News Source: Guardian Unlimited
| about 1 year ago
The wave of forced conversions marks a dramatic escalation in a two-month orgy of sectarian violence which has left at least 59 people dead, 50,000 homeless and thousands of houses and churches burnt to the ground. As neighbour has turned on...
News Source: Times of India
| about 1 year ago
A group of senior Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal leaders were on Friday prevented by police from visiting Kandhamal district in Orissa where the August 23 killing of a VHP leader triggered widespread anti-Christian attacks, officials...
News Source: China Post
| about 1 year ago
At least 60 Christians have been killed over the past two months in eastern India in a brutal backlash to the murder of a revered Hindu holy man, a national bishops’ body said Friday. The figure is nearly double the official toll of 35 given by...
News Source: dailymail
| about 1 year ago
An Italian Roman Catholic newspaper on Friday voiced new fears for the security of Christians in the eastern Indian state of Orissa where sectarian violence has claimed 35 lives since late August. The recent attacks against Christians may be only...
News Source: Daily News & Analysis
| about 1 year ago
Scores of Christians have converted to Hinduism in Orissa's troubled Kandhamal district in the past weeks to save their lives and properties, a government official admitted on Friday. "We have received over 50 complaints where people alleged that...
News Source: The Hindustan Times
| about 1 year ago
The murder of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati in Orissa, which sparked large-scale violence during which at least 36 Christians were killed and thousands of homes were burnt, was planned several months before, a police...
News Source: BBC
| about 1 year ago
In the Indian state of Orissa, Chris Morris finds communities in shock following a wave of anti-Christian violence, which has forced thousands to flee. They call Bhubaneshwar India's temple city. Over two millennia, thousands of intricately carved...
News Source: Daily News & Analysis
| about 1 year ago
Denying involvement in the anti-Christian violence in Orissa, the Bajrang Dal demanded a judicial inquiry on Wednesday into the attacks. The outfit blamed the violence on the tribal population of Kandhamal, which it said was simmering with anger...