INDIA – 27 Seventh-day Adventists Die in Religious Violence
Seventh-day Adventist Church leaders in India have reported at least 27 Adventists dead from anti-Christian brutality that developed in the eastern India region of Orissa in late August. Church leaders said there are still violent outbreaks in the area despite India’s Central Reserve Police forces patrolling the state.
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- September 19, 2008
- Bajrang Dal
- Believers Church of India
- Belthangady taluk
- Bethesda Aradanalaya
- Chikmagular
- christian
- Christianity
- Dakshina Kannada
- DK
- Francis Serrao
- hindu
- Hinduism
- Hindutva
- India
- Indian Pentecostal
- J Krishna Palemar
- John Dayal
- Kanhamal
- Karnataka
- Kodikal
- M Maheshwar Rao
- Mahesh Bhat
- Mahima Prathanalaya
- Mangalore
- Milagres
- New Life Society
- Orissa
- Oscar Fernandes
- Parivar
- Perpetual Adoration Monastery
- Puranik
- Puttur
- Raikia
- RSS
- Sullia
- Tumuliband
- Udupi
Thousands of Christians staged road blockades in several parts of the city on Sunday, after suspected Bajrang Dal activists carried out a series of attacks on prayer halls in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Chikmagalur districts, alleging conversion…
Police resorted to caning to disperse the protesters, including nuns and women, in the evening near Milagres Hall complex, while a few people threw stones at the police. In the melee, some were hurt and a few vehicles damaged.
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