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Posted on 07/07/2025 12:55:51 AM PDT by Morgana
NEW DELHI — Hindu extremists in central India ransacked a church’s worship building, burned Bibles and assaulted every member, causing one to lose consciousness, sources said.
In Chhattisgarh state’s Dhamtari District, the Hindu nationalists attacked during the independent Penial Prayer Fellowship’s worship service in Borsi village, said Pastor Wakish Sahu, who leads the church along with his 57-year-old father, Mannohan Sahu.
“They forcibly entered the church, disrupted the worship service and were carrying wooden rods and shouting slogans like ‘Jai Shri Ram’ [Hail lord Rama],” Pastor Wakish Sahu told Morning Star News.
Threatening the Christians, the attackers told them to stop gathering for worship, he said. They broke all the chairs, fans and musical instruments, then collected all of the Christian literature along with the Bibles and burned them.
Taking hold of Pastor Mannohan Sahu, they beat him with wooden rods, slapped his face repeatedly, struck his head with wooden sticks and kicked him, Pastor Wakish Sahu said.
“My father was being beaten up, and during this time, blows landed near his ear, and he lost his consciousness,” he said. “The assaulters, probably scared that he was dead or going to die from the beating, called for a glass of water and forced it in his mouth.”
Pastor Mannohan Sahu sustained injuries over all his body, especially on his head, ear, chest, hands and back.
The assailants beat all 15 members present that day, including Pastor Wakish Sahu’s mother when she tried to intervene and save her husband; her hands and head were injured in the process.
“Two women and five men sustained severe injuries and had to be taken to the hospital for treatment,” said Pastor Wakish Sahu.
Only five to seven of the assailants were from the village, the others being outsiders, the pastor said he “had never seen before.”
Pastor Wakish Sahu registered a detailed complaint at the Maganlodh police station, but officers did not register a formal complaint as they indicated they would investigate first. At the time of writing, however, no formal complaint has been registered.
“Since the attack, the believers have stopped coming for worship as they are too scared, and understandably so; but our family members, around 10 of us, still worship at the same time,” Pastor Wakish Sahu said. “We have decided that we will not give in to fear.”
Under the Hindu radar
This was not the first time the church has been attacked.
A mob of Hindu extremists in June 2024 attacked his church in a similar way, threatening all those present and telling them to stop attending worship services, the pastor said.
“Since then, our congregation of close to 50 people had reduced to 15, and since the latest attack, nobody [outside his family] is coming to church for fear of being assaulted,” Pastor Wakish Sahu said.
After the attack last year, Dhamtari Christian leaders had submitted a memorandum to authorities, including the District Collector of Dhamtari.
“Police have been patrolling every Sunday since last year,” the pastor said. “They usually come inside to check if any persons from nearby villages are in attendance, because they maintain that only people from our village should be present in our services. They have warned time and again that no one from other villages should be found in our midst.”
During police visits, after confirming attendance, they usually take photos before leaving, he added.
Congregation members also stopped coming out of fear of being targeted by anti-Christian groups.
“Many of them have told us that they will attend worship in other churches in nearby areas or in the city, but are afraid of attending worship services at our church because of fear of violence and the police,” the pastor said. “However, they do not understand that even city churches have not been spared.”
On the morning of June 8, the patrolling police who visited the church again asked if anyone from outside the village was attending and left. When the ensuing assault was underway, officers arrived and told the assailants to leave.
“It was very surprising that the police just told them, ‘It is enough,’ and they all just walked away,” Pastor Wakish Sahu said. “It appears that it was all in the knowledge of the police even before they attacked us.”
When he and other Christian leaders went to submit a formal complaint at the police station, the Hindu extremists were waiting outside to attack them again. The pastor requested police protection, and officers agreed to drop them halfway to their home.
“When the police were driving us back, the Hindu mob was following the police vehicle,” he said. “They came after us for a mile and then took a detour.”
He later learned the Hindu mob following them had gone to another Christian house in the area and vandalized and burned it, he said.
Another congregation in Dhamtari, Elohim Church, was targeted by members of the Hindu nationalist Bajrang Dal on June 29, according to Pastor Alok Majumdar.
“The Hindu extremists entered the church while the service was going on and disrupted it by loudly singing Hindu religious hymns,” Pastor Majumdar told Morning Star News. “Subsequently, the police arrived and dispersed the Bajrang Dal members.”
Officers took an informal complaint, but it has not yet been formalized. No physical violence or vandalism was reported.
The same day, Hindu extremists disrupted the worship service of another church in the district, located in Gopal Puri about 10 miles from Pastor Majumdar’s church. Its pastor, Thanu Ram, was unavailable to confirm the incident, but it was cited by both Pastor Majumdar and Pastor Wakish Sahu.
Before attacking Pastor Majumdar’s church, the same day Hindu extremists went to Pastor Rekha Mahilanh’s church on the way to Majumdar’s church. Extremists found a 21-year-old man outside the building who was attending church for the first time and assaulted him. They then searched for the church pastor. Pastor Mahilanh stepped forward and revealed that she was the pastor, and she and all other women of the church confronted the extremists.
“The Hindu extremists discreetly used some kind of a spray on some of the women,” Pastor Mahilanh told Morning Star News.
In the end, due to the women’s determination, the extremists left and proceeded to Pastor Alok Majumdar’s church.
Pastor Mahilanh did not report the matter to the police.
Pastor Raju Verghese, also in Dhamtari District, Pastor Majumdar and the Rev. Diamond Phillius, president of the Dhamtari Christian Forum, submitted a memorandum to the collector’s office on July 1, highlighting the rise in attacks against area churches and appealing for action.
Pastor Verghese told Morning Star News that the district collector, Avinash Mishra, was busy in a meeting, so he received the memorandum from them and said that he would take it up with them later.
Christian support organization Open Doors ranks India 11th on its 2025 World Watch List of countries where Christians face the most severe persecution. India stood at 31st place in 2013 but has steadily declined in the rankings since Narendra Modi became prime minister.
Religious rights advocates point to the hostile tone of the National Democratic Alliance government, led by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, which they say has emboldened Hindu extremists in India since Modi took power in May 2014.
,,, Narendra Modi once said “to be Indian is to be Hindu.” He’s good for business in India and I think he will act strongly against China but if you’re a Christian or a woman, India isn’t the place to be.
Modi, you d*ck.
CC
Thomas was the first martyr in India. These will not be the last.
Father, take them into your bosom, and open the hearts of Your enemies so that they may join Your children.
Idol worshippers
People who think Indians are pro American and Christian tolerant are usually fully vaccinated. I avoid doing business with Indians whenever possible.
Key facts about Hindu immigration to the US:
The Hindu population in the US has grown significantly, primarily due to immigration. Moving from India to the US is the most popular migration pathway for Hindus worldwide.
Many Hindus come to the US for employment and family reunification.
Impact of immigration policies: US immigration policies that favor educated and skilled migrants have led to Hindu Americans often having higher educational attainment and household incomes.
While most Hindu Americans are of South Asian origin, there are also individuals from the Caribbean, Southeast Asia, Canada, and other parts of the world, as well as converts to Hinduism.
In summary, Hindu immigration to the United States is a well-established and ongoing trend, contributing to the growing diversity of the American population.
The political data below is from the two largest Asian Indian American national polls ever taken...
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Asian Indian H1B professionals seeking Green Cards agree to work harder and for less money than native born STEM Americans with similar skills.
Incidentally, licensed medical doctors and dentists - from ALL countries - receive an automatic Green Card when they move to the USA.
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Washington: The US is considering new regulations aimed at preventing the extension of H-1B visas, predominantly used by Indian IT professionals, as part of US President Donald Trump’s “Buy American, Hire American” initiative, a media report has said.
The move could directly stop hundreds of thousands of foreign workers from keeping their H-1B visas while their green card applications are pending.
The proposal which is being shared between the Department of Homeland Security Department (DHS) heads is part of Trump’s “Buy American, Hire American” initiative promised during the 2016 campaign, US-based news agency McClatchy’s DC Bureau reported.
It aims to impose new restrictions to prevent abuse and misuse of H-1B visas, besides ending the provision of granting an extension for those who already have a green card.
“The act currently allows the administration to extend the H-1B visas for thousands of immigrants, predominantly Indian immigrants, beyond the allowed two three-year terms if a green card is pending,” the report said.
“The idea is to create a sort of ‘self- deportation’ of hundreds of thousands of Indian tech workers in the US to open up those jobs for Americans,” it said, quoting a source briefed by Homeland Security officials.
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What a crock of isn’t that nice crap.
Another religion of peace in action.
They’ve taken over Frisco, Texas, where I live. Indian Supermarkets everywhere.
All the Hindu families I know in America became Christian after a generation.
Mainly social climbing, it seemed. But then legitimately.
When Britain controlled the Raj, they could have civilized these people. Lost opportunity.
Blame it on Brigidier General Dyer. He should have been executed for the Amritsar Massacre.
Why are Christian missionaries going to Hindu India? There are no Hindu missionaries in USA or Europe.
Europeans have taken over America from native Americans.
Wow, ANOTHER “religion of peace”!!!
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