Monday, October 13, 2008

Christians Persecuted in India




(Christians driven from their homes by fears of forced conversions prayed at a refugee camp last week in Bhubaneshwar, India. )

From today's nytimes.com:

"The family of Solomon Digal was summoned by neighbors to what serves as a public square in front of the village tea shop.



They were ordered to get on their knees and bow before the portrait of a Hindu preacher. They were told to turn over their Bibles, hymnals and the two brightly colored calendar images of Christ that hung on their wall. Then, Mr. Digal, 45, a Christian since childhood, was forced to watch his Hindu neighbors set the items on fire.

“ ‘Embrace Hinduism, and your house will not be demolished,’ ” Mr. Digal recalled being told on that Wednesday afternoon in September. “ ‘Otherwise, you will be killed, or you will be thrown out of the village.’ ”"