Latest Persecution of Indian Christians
from Compass Direct News
Karnataka – Subhas Chalawadi, allegedly a member of the Hindu extremist Bajrang Dal, and 15 others beat Dyamappa Chalawadi and his wife Geetha on July 4 in Baloga village, Khanapur taluk, Belgaum district, Karnataka, according to the Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC). Evangelist Santosh Basappa and a pastor from Trinity Church in Baloga were visiting the couple when the group led by Subhas Chalawadi barged into their home and dragged Dyamappa Chalawadi out. They kicked him and hit him with wooden sticks on the palms of his hands and soles of his feet. Some of the assailants pulled his wife by the hair and pushed her against the wall, and Basappa told Compass they grabbed her arm, hit her on the shoulders and back and told her, “We will kill you and your husband if you continue your Christian prayers.” Khanapur police refused to register a complaint from the couple, saying “there are no bleeding injuries,” said Dr. Sajan K. George of the GCIC. Dyamappa Chalawadi became a Christian in April, while his wife Geetha received Christ a year ago.
Karnataka – “There is a great threat to the country owing to conversion initiated by Christians in the name of social service,” Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat, a leader of the Hindu extremist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), said on July 2, according to the Daijiworld News Network (DNN). Bhat was speaking at “an anti-conversion awareness” meeting organized by the Hindu extremist Hindu Janajagruti Vedike and Bajrang Dal in Kundapur. He claimed bias in newspaper reports by a journalist of Kundapur about an attack on priest Sylvester Pereira on June 25. “In the last 250 years, Christian missionaries have indulged in conversion through schools, orphanages, hospitals, etcetera,” Bhat said. “Hence, there is a great threat to Indian culture and thoughts.” The RSS leader also defended Ramanna Shetty, who assaulted Fr. Pereira. DNN quoted Krishna Prasad Adyantaya, managing trustee of Kollur temple in Karnataka, as praising Bajrang Dal leaders for foiling anti-Hindu acts of Christians. “Dara Singh, who burned Christian missionary [Graham] Staines [to death] at Orissa a few years ago, is a role model to us,” Adyantaya reportedly said. “There are many Dara Singhs in Kundapur who can foil the attempt to convert.” Hindu extremist Sangh Parivar leaders were also present on the dais.
Madhya Pradesh – A mob said to belong to the Hindu extremist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on June 16 thrashed a pastor associated with BEAM India Mission in Anuppur district. The Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC) identified the victim only as 52-year-old Pastor Khakha. Sam Mathew, Madhya Pradesh coordinator of GCIC, told Compass that 16 people had assembled for Bible study and prayer in Kotma block, Anuppur district in Madhya Pradesh. A group of 50 to 60 RSS extremists “barged into the prayer hall, grabbed Pastor Khakha by his collar and dragged him out of the church punching, slapping and kicking him,” Mathew told Compass. The extremists shoved the pastor into a jeep and took him to a Bhadra motor stand, where they pulled him from the vehicle and beat him. They then took him to Jamuna colony, near Government High School Square, where they again punched and kicked him. The extremists repeated the assault at nearby Chandini Chowk and at Sikh Gurudwara, finally leaving him swollen and bruised at the bungalow of the general manager of coal mines. Threatening to beat more pastors and Christian workers, they said they were connected to Bhopal’s RSS office, said Mathew. Police in Kotma block refused to register a First Information Report when Pastor Khakha tried to file a complaint. The GCIC has approached the National Human Rights Commission for immediate intervention.
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Pray for the persecuted and the persecutors, its hard for them to kick against the goads...
Karnataka – Subhas Chalawadi, allegedly a member of the Hindu extremist Bajrang Dal, and 15 others beat Dyamappa Chalawadi and his wife Geetha on July 4 in Baloga village, Khanapur taluk, Belgaum district, Karnataka, according to the Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC). Evangelist Santosh Basappa and a pastor from Trinity Church in Baloga were visiting the couple when the group led by Subhas Chalawadi barged into their home and dragged Dyamappa Chalawadi out. They kicked him and hit him with wooden sticks on the palms of his hands and soles of his feet. Some of the assailants pulled his wife by the hair and pushed her against the wall, and Basappa told Compass they grabbed her arm, hit her on the shoulders and back and told her, “We will kill you and your husband if you continue your Christian prayers.” Khanapur police refused to register a complaint from the couple, saying “there are no bleeding injuries,” said Dr. Sajan K. George of the GCIC. Dyamappa Chalawadi became a Christian in April, while his wife Geetha received Christ a year ago.
Karnataka – “There is a great threat to the country owing to conversion initiated by Christians in the name of social service,” Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat, a leader of the Hindu extremist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), said on July 2, according to the Daijiworld News Network (DNN). Bhat was speaking at “an anti-conversion awareness” meeting organized by the Hindu extremist Hindu Janajagruti Vedike and Bajrang Dal in Kundapur. He claimed bias in newspaper reports by a journalist of Kundapur about an attack on priest Sylvester Pereira on June 25. “In the last 250 years, Christian missionaries have indulged in conversion through schools, orphanages, hospitals, etcetera,” Bhat said. “Hence, there is a great threat to Indian culture and thoughts.” The RSS leader also defended Ramanna Shetty, who assaulted Fr. Pereira. DNN quoted Krishna Prasad Adyantaya, managing trustee of Kollur temple in Karnataka, as praising Bajrang Dal leaders for foiling anti-Hindu acts of Christians. “Dara Singh, who burned Christian missionary [Graham] Staines [to death] at Orissa a few years ago, is a role model to us,” Adyantaya reportedly said. “There are many Dara Singhs in Kundapur who can foil the attempt to convert.” Hindu extremist Sangh Parivar leaders were also present on the dais.
Madhya Pradesh – A mob said to belong to the Hindu extremist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on June 16 thrashed a pastor associated with BEAM India Mission in Anuppur district. The Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC) identified the victim only as 52-year-old Pastor Khakha. Sam Mathew, Madhya Pradesh coordinator of GCIC, told Compass that 16 people had assembled for Bible study and prayer in Kotma block, Anuppur district in Madhya Pradesh. A group of 50 to 60 RSS extremists “barged into the prayer hall, grabbed Pastor Khakha by his collar and dragged him out of the church punching, slapping and kicking him,” Mathew told Compass. The extremists shoved the pastor into a jeep and took him to a Bhadra motor stand, where they pulled him from the vehicle and beat him. They then took him to Jamuna colony, near Government High School Square, where they again punched and kicked him. The extremists repeated the assault at nearby Chandini Chowk and at Sikh Gurudwara, finally leaving him swollen and bruised at the bungalow of the general manager of coal mines. Threatening to beat more pastors and Christian workers, they said they were connected to Bhopal’s RSS office, said Mathew. Police in Kotma block refused to register a First Information Report when Pastor Khakha tried to file a complaint. The GCIC has approached the National Human Rights Commission for immediate intervention.
unfortunately more like this at the link....
Pray for the persecuted and the persecutors, its hard for them to kick against the goads...
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