US-Indian relations are certainly at a high in the afterglow of their Nuclear Deal's approval by the US Congress, but that has not stopped Condi Rice from raising the prickly issue of the genocide of Christians in the Eastern Indian State of Orissa in her meeting with the Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh.
Almost a hundred Christians have been slaughtered, fourteen churches and hundreds of Christain homes burn, and at least one nun raped by by Hindu mobs who believe that India is for Hindus and is made impure by the presence of other races, ethnicities and religions.
Rev. Madhu Chandra, All India Christian Council (aicc) Regional Secretary, said, "What most people don't realize is the goal of the attackers is to inspire fear. The attackers believe India is only for Hindus and their stated purpose is to convert people to Hinduism or force them to leave. To accomplish this, they only need to kill one or two people in each village or church. This is clearly terrorism and ethnic cleansing, but few Indian leaders are admitting it."
Modern day India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka comprise the holy land of Hindu mythology where ancient dieties were born and undertook epic battles a la the Greeks and Trojans. The Holy books of the Hindus, the Gitas, were also first popularized in the northern India and Pakistan.
Religious minority leaders believe that police and other state authorities, which are dominated by Hindus, do not do enough to rein in the mobs of their co-religionists.
Dr. Joseph D'souza, aicc president, said, "The events of the last month, not only the attacks but the negligence of government, would be sad if it happened in a dictatorship or a totalitarian regime. The fact that it's happening in the world's largest democracy makes it infinitely sadder."
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