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London: A rally calling for an end to the current wave of anti-Christian vio lence in the Indian state of Orissa will take place in London Saturday Oct 4.
Many Christians have been killed, and an estimated 50,000 forced to flee their homes in the eastern state as attacks on Christians have escalated across the country after a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati and four of his aides were shot dead by unidentified gunmen at his Jalespata Ashram in Kandhamal district Aug 23.
His supporters blamed Chris tians for the murder, and then followed a spate of revenge attacks on Christian homes and churches.
Ashok Masih Mattu, chairman of UK-based Indian Christian Concern, one of the groups organ ising Saturday’s rally, said that violence against Christians has in creased since the murder of the Australian missionary Graham Staines in Orissa in 1999. more |
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