Tuesday, September 4, 2008

CHANDIGARH, INDIA (ANS) -- Ban VHP Kalash Yatra, invoke Article 355, CBI enquiry to end violence in Orissa.

Tuesday, September 4, 2008

ORISSA, INDIA (ANS) -- The Indian Supreme Court turned its attention to the rampant persecution of Christians in Orissa this week. The court ordered four additional federal police battalions to be deployed to the area specifically to protect Christians in the worst-affected area, the Kandhamal district.

Tuesday, September 3, 2008

AUSTRALIA (ANS) -- In 1969 a Hindutva (Hindu nationalist) proselytiser named Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati established an Ashram (Hindu religious centre) in Kandhamal district, Orissa state, north-east India, and committed himself to countering the work of Christian missionaries. He never succeeded in stopping conversions to Christianity but, with state government support, he has turned Orissa into a tinderbox of communal tension. As Hindutva-isation has advanced (especially since 2005) Hindutva zealotry and anti-Christian hatred have escalated, priming whole communities for genocide.

Tuesday, September 3, 2008

In Orissa, new converts quickly realize that religious change does not mean equality.

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

ORISSA, INDIA (ANS) -- Two new deaths were reported this weekend as violence against Christians in India’s Orissa state refuses to die down despite police intervention.

Monday, September 1,2008

NEW DELHI (ANS) -- A Maoist group today claimed responsibility for killing Hindu extremist leader Laxmanananda Saraswati and four of his disciples in Orissa state on Aug. 23, saying that radical Hindus’ claims that Christians murdered him were “lies.”