Christians Beaten in Nepal

On June 13, a pastor and his congregation were attacked by Maoist rebels in the country of Nepal. The church was assembled together for an evening prayer meeting when the rebels demanded that they stop. When the congregation refused to stop the meeting, the rebels attacked.

The pastor talked to the Maoists before they attacked asking them to come back the next day to talk. However, this only resulted in him getting beaten by them. The congregation, including the pastor's father and mother, tried to defend him, but they too were attacked. The rebels also burnt Bibles and hymnals during the attack.

The Persecution Blog also reports:


"The following day, local villagers accused the Christians of not paying the “temple tax” and of 'converting the local people to Christianity.' Each family was ordered to pay the exorbitant tax, and Christians have been warned that they will be expelled from the village if they do not pay. Some believers have voluntarily left the village, and those remaining risk losing their homes."

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Compass Direct News- India Bracing for More Violence

Yet another murder has occurred in India and the people of Orisa are bracing for more violence.

Terrified Christians already ravaged by more than two months of violence in
Orissa state’s Kandhamal district braced for more carnage as suspected Maoists
today gunned down a local worker of the Hindu extremist Rashtriya Swayamsevak
Sangh (RSS).

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