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Indian Police Ransack Church and Arrested Pastors in Karnataka State
By James Varghese Special Correspondent in India for ASSIST News Service KARNATAKA, INDIA (ANS) — Two pastors were arrested by the Karnataka state police for conducting worship service at their residential premises on Sunday, March 6, 2011. Pastor Mathew (30), the minister-in-charge of this house church and Pastor Jose (34), a guest speaker, were the ones arrested. According to the Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC), Pastor Mathew had invited Pastor Jose to speak in his church on Sunday. As the service progressed, a police officer walked into the church, and asked the pastors to stop the meeting, then ransacked the house church and took away Bibles and other Christian literature. It was also learned through GCIC that they pair were then arrested and forcefully taken to the local police station. According to a police source, they … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, Christian, India, Persecution
Woman Brutally Attacked for her Faith
Amodini, a Christian woman, was brutally attacked on Tuesday for sharing her faith in Karnataka, India. She is hospitalized and is in critical condition. Amodini, who is 40 years old, is a member of a church where a Gospel for Asia-supported missionary serves as pastor. She was at her home when a group of 15 men came to her house, called for her and began accusing her of forcing people to convert to Christianity. After making the accusation, they grabbed hold of the woman and began to beat her. Witnesses described a horrific scene. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Christian, Gospel for Asia, India, Persecution
Christian Believers Attacked and Beaten By Hindu Radical
By James Varghese, Special Correspondent in India for ASSIST News Service MYSORE, INDIA – A group of 300 Hindi radicals entered the homes of Christian believers in a slum located in Mysore, Karnataka state on February 17, 2010, and assaulted them for their faith in Christ. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, HIndu, India, Persecution
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
