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Hindu radicals demolish church under construction, Install Hindu Idol
By James Varghese, Special Correspondent in India for ASSIST News Service ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA (ANS) – A church under construction in Anantpur, Andhra Pradesh, was demolished at around 9:00 AM on Sunday, May 23, 2010 by a group of Hindu radicals, who then placed in what was left of the building, an idol of Hindu god Hanuman. … Read entire article »
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Indian Pastor and Believers Attacked and Beaten, Church Service Disrupted In Andhra Pradesh State
By James Varghese, Special Correspondent in India for ASSIST News Service ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA (ANS) – A group of Hindu radicals barged into a prayer service held in a church in Jalliguda, which is located in Hyderabad City, Andhra Pradesh state, India and mercilessly beat the pastor and the attendees at a meeting in on Sunday, January 10, 2010. According to the Council of Indian Christians (GCIC), an advocacy group, they reported that on January 10, at around 9:00 am, approximately 50 members belonging to the Hindu radical groups, Rashtriya Swayam Sevaks (RSS) and Bharatiya Janatha Party (BJP), barged inside the prayer hall and beat Pastor Benhur who was conducting the prayer service and also some of the attendees. … Read entire article »
Filed under: HIndu, India, Persecution
Hindu radicals attack Indian house church, pastors, a woman and child beaten up
By James Varghese, Special Correspondent in India for ASSIST News Service ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA ANS — A group of Hindu radicals viciously attacked three pastors, one woman and a child on Sunday, October 18, 2009 during a prayer service held at a house church in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh state, India. … Read entire article »
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Pastor attacked and beaten up by Hindu radicals in Andhra Pradesh state, India
By Jacob Philip, Assistant Correspondent in India for ASSIST News Service EGYPT ANS — The violence against Christians in India continues unabated with the latest news that a pastor was attacked and beaten by a group of Hindu radicals at a village called Yellareddygudam, Nalagonda district in Andhra Pradesh state, India, on Sunday, September 20, 2009. According to the website of the Global Council of Indian Christians GCIC — www.persecution.in — this latest incident took place, as Pastor Vanamala Parishuddam, 40, along with his family and few believers were returning home after a Sunday morning worship service at around 11.45 am. … Read entire article »
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Pastor attacked in Andhra Pradesh State, India
By James Varghese, Special Correspondent in India for ASSIST News Service HYDERABAD, INDIA ANS — A pastor was attacked during a worship service at Warangal in Andhra Pradesh state, India, on Sunday, September 13, 2009. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, Christian, HIndu, India, Persecution
