New Delhi, - A Christian orphanage has been destroyed and a parish church attacked in India's Orissa state, in the latest assault on the Christian minority there, the AsiaNews service reports.
A Jesuit residence and church, and a nearby orphanage under Protestant administrators, were looted and destroyed by Hindu zealots in the town of Tumudiband. Christians in the same district has been troubled by attacks in the past. “The fanatical forces of Hindutva want to eliminate Christians from Orissa, especially those in Kandhamal district,” said Archbishop Raphael Cheenath of Cuttack-Bhubaneshwar.
Witnesses say that the attackers were easily identified, but police have made no arrests. "There is collusion between the government and the fanatical groups," the archbishop charged.
This reminds me of when German police looked the other way and allowed Nazi Stormtroopers to attack Jews and their businesses or German fireman standing by and allowing a synagogue to burn to the ground after being torched by Nazis. Maybe India is not as democratic a place as they would like the world to think. It's the duty of all good Christians to voice their opposition this outrage and all other violations against our Christian brothers and sisters in India. Christians in India are citizens there and they deserve the full protection under the Indian Constitution as other Indians are.
Monday, November 10, 2008
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