar : Almost three years after senior VHP leader Laxmanananda Saraswati was killed along with four of his associates by a group of 40-odd assailants in Kandhamal district of Orissa, the police on Monday submitted its final chargesheet against seven Maoists but failed to explain why he was killed. The police had filed its first chargesheet against seven tribal/Dalit Christians in a Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-11674994221541559412011-05-08T12:30:00.001-07:002011-05-08T12:30:27.184-07:00Bring in the anti-conversion law or I go on a hunger strike : M Chidananda MurthyBANGALORE: Well known researcher Dr M Chidananda Murthy has urged the State Government to bring a stringent legislation to ban religious conversions in the state. Addressing a press conference on Saturday, Murthy said that Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa had assured to bring a legislation to ban religious conversions soon. If there was no progress in this regard within a month, Murthy said he Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-71371398550079350522011-05-01T23:27:00.001-07:002011-05-01T23:27:20.363-07:00Case filed against TogadiaThe police here filed a case against Pravin Togadia, the international general secretary of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, on Sunday on the allegation that he made a highly inflammatory speech, which could lead to communal disharmony, at a public meeting here on Saturday. Police sources said the case was filed under Section 153(A) of the Indian Penal Code (promoting communal disharmony), a Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-33635937467024265942011-04-29T00:24:00.001-07:002011-04-29T00:24:51.764-07:00Hindu group alleges bias in listing India on 'Watch List'Washington : The decision of the US Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) to place India in the 'Watch List' of countries along with Russia, Afghanistan and Cuba raises questions of bias and flawed methodology, a Washington-based eminent Hindu group said here. "USCIRF's decision to club India in with a dozen or so of the worst violators of religious freedom in the world, whileChristian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-55167794333960504772011-04-26T01:55:00.001-07:002011-04-26T01:55:56.722-07:00Tribal Christians attacked in MaharashtraMUMBAI: A group of unidentified men barged into the homes of Christian tribals at Dasturipada in Palghar during Easter celebrations late on Sunday and attacked them with sticks. One of the tribals sustained a fracture in his hand, said an eyewitness. The Palghar police have registered a case. The attack comes three days after a mob disrupted Maundy Thursday prayer service at Devkuppada in Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-40848871310191857352011-04-23T04:36:00.000-07:002011-04-26T01:59:26.645-07:0015,000 Christians Protest on Good Friday in IndiaAround 15,000 Christians walked, many barefoot, for six hours in the streets of Mumbai, India, on Good Friday enacting Jesus’ walk to the Cross and condemning growing attacks on the minority community. This 24th Annual Lenten Walking Pilgrimage was held especially to give hope to and express solidarity with the persecuted Christians, the event’s chief organizer Joseph Dias told The Christian Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-75445853759643552812011-04-20T01:48:00.000-07:002011-04-26T01:49:15.713-07:00Maharashtra government orders inquiry into tribal conversionsAfter the state government last week asked police to inquire into reports of large scale conversions of tribals to Christianity in Thane district, Christian groups have asked the state home minister to take action against those who made the allegations. The findings of the inquiry are expected to be placed before the state assembly, which is in session, this week. The inquiry was ordered after aChristian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-70997295624161934712011-04-16T10:50:00.000-07:002011-04-19T10:50:42.020-07:00Profiling of Christians in Madhya PradeshChristian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-43721020208793728172011-04-14T20:34:00.001-07:002011-04-14T20:34:59.535-07:00Madhya Pradesh conducting survey of ChristiansBhopal: Is the Shivraj Chauhan-government in Madhya Pradesh profiling the Christian population in the state? NDTV has accessed a shocking state government circular issued in March this year. Distributed by the police headquarters, all 50 districts in the state have been asked to submit details on each member of the Christian community in that district. These details include: Financial Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-51719762944008200442011-04-14T06:30:00.000-07:002011-04-14T20:39:48.782-07:00Hindutva groups planning attacks on Christians in KarnatakaHindutva right-wing organisations are planning raids on Christian institutions across the state in backward districts such as Bijapur, Bidar and Raichur. They are intrigued by the large presence of students from Mangalore living in such institutions. They have many questions for which there are no answers from government officials. “Our questions to the social welfare department have not been Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-46779509432743138172011-04-11T07:42:00.000-07:002011-04-14T20:52:18.886-07:00Bajrang Dal denounced for targeting Christian institutions in MangaloreA panel of leaders from various communities has condemned the attacks and raids on Christian charity homes in Mangalore district. In protest against the action by the child welfare committee and social welfare department, allegedly on instigation by the Bajrang Dal, people from different communities are planning to hold a meet in front of the district office on Monday. “Social service, charity Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-18532376031279165732011-04-05T20:49:00.000-07:002011-04-14T20:50:08.095-07:00BJP backed Karnataka's anti-Christian strifePANAJI: A copy of a report condemning attacks on Christians in Karnataka by communal forces in 2008 was handed over to the Archbishop of Goa and Daman, Filipe Neri Ferrao, on Tuesday. The report was prepared by Justice (retd) Michael Saldanha, formerly of the Bombay high court, who relied on the findings of the independent people's tribunal into the events that had occurred. "Incidents of Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-78037442722759886802011-03-30T03:21:00.001-07:002011-03-30T03:21:10.175-07:00Catholic Priest attacked in Madhya PradeshBhopal : 30/03/2011, A catholic priest, Fr. Sebastian Kaiparambil aged about 45, was attacked in Badwha, Khargone district of Madhya Pradesh. The incident took place around 2.30 am in the early morning of today. He was sleeping in his room while three unidentified persons entered in his room. They beat him up and he is admitted in Chauitram Hospital, Indore. He is under going treatment for head Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-21662105301597961862011-03-29T07:41:00.001-07:002011-03-29T07:41:03.514-07:0012 tribals arrested for conversion in OrissaTwelve tribals were arrested today for allegedly undergoing religious conversion in an illegal manner in Orissa's Mayurbhanj district while efforts were on to nab two pastors and another tribal. The arrest came three days after a case was registered on Saturday against 15 persons - two Baptist pastors and 13 tribals - for alleged involvement in illegal conversion in, Mayurbhanj district, police Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-91383123444747755422011-03-19T01:10:00.001-07:002011-03-19T01:10:52.099-07:00Manoj Pradhan out againCUTTACK: The Orissa High Court on Friday granted bail to BJP MLA Manoj Pradhan in the Kandhamal riot case. Justice Sanju Panda granted conditional bail to Pradhan on a personal bond of `20,000 and two sureties. The bail was granted on certain conditions like Pradhan would not leave the country without the permission of the trial court and refrain from influencing the evidences and witnesses Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-72506865725221268232011-02-24T04:30:00.001-08:002011-02-24T04:30:20.886-08:00Archbishop Concessao backs Justice Saldanha reportNew Delhi 24/02/2011 Welcoming the report released by Justice Saldanha in response to Justice Somasekhara report about the attacks on Christians in 2008 in Karnataka, Archbishop Vincent M. Concessao has asked the government of Karantaka, not to close its eyes to the atrocities on Christians based on the biased Somasekhera Commission report. Noting that the B.K. Somasekhara report giving a cleanChristian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-48596448656749143382011-02-14T12:37:00.001-08:002011-02-14T12:37:01.458-08:00Next Sangh ‘Kumbh’ in ChhattisgarhAfter Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh it will be the turn of Chhattisgarh, another BJP-ruled state, to hold the next ‘Kumbh’. The announcement was made on the occasion of the three-day Ma Narmada Samajik Kumbh that concluded on the banks of the Narmada on Saturday. Chief Minister Raman Singh was handed over the mantle for the next event that will be organised keeping in mind the tribal population of Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-79745711122029114172011-02-12T12:40:00.000-08:002011-02-14T12:40:54.344-08:00Shabri Kumbh was a success: RSSThe RSS on Friday claimed the Shabri Kumbh held in the Dangs district of Gujarat was a success because the pace of reconversion of Christians to Hinduism had gathered momentum in the area over the last four years. Besides thousands of ordinary converts who came back to the Hindu fold since 2006, as many as 70 pastors embraced Hinduism and are now busy wooing back those who they had converted toChristian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-72113434803657821372011-02-09T09:15:00.001-08:002011-02-09T09:15:13.121-08:00CM Chouhan assures protection to Christians during Narmada Samajik KumbhNew Delhi, 9th February, 2011: The Archbishop of Delhi Catholic Archdiocese, Vincent M. Concessao has welcomed the decision of Madhya Pradesh High Court directing government to provide security to Christians in Mandala, on the eve of the Narmada Samajik Kumbh which begins tomorrow. On a petition filed by Fr. Anand Muttungal in the light of the looming forceful ‘re-conversion’ of Christian tribalsChristian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-6597833703288727892011-02-08T10:52:00.001-08:002011-02-08T10:52:08.255-08:00Protests as taxpayer money is diverted for RSS ‘reconversion’ programme in M.P.Minority communities and representatives of tribal people see it as a religious conversion event The Bharatiya Janata Party government in Madhya Pradesh has diverted massive public resources to spruce up physical infrastructure ahead of a major Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) programme in the State this weekend. The three-day ‘Maa Narmada Saamaajik Kumbh' is being organised by the Dharm Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-22138342836472759782011-02-08T09:55:00.000-08:002011-02-08T10:55:49.945-08:00MP Christians demand ban on objectionable literature in MandlaBhopal, Feb 8 (PTI) A Christian organisation here todaydemanded stopping distribution of pamphlets portraying thecommunity in poor light in Mandla where a three-day HinduSamajik Kumbh will begin on February 10. "We fear that the distribution of pamphlets may triggeroff another Kandhamal like situation in the tribal-dominatedMandla," Madhya Pradesh Isai Mahasangh convenor, Father AnandMuttungal, Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-37783176441301341562011-02-02T04:47:00.001-08:002011-02-02T04:47:21.659-08:00Kandhamal twin courts set the pace on fast track to justiceKandhamal : In 2008, a mob led by Manoj Pradhan, the current BJP MLA from Kandhamal, chased down the family of Parikhita Digal, a Dalit Christian who was then 31, and butchered and burned him in front of his wife and two daughters. A fast-track court in Kandhamal sentenced Pradhan to seven years in jail last year but he got bail from the Orissa High Court, before the Supreme Court last week Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-56693491390518541542011-02-01T04:49:00.000-08:002011-02-02T04:49:16.322-08:00Fast track court convicts 12 in Kandhamal riots casePHULBANI (ORISSA): Two separate fast track courts here sentenced 12 people to rigorous imprisonment and penalty after convicting them in cases of house burning during the Kandhamal riot in 2008. While disposing a case relating to house burning of minorities at Lengisuga village under Baliguda police station area during the riot, the fast track court judge C R Das pronounced four years RI and Rs Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-25459189867239310982011-02-01T03:59:00.001-08:002011-02-01T03:59:46.008-08:00Justice B.K.Somasekhara Commission reportClick here to read the final report of the Justice B.K.Somasekhara Commission, which probed the attacks on churches across Karnataka. Click here for Source Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-61216549850613461142011-01-29T08:41:00.001-08:002011-01-29T08:41:42.855-08:00BJP highjjacked the commission investigating Church attackBangalore : Union Law Minister M Veerappa Moily today accused the BJP government of having "hijacked" the judicial commission that gave a clean chit to the party and Sangh parivar outfits for attacks on churches in Karnataka in 2008 and said a CBI probe should be ordered into the case. "Ruling BJP has hijacked the commission and had failed to protect minority Christians in the state," Moily Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-60543198541708194942011-01-29T08:02:00.001-08:002011-01-29T08:02:21.535-08:00Law Minister slams probe report on attack on Christians in KarnatakaNew Delhi: Law Minister Veerappa Moily has slammed the probe report on church attacks in Karnataka and called it a "failure." In some good news for the beleaguered BJP government in Karnataka, the commission set up to investigate a series of attacks on churches in 2008 said on Friday that neither the government nor the police can be faulted. The report submitted by the one-man commission Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-71418430858129038122011-01-28T23:28:00.001-08:002011-01-28T23:28:58.263-08:00Hindu terror team targeted Christians: ReportNew Delhi : Not just Muslims, Lt Colonel Prasad Srikant Purohit and his Abhinav Bharat also targeted Christians in several locations including Kandhamal in Orissa, North Karnataka, Pune, Jabalpur and Bhopal. And that Malegaon blast accused and Purohit’s key aide Sameer Kulkarni was allegedly behind the killing of two Christians in Orissa in August 2008. This revelation comes in the Military Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-40706492646445130502011-01-28T08:06:00.000-08:002011-01-29T08:04:18.406-08:00Press release on Report of Justice Somashekar Enquiry Commission on Church AttacksJanuary 28, 2011 PRESS RELEASE Sub: Report of Justice Somashekar Enquiry Commission on Church Attacks (Comments made on the basis of T.V.Report and before reading the full Commission Report) We are disappointed that the Enquiry Commission has failed to name and pin point the attackers who attacked the Churches with the plea for lack of evidence, which is incorrect. 1. The attacks were Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-91074894004377132122011-01-28T01:57:00.001-08:002011-01-28T01:57:35.198-08:00Church attacks: Panel gives clean chit to BJP, Sangh ParivarThe Justice Somasekhara Commission of Inquiry into a series of attacks on churches in parts of Karnataka in 2008 has given a "clean chit" to the ruling BJP and Sangh Parivar outfits. "There is no basis to the apprehension of Christian petitioners that politicians, BJP, mainstream Sangh Parivar and state government directly or indirectly are involved in the attacks", the one-man commission said Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-62129323311060265432011-01-20T22:45:00.001-08:002011-01-20T22:45:03.499-08:00Supreme court agrees with life sentence for Dara SinghNew Delhi: The Supreme Court has upheld the life sentence for Dara Singh for killing Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons in Orissa in 1999. Singh's accomplice, Mahendra Hembram, has also been sentenced to life in prison. The CBI wanted the death sentence for Singh, who was linked with Hindu right-wing group Bajrang Dal. The Staines family was burnt alive in Keonjhar. GrahamChristian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-65902451670530535342010-12-08T23:44:00.001-08:002010-12-08T23:44:04.770-08:00Orthodox school attacked in JabalpurA group of rightwing Hindu activists yesterday attacked an Orthodox school in a central Indian town in protest at disciplinary actions against three students, witnesses say. The group forced their way into the visitors’ room of St. Mary’s Higher Secondary School in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh and shouted anti-Christian slogans, ucanews.com reports. They then smashed a picture of the Blessed VirginChristian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-24628655237544348182010-12-01T21:38:00.001-08:002010-12-01T21:38:17.788-08:00Frustration grows in OrissaVerdicts from fast track courts in India set up to try cases related to the 2008 anti-Christian violence in Orissa have brought little solace to the victims. Church workers, lawyers and activists assisting victims say anger and frustration is growing as murderers, rapists, arsonists and looters, walk free, in mockery of the country’s criminal justice delivery mechanism. Many cases have Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-7793889896468816842010-11-29T03:19:00.000-08:002010-11-30T03:19:12.423-08:00Five Christians killed in a landmine blast in Kandhamal, OrissaFive Christians, including a pregnant woman and a child, were killed in a landmine blast in Orissa on Saturday. The blast occurred around 11 p.m. on Saturday at Bamumigam, a village in Kandhamal district, the focus of months-long anti-Christian violence two years ago. The deceased were returning to their village of Tajungia in an ambulance from a hospital where the woman had gone for checkup. Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-86945717431667814812010-10-25T01:37:00.001-07:002010-10-25T01:37:24.129-07:00Will Obama tell India to end Hindutva terror?Click here for source US President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle are visiting India in early November 2010. In this connection Obama conveyed to Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna at a reception of Natural History Museum in New York. Obama added that his wife Mrs. Michelle is excited about the trip. Indian leadership is anxiously waiting to welcome the president of global power Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-69201320183638709952010-10-25T01:33:00.001-07:002010-10-25T01:33:46.137-07:00RSS involved in almost all riots in the country: CongressUttar Pradesh Congress asked the Central and state governments to monitor the activities of RSS and ban the "fundamentalist" organisation if its activities could not be controlled. "I demand from the Centre and state governments to keep an eye on activities of RSS, which is involved in almost all the riots that took place in the country. If activities of this fundamentalist organisation could Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-25685580584101836032010-10-15T01:39:00.000-07:002010-10-25T01:40:05.797-07:00Christian in India suffers miscarriage in Hindu extremist attackNEW DELHI – Police in a south Indian state known for turning hostile to minority Christians in recent years have arrested two suspected Hindu nationalists for beating four pastors and striking the wife of one of them in the stomach, killing her unborn child. The attack took place at a Christian gathering in a private Christian school to celebrate the birth of Mahatma Gandhi on Oct. 2 in Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-7738249864076473782010-08-27T01:20:00.001-07:002010-08-27T01:20:52.299-07:00NATIONAL PEOPLE’S TRIBUNAL ON KANDHAMAL JURY’S PRELIMINARY FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS 24 AUGUST 2010 The National People’s Tribunal (NPT) on Kandhamal, held in New Delhi on 22-24 August 2010, was organized by the National Solidarity Forum - a countrywide solidarity platform of concerned social activists, media persons, researchers, legal experts, film makers, artists, writers, scientists and civil society organizations to assist the victims and survivors of the Kandhamal Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-59322923588548687322010-08-26T21:43:00.001-07:002010-08-26T21:43:00.486-07:00Filmmaker held in US has RSS linksMumbai : The Indian documentary maker arrested in Houston for carrying a prohibited weapon, and having jihadi literature with him, is a former RSS activist. Originally a New Delhi resident, Vijay Kumar shifted to Mumbai three years ago as he wanted to make documentaries on illegal Bangladeshi migrants. A member of a “charitable trust” called Patriots’ Forum, he was passionate on the topic of Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-27725153938099899422010-07-07T08:02:00.001-07:002010-07-07T08:02:02.594-07:00Manoj Pradhan free to intimidate witnesses againThe Orissa High Court on Wednesday granted bail to Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Manoj Pradhan who was convicted in a Kandhamal communal riots case. Pradhan, convicted by a fast track court at Phulbani on June 29 and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for seven years for his role in the killing of a Christian man during communal riots in Kandhamal in 2008, got conditional bail from the High Court.Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-80747314384112644602010-07-05T09:50:00.001-07:002010-07-05T09:50:04.332-07:00Two persons held for attack on lecturerKochi, July 5 (PTI) Two persons including an activist of a fundamentalist Muslim outfit were arrested today in connection with the gruesome attack on a college lecturer whose right hand was chopped off for allegedly preparing a question paper with derogatory references to Prophet Mohammed. Jaffar of Kothamangalam and Ashraff of Mekalady were taken into custody, police said. Ashraff is Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-1973816558790754902010-07-05T09:48:00.001-07:002010-07-05T09:48:49.533-07:00Fanatics chop off teachers hand in KeralaIslamist radicals in India's southern state of Kerala chopped off the hand of a college lecturer who was accused of putting a derogatory reference to the Prophet Mohammed in an exam, a newspaper reports. TJ Joseph was returning from a church service in the central Ernakulam district on Sunday when he was attacked in "a horrific instance of Talibanism," the Times of India said in its report. "Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-73987566150885396762010-06-29T03:41:00.001-07:002010-06-29T03:41:39.997-07:00BJP MLA sentenced for 7 years for murder in Anti-Christian violence in Orissa in 2008Bhubaneshwar: Manoj Pradhan, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from G Udaygiri constituency in Orissa, has been convicted and sentenced to seven years imprisonment by a fast track court for committing murder during riots in Kandhamal. Pradhan has been convicted for committing murder during Kandhamal riots. Pradhan's accomplice Praful Malik has also been also convicted in the case. The 30-Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-21009847197167228612010-04-19T03:24:00.001-07:002010-04-19T03:24:39.261-07:00Christians protest attacks in Madhya PradeshBhopal, Apr 18: The incidents of coercing the Christian community on pretext of conversion and other serious allegations are increasing in Madhya Pradesh. They include arresting the priest in Bhopal and keeping him detained by levelling false charges under SC/ST Act against him, stopping the prayer meeting at Barwani despite prior approval of the administration, barging in of Hindu hardcore Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-13768104495663233312010-04-19T03:19:00.001-07:002010-04-19T03:23:12.180-07:00Christian dead, Meeting attacked in Betul, Madhya PradeshA group of masked men attacked a Christian prayer meet in remote Sarni area of Betul district in Madhya Pradesh, police said Sunday. Locals claimed that a man died in the resulting melee after he jumped into a well in panic. According to eyewitnesses, the man died due to the ruckus Saturday night created by the miscreants, allegedly belonging to "rightist organisations". "The incident took Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-10640452344856928102010-04-18T03:26:00.000-07:002010-04-19T03:26:59.154-07:0017 acquitted again in Orissa…BHUBANESWAR: A fast track court in Orissa on Saturday acquitted 17 people in a case of rioting in Kandhamal in 2008. All the 17 were accused of torching houses in Shashipadar village Aug 26, 2008. "All the seventeen accused have been acquitted as the charges leveled against them could not be proved for want of evidence," public prosecutor PK Patra said. Kandhamal district, about 200 kmChristian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-38435830478968576102010-04-15T12:12:00.001-07:002010-04-15T12:12:07.337-07:00Two attacks against Christians in Central India. Bajrang Dal involved. Police also attacked.15 April 2010 Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh: A Christian meeting was attacked by the Bajrang Dal and workers of BJP yesterday and today resulting in a tense situation in the entire area. A 3 day gospel meeting had been organized by the Christian Churches of Balaghat and today was the last day of the meeting. Pastor Ram Babu was bringing the word of God for the past two evenings and the day time wasChristian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-57646811477533181712010-04-14T00:37:00.001-07:002010-04-14T00:37:54.213-07:00German team visits Kandhamal. Is Shocked..A two-member team of the German Federal Parliament today expressed its deep concern over the condition of people hit by December 2007 and August 2008 riots in Kandhamal district. Mr Ute Granold and Mr Pascal Kober of the Human Rights Committee of the Federal Parliament, who visited the riot-affected areas of the district from April 9 to 13, said they were shocked at the level of violence. Even Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-89268558396491211142010-04-07T10:51:00.001-07:002010-04-07T10:51:12.125-07:0014 Pastors arrested in Karnataka – AICC ReportNew Delhi, April 7, 2010 Karnataka Police arrested 14 pastors with false accusation on Monday at Viraj Pet of Coorg District. All India Christian Council extends help for their release. According to a source reaching to All India Christian Council (aicc) says that 14 Pastors gathered for prayer meeting and fellowship in one of their house on Friday morning were arrested by police and detained Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-79636423084786270832010-04-06T11:29:00.000-07:002010-04-07T11:30:10.572-07:00Political Parties “cold shoulder” Kandhamal riot probeBHUBANESWAR: The 2008 communal violence in Orissa's Kandhamal district may have attracted heated debate, but the anxiety seems to have whittled away with political parties, religious groups and the media cold-shouldering the inquiry commission set up by the government. The one-man Justice Sarat Chandra Mohapatra inquiry panel has made virtually no headway in investigating the violence that Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-41604589841059599442010-03-18T04:08:00.001-07:002010-03-18T04:08:20.132-07:00BJP hits out at Naveen for refusing entry for Togadia in KandhamalBhubaneswar (Orissa) : The BJP in Orissa has strongly criticized Naveen Patnaik led Government for refusing to grant permission to VHP International general secretary Prabin Togadia to visit Kandhamal district. BJP State president Jual Oram said the State Government had allowed a European Union delegates to Kandhamal who met the local Christian clerics indulging in indiscriminate conversion ofChristian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-3128186938158141962010-03-16T04:06:00.000-07:002010-03-18T04:07:03.611-07:00Nine get jail, one acquitted in Kandhamal riots case Bhubaneswar: Nine people were convicted and sentenced to four years in jail by a trial court on Tuesday for their role in the riots in Orissa's Kandhamal district in 2008. One man was acquitted due to lack of evidence. 'Nine people were convicted and sentenced to a four-year jail term and fined Rs.5,500 each in a case of arson during Kandhamal riots. One man named Hrushi Pradhan has beenChristian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-41176455556607015402010-03-10T03:10:00.000-08:002010-03-18T04:10:53.907-07:00Raped nun fails to get notice for ID paradePolice have failed to notify a Catholic nun, raped during the 2008 anti-Christian violence in Orissa, of an identity parade including a new suspect in the case. “Unofficially we knew … that the court fixed March 8″ for the identification lineup, Lansingh Lu Rongmei, one of a team of lawyers dealing with the nun’s case told UCA News today. “But until she gets the summons, how can she attend?” Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-17971958308360647022010-03-01T21:23:00.001-08:002010-03-01T21:23:14.370-08:00If one is not Hindu he could not be Indian: BhagwatBhopal, Feb 28 (PTI) RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat today said that those who were Indians were Hindus and if one was not a Hindu he could not be an Indian. "For us the word Hindu did not mean any religion but a way of life," he said at an annual function of the RSS and the Hindu Samagam here. The Union Finance Minister had in his budget speech quoted from Chanakaya but this was totally out of Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-65267154468810274352010-02-21T23:19:00.001-08:002010-02-21T23:19:21.699-08:00Churches in Punjab burnt over poster controversy Email from Bishop Samantroy, CNI Following the protests by Christians against display of Jesus Christ holding a cigarette and a beer can in Shillong , the Epiphany Church in Batala, has been attacked by some religious fundamentalists. It was one of the most beautiful historic churches built in Mughal style in 1893. The lock was broken open and the church was vandalized. The altar, pulpit Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-47267371684239178392010-02-08T21:34:00.001-08:002010-02-08T21:34:23.034-08:00Church attacks: Cop deposes, advocates sparBANGALORE: After indicting the Sri Rama Sene and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad for the church attacks in the state in its interim report, the Justice BK Somasekhar Commission on Monday witnessed an exchange of heated arguments among the advocates as a police witness deposed. Advocates appearing for the Hindu bodies objected to questions raised by HNM Prasad, the advocate appearing for Christian Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-4726567973239669302010-02-07T21:42:00.000-08:002010-02-08T21:42:37.813-08:00Christian arrested in Karnataka on false chargesA Christian was arrested on alleged charges of forced conversion in Puttur Taluka, Karnataka. Harish, 35 years from Mardala Village, Puttur, Karnataka was reportedly returning home from a friend’s house after prayer on February, 7, 2010 at about 4:30 pm, when he was arrested. His wife Lakhsmi, 28 years, and their 2 month old child was also detained by the police for 5 hours on the pretext of Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-2319714346411746372010-02-07T21:30:00.000-08:002010-02-08T21:30:07.700-08:00BJP leaders question EU team visit to KandhamalBhubaneshwar, Feb. 7 (ANI): Elders and leaders of various tribes in Orissa's Kandhamal District have voiced suspicious about a European Union (EU) delegation visiting their region saying it would hamper peace and re-ignite violence. The 11-member EU delegation visited Kandhamal region on Wednesday. The delegation held discussions with Orissa Government officials Christian leaders and human Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-4558316311500522522010-02-05T21:32:00.000-08:002010-02-08T21:33:01.412-08:001 more church vandalized in KarnatakaUNI, Friday, 05 February 2010 Mandya : Miscreants attack on churches continue with one more church in Malavalli Taluk in the district desecrated in the early hours of today. The incident was second in just 10 days after the attack on holy family church at Hinakal on the outskirts of Mysore City and came within days after Justice B K Somasekhar Commission submitted its interim report on Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-1681698373628120582010-02-05T21:27:00.000-08:002010-02-08T21:27:20.172-08:00EU delegation meets victims of Kandhamal violenceA European Union team was given a rousing welcome here on Thursday by those affected by anti-Christian violence in August 2008. The victims showered petals on the visiting delegates at the rehabilitation camp at Nandagiri in the G. Udaigiri area. Many in the camp danced to drumbeats and several shook hands with the11-member team. The camp has 55 families living in tents. They did not want Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-19107826700515036722010-02-05T01:25:00.001-08:002010-02-05T01:25:01.968-08:00Rehabilitation is nowhere near completionPrafulla Das KANDHAMAL: The administration, the Sal trees in the hills, vast stretches of barren fields and nondescript hamlets of this Orissa district give an impression that everything is alright with the people living here. But the reality on the ground is different. A visit to some villages where Christian families were attacked in the aftermath of the killing of VHP leader Lakshmanananda Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-77555281613053608622010-02-04T21:35:00.000-08:002010-02-08T21:36:00.356-08:00BJP criticizes Somashekhara for going publicBANGALORE: State BJP president KS Eshwarappa on Thursday took strong objections to former Justice BK Somashekhara making his interim report on church attacks public. No head of a commission in the past has committed such a mistake and Justice Somashekhara should publicly accept his mistake, Eshwarappa demanded, while asking political parties including Congress and JD(S), to condemn the act of Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-48476841657256900132010-02-03T08:37:00.001-08:002010-02-03T08:37:45.113-08:00AICC press release on EU visitALL INDIA CHRISTIAN COUNCIL PRESS NOTE Protest against hounding of G Udaigiri refugees as Kandhamal Administration cleans up district on eve of European Delegation Visit; government must give time frame for rehab, employment of all victims Kandhamal-Bhubaneswar, 3 February 2010. All India Christian Council Secretary General Dr John Dayal, who is also a member of the National Integration Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-74190752933405696592010-02-01T20:47:00.001-08:002010-02-01T20:47:02.273-08:00Interim report on Church attack out- Commission wants clarity and actionMANGALORE, February 1, 2010: Finally there is light at the end of the tunnel, the interim report on attacks on Church and Christian Community in Mangalore in 2008 which was released here today has made several recommendations that may pave the way to a better management of communal and religious milieu in the district in particular and the region in general. The report of Justice B.K. Somashekar Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-3636734318828692392010-01-31T21:00:00.000-08:002010-02-01T21:00:32.622-08:00VHP says EU delegation's visit to Orissa's Kandhamal would trigger fresh tensionReport by Orissadiary correspondent; Bhubaneswar: Viswa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Sunday said the tour of European Union delegation to Kandhamal district would trigger fresh tension in the district and demanding immediate withdrawal of permission to the diplomatic delegation from European Union to visit Kandhamal district. VHP State General Secretary Gouri Prasad Brahma told here the media Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-21762293914221123762010-01-30T20:50:00.000-08:002010-02-01T20:50:43.925-08:00Five-year sentence for 13 in Kandhamal case Court lets off 17 others for lack of evidence Fine imposed for torching houses in 2008 Phulbani (Orissa): A fast track court here on Saturday convicted 13 people of the charges of arson and other crimes in the cases of rioting in Orissa’s Kandhamal district in 2008. They were sentenced to five years in jail. The court let off 17 others for lack of evidence. Arson charges Judge Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-82972334278412031682010-01-29T20:48:00.000-08:002010-02-01T20:48:51.060-08:00Pastor Charged With False Allegation of Forced and Fraudulent ConversionHindu fanatics stopped a birthday celebration at Jeedimetla village, Secunderabad consequently, the pastor who came for prayer is currently facing alleged fraud and fraudulent conversion charges. Sources reaching to All India Christian Council (aicc), the incident happened last night at around 9PM, a group of people claimed to be members of Hindu Vahini, a wing of Hindu fanatic group came and Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-37553553903287734212010-01-27T20:59:00.000-08:002010-02-01T20:59:53.639-08:00Indian Church torched by unknown miscreantsA mob of unknown miscreants set fire to a Hyderabad church in Andhra Pradesh state, India on January 22, 2010. According to the Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC), the group of miscreants broke into Gipsy Memorial Church in the early hours of the morning and poured out gallons of kerosene, setting the church on fire. As the incident took place, Pastor Kumara Nayak (38), the ministerChristian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-1429824646543119612010-01-21T20:56:00.000-08:002010-02-01T20:56:37.332-08:00‘Delete converted Christians from schedule list’BHUBANESWAR: Janajati Surakhya Manch, a forum of various political parties and social organisations, working for the welfare of tribals, sought the intervention of President Pratibha Patil for exclusion of Christian converted tribals from the scheduled category list. A delegation of the Manch called on the President at Rashtrapati Bhawan yesterday and submitted a memorandum. State BJP Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.com