What do radical Hindus do? Stubbornly refuse meat? Orthodox Jews light candles on Friday night. Extreme Christians give away all their money to the poor. Yup. They're all pretty dangerous.
Radical Hindus step up attacks on Christians
The Tribune’s Kim Barker writes that India, a nation of many religions, struggles to overcome sectarian strife
September 28, 2008|By Kim Barker
MANGALORE, India — On their fifth day of silent prayer, the nuns of the Adoration Monastery heard the pounding in the public chapel next door, the sounds of glass shattering and the statue of Jesus being broken. After the sacrament crashed to the floor, the nuns found their voices. They screamed and called for Jesus.
The attack was one of many by radical Hindus against Christians over the past six weeks in India, a nation striving for religious tolerance but wrestling with bouts of sectarian strife that seem at odds with its drive to become a modern world power.
In the eastern state of Orissa, the country’s worst clashes, sparked by the slaying of a prominent Hindu priest, have paralyzed the state and killed at least 20 people. In the past two weeks, the violence has spread to six other states, including southwestern Karnataka and the coastal town of Mangalore.