Nov 23 2008
Hindu Groups in India Offering Rewards to Kill Christians
[Fox News]
Extremist Hindu groups offered money, food and alcohol to mobs to kill Christians and destroy their homes, according to Christian aid workers in the eastern India state of Orissa.
The U.S.-based head of Good News India, a Christian organization that runs several orphanages in Orissa — one of India’s poorest regions — claims that Christian leaders are being targeted by Hindu militants and carry a price on their heads. “The going price to kill a pastor is $250,” said Faiz Rahman, the chairman of Good News India.
A spokesman for the All-India Christian Council said: “People are being offered rewards to kill, and to destroy churches and Christian properties. They are being offered foreign liquor, chicken, mutton and weapons. They are given petrol and kerosene.”
Ram Madhav, a spokesman for the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the largest hardline Hindu group, denied the claims. “The accusation is absolutely false,” he said.
Orissa has suffered a series of murders and arson attacks in recent months, with at least 67 Christians killed, according to the Roman Catholic Church. Several thousand homes have been razed and hundreds of places of worship destroyed, and crops are now wasting in the fields.
Read more here.
[From me]
So much for tolerance. Where is the outrage from our government, protests and people wearing ribbons?
What do you think?
[HT] Mark Mansheim
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3 responses so far
This is a good reminder of how lucky we are to live in the U.S. It is also a good reminder that people are still being threatened, and dying because of their love for Christ.
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67 dead, out of a population of 40 million Indian Christians, which is double Australia’s entire population. It isn’t many, when you consider that many thousands of Hindus and Muslims have been slaughtered over there in sectarian violence. I am not condoning it, I’m just pointing out that it’s a very small number. If your government is to protest about the Christians, they it would have to do likewise about other religious groups being targeted for attacks.
I find it very difficult to believe that devout Hindus would offer liquor or meat as an inducement for other Hindus to commit murder. Cash rewards would be far more likely.
Having lived in India, I should state that it’s a country far more renown for its religious tolerance than for violence.
Francoise,
Isn’t one life taken bad enough. I’m not for killing anyone regardless of religion.