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Sunday, April 13, 2008
Hindu Radicals Storm Christian School in India
By James Varghese
Special to ASSIST News Service
MADHYA PRADESH, INDIA (ANS) — A group of Hindu radicals stormed St. Joseph’s Convent Christian School in India.
The incident occurred on April 7 at Raigad in Mahashtra State.
According to a story on www.persecution.in, the radicals were demanding that photographs of Hindu deities be put up inside the school.
The web site reported that when a school parent tried to argue with the approximately 50 radicals in support of the school administrator, a nun, he was assaulted in full view of everyone there.
The school, which was established in 2002, serves children between kindergarten and the fourth grade. It caters to poor children from surrounding villages.
James Varghese is a reporter for the “V” TV news in Gokak, Karnataka state, India, and is freelance journalist working for ANS.
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Sunday, April 13, 2008
Christian Mission Center and Church Desecrated in India
By James Varghese
Special to ASSIST News Service
MADHYA PRADESH, INDIA (ANS) — A group of Hindu radicals attacked a Christian Mission Center in India recently.
According to a story reported by www.persecution.in, the attack occurred on April 5 in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh State.
The web site also stated that in addition to desecrating the building, the fundamentalists also destroyed a number of religious materials.
According to www.persecution.in, the attackers arrived at the school in two cars without tags and parked directly in front of the principal’s office. The Hindu fundamentalists reportedly began verbally abusing the female principal when she asked them to park in the appropriate area.
The radicals also threatened a church official who attempted to assist the principal.
The story on the web site reported that more radicals arrived and there were soon more than 20 people. They grabbed a spade, rushed the school office and tore down a bulletin board.
The story on www.persecution.in reported that the assailants tore a religious picture into pieces. Then they descended on the class rooms, where they smashed windows, benches, desks and chairs.
Teachers who had been grading tests in a staff area came out and attempted to calm the situation, but they were just pushed away by the angry radicals.
The story reported that the attackers made allegations of forced conversions at the school, but no arrests have been made.
James Varghese is a reporter for the “V” TV news in Gokak, Karnataka state, India, and is freelance journalist working for ANS.
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Iran’s Ebadi says threats against her increasing
Published: 04.14.08, 13:18 / Israel News
Nobel Peace Prize laureate and human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi said on Monday the number of threats made against her and her family had increased in recent months.
Ebadi, an outspoken critic of the Islamic Republic’s human rights record, sent a letter to the head of the Iranian police with copies of three anonymous handwritten warnings she said she had received. “Threats against my life and security and those of my family, which began some time ago, have intensified,” wrote Ebadi, 60, who won the Nobel prize in 2003 for her work in defending human rights. (Reuters)