HINDUTVA RADICALS IN INDIA ATTACK PRAYER MEETING WHILE POLICE TAKE LUNCH BREAK
Christians from a small Indian village will have their day in court Monday, May 9, following a violent attack on a prayer meeting. Members of a radical Hindu group broke up the meeting in the village of Dhanora in central India's Madhya Pradesh state Wednesday, Feb. 23. Four Hindu men who identified themselves as members of two extremist groups -- Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Bajrang Dal -- attacked the prayer meeting and left several Christians badly injured while police who were assigned to guard the Christians failed to protect them. The attack took place while the constable went to have his lunch at about 4 p.m. Local Hindus have since pressured the Christians to drop their complaint, threatening them with "death and burning down of their houses." Meanwhile, India's top Christian leaders presented an unofficial "white paper" to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday, March 11. The document listed more than 200 violent incidents against Christians occurring in the first 10 weeks of this year and called on the government to protect the Christian minority. (Compass) ---------------------------------------------------------- PRAY FOR THE PERSECUTED CHURCH OF INDIA
