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Indian believer jailed for ‘crime’ of praying for a friend in hospital and getting beaten up
By James Varghese, Special Correspondent in India for ASSIST News Service KARNATAKA, INDIA (ANS) — In another bizarre police interpretation of Indian law, a Christian believer who went to pray for his sick friend at a local hospital, and was then beaten up by a Hindu radical, has been charged for this terrible “crime”. You would imagine that the man who did the beating would have been the one who was arrested, but that logic often doesn’t work in India. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, HIndu, India, Persecution
Pastor and wife attacked by Hindu radicals in Karnataka state, India
By James Varghese, Special Correspondent in India for ASSIST News Service KARNATAKA, INDIA (ANS) — A pastor and his wife were brutally attacked and beaten up by a group of Hindu radicals at Mysore in Karnataka state, India, on Monday, December 14. According to the Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC), the attack took place when a group of 10-15 men allegedly belonging to a Hindu radical group. Bajrang Dal, barged into the house of Pastor H.T. Manjunath (26) and began insulted him and his wife Saraswati (24) and then falsely accused them of forced conversion. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, HIndu, India, Persecution
Pakistani Muslims Allegedly Poison Christian Employees to Death
GUJRANWALA, PAKISTAN (ANS) — Muslim employers of three Christian sanitation workers at a banquet/wedding hall allegedly poisoned the three workers yesterday, killing two of them. At press time the third was struggling for life in intensive care. According to a story by Compass Direct News, the father of the three workers, Yousaf Masih, said the owner of the hall, along with the manager, poisoned his sons because they were Christians who had asked for wages owed to them. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, Christian, Muslim, Pakistan
China Sentences House Church Pastors to Prison
Open Doors reports that five pastors arrested without a warrant in China’s Shanxi Province as they were on their way to file a complaint over the demolition of their church building, have been sentenced to prison terms of three to seven years. … Read entire article »
Filed under: China, Christian, Open Doors
