Re: Indian Christians protest hardline Hindu attacks
Indian Christians protest hardline Hindu attacks Wednesday, May 30, 2007
NEW DELHI : Hundreds of Indian Christians, some shouting “hallelujah”, held a noisy but peaceful protest in New Delhi on Tuesday, demanding the federal government stop hardline Hindu groups from attacking them.
Christian groups have reported dozens of attacks on priests and institutions over the past year by right-wing groups, said to be linked to the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the country’s main opposition group. “This season of attacks on Christians must come to an end,” Joseph D’Souza, president of the All India Christian Council, said at the demonstration.
“Come to your senses, prime minister ,” shouted protesters, some holding placards which read: “We are less than 2.5 percent of the population, why target us? ” Prime Minister Manmohan Singh heads the centrist Congress party-led coalition, which received strong support in the 2004 elections from religious minorities like Muslims and Christians. But his government had not done enough to prevent violence against them, the protesters said.
This month, right-wing Hindus thrashed two Christian priests in public in the western state of Maharashtra, accusing them of trying to forcibly convert low-caste Hindus. In April, a Christian priest who was also the headmaster of a missionary school was beaten by Hindu activists in front of his family in the western state of Rajasthan, ruled by the BJP. “We have done so much for the country yet there are attacks against us,” Father Arul Anthony, one of the speakers, said. “This saddens us.” …
Daily Times
Why won’t they ban Hindu extremist organisations like BJP and Shiv Sena in Hindustan?
even after staying many years abroad and when i visit india ,very often i get angry on christians the way they behave,