Attacks on Christians Leaders in India

Despite a relative calm in India over the Christmas season, there were several Christian leaders that were attacked on Dec. 23, while returning from a Christmas prayer meeting. The pastors and prayer group leaders in Hyderabad were severely beaten by Hindu extremists.


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Christians Fear Christmas Violence in Orissa

As many of us are looking forward to a nice, peaceful Christmas season, Christians in India are anticipating violence on December 25. Hindu extremists are on the move again and they are calling for a state-wide bandh (a forced shut-down on all sectors of society).

Though such shut-downs were declared illegal by India’s Supreme Court in 1998,
the president of the Laxmanananda Saraswati Condolence Society (SLSSS) sent a
threatening notice to the Orissa government on Nov. 15, warning that the Hindu
extremist group would impose a bandh on Christmas unless the state government
arrested those who murdered Hindu leader Laxmanananda Sararawati on Aug. 23.

Pray for true peace and protection for Christians in Orissa, India.

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