Despite support from their president, Egypt's Christians are attacked by their neighbors

Despite support from their president, Egypt's Christians are attacked by their neighbors
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Christians are attacked by their neighbors

St. Teresa parish in Assiut, Egypt, attacked by Muslim Brotherhood members in August, 2013. Credit: Aid to the Church in Need.

By Matt Hadro

 Cairo, Egypt, May 21, 2015 / 04:04 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Egypt’s Christians continue to face worrisome persecution, despite the words and actions of its president to show goodwill to the community, an expert in religious freedom testified to the US Congress on Wednesday.

Egypt has historically has been more tolerant and  relaxed towards Christians than its Middle Eastern neighbors, said Samuel Tadros, an Egyptian native and a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute’s Center for Religious Freedom in Washington, D.C.

Although Copts – Egypt's ethnic Christian group – have been bullied under previous regimes, the persecution there has recently become more personal, Tadros warned.

“What worries me is not just that a government does not allow a church to be built. What really worries me is the fact that normal people – not Islamists, not terrorists – just normal Muslim guys, would form a mob and attack their neighbors. Not people they don’t know: their very neighbors.”

Mob violence against neighbors is especially alarming in a country with a history of Christians and Muslims living together.


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Islam Overtaking Catholicism in France, Hindu Extremists Beat, Harass & Intimidate Indian Christians

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Islamic mosques are being built more often in France than Roman Catholic churches, and there now are more practising Muslims in the country than practising Catholics.
Nearly 150 new mosques currently are under construction in France, home to the biggest Muslim community in Europe. The mosque-building projects are at various stages of completion, according to Mohammed Moussaoui, the president of the Muslim Council of France (CFCM), who provided the data in an August 2 interview with the French radio station RTL.
The total number of mosques in France has already doubled to more than 2,000 during just the past ten years, according to a research report "Constructing Mosques: The Governance of Islam in France and the Netherlands." France's most prominent Muslim leader, Dalil Boubakeur, who is rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris, recently called for the number of mosques in the country to be doubled again – to 4,000 – to meet growing demand.
By contrast, the Roman Catholic Church in France has built only 20 new churches during the past decade, and has formally closed more than 60 churches, many of which are destined to become mosques, according to research conducted by La Croix, a Roman Catholic daily newspaper based in Paris.
Although 64% of the French population (or 41.6 million of France's 65 million inhabitants) identifies itself as Roman Catholic, only 4.5% (or 1.9 million) of those actually are practising Catholics, according to the French Institute of Public Opinion (or Ifop, as it is usually called).
By way of comparison, 75% (or 4.5 million) of the estimated 6 million mostly ethnic North African and sub-Saharan Muslims in France identify themselves as "believers" and 41% (or 2.5 million) say they are "practising" Muslims, according to an in-depth research report on Islam in France published by Ifop on August 1. The report also says that more than 70% of the Muslims in France say they will be observing the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in 2011.
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India Briefs: Recent Incidents of Persecution Hindu Extremists Beat, Harass & Intimidate Indian Christians
Chhattisgarh, India, August 17 (CDN) — After receiving a letter from Hindu extremists demanding the closure of Grace Church in Dhamtari, district government officials on Aug. 6 stopped the church’s worship service, warning those present that they could be attacked if they continued to hold services in the area. The Global Council of Indian Christians reported that the officials warned that if there is anymore Christian worship at Grace Church, the Christians would be responsible for any subsequent rioting. The church, led by Pastor Rohit Sahu, discontinued meeting, but area Christian leaders are taking steps to solve the matter.

Andhra Pradesh – In Ramagundam, Karimnagar, police on Aug. 3 arrested a pastor, five of his evangelistic team members and a local bystander after Hindu extremists filed a complaint against them of forceful conversion. All India Christian Council representative Moses Vattipalli told Compass that the Christian team was on an evangelistic outreach that included scrawling Bible verses on the rocks of a hill near a Hindu temple when the extremists appeared and began verbally abusing them, took their cell phones and beat them. The assailants forced the Christians to erase the Scripture verses and manhandled an onlooker who had been reading them, according to Vattipalli. Six Christians and the bystander were charged with promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion and were sent to the district sub-jail of Karimnagar, he said, adding that they were released on bail after two days.
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Matthew 24
⁹Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
 ¹⁰And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
 ¹¹And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
 ¹²And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
 ¹³But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
 ¹⁴And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

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China's Attack on Religion - WorldWide Religious News

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China's Attack on Religion
("The Wall Street Journal," August 17, 2011)
Beijing, China - A Tibetan monk set himself on fire Monday to protest the lack of religious freedom in China, the second such protest in five months. Yesterday the government announced a "strike hard" campaign aimed at the Muslim Uighur minority in the northeastern territory of Xinjiang. Meanwhile, the authorities are tightening control over mainstream Christian churches, stepping up arrests of Catholic priests.
There are few voices exposing the mistreatment of Tibetans and Uighurs, but Catholics have leaders who are beginning to fight back. Last month the Vatican excommunicated two bishops ordained by the state-controlled Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association, citing church law that clergymen can only be ordained with the pope's blessing. Benedict XVI also deplored the Communist Party's belligerent handling of the ordinations—which went so far as to kidnap priests who are in communion with Rome and force them to take part in the ordinations. Now Beijing is detaining priests who refuse to comply with the Party's demands.
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The End of America, the End of the Internet, and the End of Freedom!

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Ivory Coast: Machete thugs hack to death 1,000 in Duekoue as battle rages

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Where Is Obama The Great Humanitarian Warrior?

Massacre: Muslim Troops Slaughter 1,000 Christians In Ivory Coast – Gateway Pundit
At least 1,000 Christians were slaughtered this week in at the Salesian Saint Teresa of the Child Jesus mission in Duekou, Ivory Coast by Muslim troops loyal to Alassane Ouattara. The state-run media has been slow to report the facts.
More below…Note the link below can be a bit graphic for some. 

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Matthew 24
⁸ All these are the beginning of sorrows.
⁹ “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake. ¹⁰ And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. ¹¹ Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. ¹² And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. ¹³ But he who endures to the end shall be saved. ¹⁴ And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.
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• Battle rages around president's palace, key sites
• 1,000 dead in western Ivorian town - Red Cross
• TV shows Gbagbo, reportedly at his Abidjan residence

A thousand civilians have been found massacred in a small town in Ivory Coast amid worsening civil conflict in the West African state.

The victims were discovered by aid agency workers in Duekoue. Some had been shot and others hacked to death with machetes.

It was not clear last night who carried out the attacks, but the area is thought to be in the control of supporters of Alassane Ouattara, who won Ivory Coast's election late last year. President Laurent Gbagbo has refused to step down.

Smoke rises from the city centre of Abidjan. To the west of Ivory Coast a town has lost at 1000 people in the fighting

Worsening violence: The confirmed death toll since the disputed election is around 1,300 but the actual figure is likely to be be much higher

Forces loyal to pro-Ouattara with their weapons in Duekoue, the scene of the massacre

Red Cross spokesman Dorothea Krimitsas warned: 'There is a risk this kind of event can happen again.'
Last night 10,000 refugees crowded into Duekoue's Catholic church, guarded by 1,000 United Nations peacekeepers.
Heavy fighting has continued in the main city, Abidjan, as Ouattara's forces battle for the presidential palace.

State TV came back on air after fighting took it down and they were showing pictures of Gbagbo looking relaxed and drinking tea, stating that the pictures were from his city residence.
Gunfire and explosions were heard from heavy shelling close to the presidential palace throughout the morning, and clashes raged around the military bases and offices of state broadcaster, RTI, which is still in the Gbagbo's hands.

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Matthew 24
³⁶ “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven,^[e] but My Father only. ³⁷ But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. ³⁸ For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, ³⁹ and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. ⁴⁰ Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left. ⁴¹ Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left. ⁴² Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour^[f] your Lord is coming.

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FLASHBACK: Muslims Burn Bibles and Destroy Crosses

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FLASHBACK: Muslims Burn Bibles and Destroy Crosses

Bible burned in Gaza

After defeating their rivals in Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement, Muslim extremists are focusing their attacks on Christians in Gaza City. Christians in Gaza City have issued an appeal to the
international community and a plea for protection against the increased attacks by Muslim extremists.
Father Manuel Musallem, head of Gaza's Latin church, told the AP that Muslims have ransacked, burned and looted a school and convent that are part of the Gaza Strip's small Romany Catholic community. He told the AP that crosses were broken, damage was done to a statue of Jesus, and at the Rosary Sister School and nearby convent, prayer books were burned.
Gunmen used the roof of the school during the fighting, and the convent was "desecrated," Mussalem told the AP.

After defeating their rivals in Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement, Muslim extremists are focusing their attacks on Christians in Gaza City. Christians in Gaza City have issued an appeal to the

 international community and a plea for protection against the increased attacks by Muslim extremists.
Father Manuel Musallem, head of Gaza's Latin church, told the AP that Muslims have ransacked, burned and looted a school and convent that are part of the Gaza Strip's small Romany Catholic community. He told the AP that crosses were broken, damage was done to a statue of Jesus, and at the Rosary Sister School and nearby convent, prayer books were burned.
Gunmen used the roof of the school during the fighting, and the convent was "desecrated," Mussalem told the AP.
"Nothing happens by mistake these days," he said.
Father Musalam additionally told The Jerusalem Post that the Muslim gunmen used rocket-propeled grenades (RPGs) to blow through the doors of the church and school, before burning Bibles and destroying every cross they could get their hands on.
Catholic Online reports that the heads of Christian churches in the Holy Land have urged both sides to put aside their weapons, noting that the infighting diverted international attention from the national goal of Palestinian independence.

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Obama Wins Unlikely Allies in Immigration

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  It's actions like these that really shows me how lost many Churches and their leaders are today. Do they not take any time to read the bill themselves?
  To see Church leaders standing up for something they apparently have no clue about. Really makes me question these Churches.
  I find this very sad.
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  At a time when the prospects for immigration overhaul seem most dim, supporters have unleashed a secret weapon: a group of influential evangelical Christian leaders.
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  Normally on the opposite side of political issues backed by the Obama White House, these leaders are aligning with the president to support an overhaul that would include some path to legalization for illegal immigrants already here. They are preaching from pulpits, conducting conference calls with pastors and testifying in Washington — as they did last Wednesday.
  "I am a Christian and I am a conservative and I am a Republican, in that order," said Matthew D. Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel, a conservative religious law firm. "There is very little I agree with regarding President Barack Obama. On the other hand, I'm not going to let politicized rhetoric or party affiliation trump my values, and if he's right on this issue, I will support him on this issue."
  When President Obama gave a major address pushing immigration overhaul this month, he was introduced by a prominent evangelical, the Rev. Bill Hybels of Willow Creek Community Church in Illinois. Three other evangelical pastors were in the audience, front and center.
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  Congress is unlikely to pass an immigration law this year. Republicans and Democrats who face re-election in November are skittish about the issue, given the broad public support for Arizona's new law aiming to crack down on illegal immigration.
  The support of evangelical leaders is not yet enough to change the equation. But they could mobilize a potentially large constituency of religious conservatives, an important part of the Republican base better known for lobbying against abortion and same-sex marriage. They already threaten the party's near unity on immigration.
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  About 70 percent of Hispanics in the United States are Catholic, but some 15 percent are evangelicals, and they are far more likely than the Catholics to identify themselves as conservative and Republican.
  Evangelicals at the grass-roots level are divided on immigration, just as the nation is. But among the leaders, recent interviews suggest that those in favor of an immigration overhaul are far more vocal and more organized than those who oppose it.

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Turkey's attacks on Christians is way out of hand.

clipped from news.yahoo.com ANKARA, Turkey – A Roman Catholic bishop was stabbed to death in southern Turkey on Thursday, a day before he was scheduled to leave for Cyprus to meet with the pope, officials and reports said. Luigi Padovese, 63, the apostolic vicar in Anatolia, was attacked outside his home in the Mediterranean port of Iskenderun. The killing was not believed to be politically motivated. The Vatican-affiliated Asia News agency cited unnamed witnesses as saying the driver appeared to be "depressed, violent and threatening," in recent days. The Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, told The Associated Press in Rome that the Vatican felt "immense pain, consternation, (and) bewilderment" over the death and noted that it showed the "difficult conditions" of the Catholic community in the region. The killing is the latest in a string of attacks in recent years on Christians in Turkey, where Christians make up less than 1 percent of the 70 million population.

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2nd Friday Night Out Mesa, AZ. No Christians Allowed!

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I got an interesting Message from some musician friends of mine last night. They seemed to be a bit shocked at a call from 2nd Friday Night Out in Mesa Arizona from a gig they had lined up awhile back and turning down another in order to go play at the 2nd Friday Night Out. Being so happy about it they were excited to be a part of it. Anyone who is a part of the Music Business knows how difficult it is to line up a show and then to have it canceled at the last minute. But, this reason got me.

It's because your Christian.

Well it so happened that they checked out their web page and found out they were Christian, and decided it's for the public's best interest to not have them play for this reason. Now, I'm kinda used to the fact that many people today have a hard time with Christianity. But, the letter he got back was quite disturbing even to me.

Now, he got a call being told, that they canceled them because they are Christian. So he wrote them letting them know about the other songs they have with just positive messages that really has nothing to a Religion. They even have a song called Not Religious which is actually quite funny.

This is the response letter.
Hello,
I am the president of 2nd Friday Night Out and coordinator of the event. We have received hundreds of applications for vendors, artists, and musicians for our events. We currently have a Christian rapper who will be performing for this month's event already and our goal with this month is tor reach out to the community with a wide range of musical genres. The 2nd Friday Night Out event is not a venue for individuals to proselytize their individual religions, sexual preferences, political positions, etc. but is a community event paid for by the merchants who run businesses on Main. Our musical director selects the music to represent and invite a wide range of interests and your band did not meet our criterion for this month's event. We would be glad to have you apply again for an upcoming event.
Sincerely,
Suzanne Woodford
2nd Friday Night Out President

Proselytize? Really? To those who don't know what that word means.
Being a Christian most wouldn't know it. Why? Because it has nothing to do with Christianity!
pros·e·ly·tiz·ing

intransitive verb 1 : to induce someone to convert to one's faith
2 : to recruit someone to join one's party, institution, or causetransitive verb : to recruit or convert especially to a new faith, institution, or cause.

Now this statement.
The 2nd Friday Night Out event is not a venue for individuals to proselytize their individual religions, sexual preferences, political positions, etc

Really? This has got to be the dumbest thing I have ever heard. This place books Musicians every month and they make a statement like this?
This is every kind of music on the planet. In America it's called Freedom of Speech. Like what the Constitution of the United States speaks of.

Amendment 1 - Freedom of Religion, Press, Expression. Ratified 12/15/1791. Note
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Now anyone who loves music knows that ALL musicians practice this Amendment. ALL musicians have their views to share with the World. As I was looking over their own page.
Here. http://www.2ndfridaynightout.com/

I see musicians speaking of Partying, Sex, Hate, Political views and it goes on and on.
God forbid anyone to actually have a Positive message out on the streets of Mesa at the 2nd Friday night out.
At first glance I actually thought, no that can't be right. But, as you can see all over the news today. It seems the First Amendment and the Freedom of Speech is only being taken away from what the World thinks a Christian is. Not to mention they seem to not even care anything about their own heritage and history of this great Country of ours.

Then they received another message to top it all off.

I am sorry for the confusion and take full responsibility for the poor communication. This event is not run by the city of Mesa and while they can be blamed for many things, this is not their event or run by any city organizations so don't blame them. It isn't even an organization, corporation, etc. Just a group of people trying to make an event happen on no budget with no staff and trying to please everyone. We have had many groups apply who want to use this event to make a statement for their particular cause, group, religion, etc. Last month, we had a church group just show up who were not registered who were handing out literature for their religion and we were over run with complaints from people who felt they were being harrassed by them. Then we had a whole bunch of other religious groups want to attend to promote their groups. The committee who works for free hundreds of hours to make this happen voted to not include groups who were promoting a particular agenda. If we don't see you in a live performance, we can only base our decision on what we are presented on YouTube or the applications from the groups themselves and the music they saw of your group was Christian in message. I'm sure you may have other songs that do not address a particular religion but that is what we saw in our presentation.
Our goal is to promote local groups, provide a positive environment for artists, and try to do something positive in a world of people often looking to create disharmony and negativity. It sounds like our goals are pretty much the same. We do not make a penny from this. We have to operate under insurance from a non-profit agency and abide by their guidelines as well and were just notified this week of contracts that must be met by all the bands performing.
Suzanne


Really? I mean, REALLY?
Now I understand this. Churches! We do not live in the 70's anymore. Passing out tracts? Wake up this is 2010. I do have to agree the general person walking down the street will wind up throwing it right back down on the street. It makes a mess. The groups they are talking about. That may get a bit annoying as well.

The problem here is they are Judging these musicians and never really paid any attention to what they do. Let alone any of the ones they replaced them with. All of them fit into this exact description. Other than Christian.

Just from the Labeling and the rudeness of these letters just struck a chord in me. To know the true nature behind what they really want to promote has nothing to do with any positive nature by any means.
Not only do I NOT want to go down to the so-called 2nd Friday Night Out street fest. But it also makes me NOT want to have anything to do with any of the Businesses mentioned on their Web Site. Why? Because they don't like Christian bands who actually have a positive message.

Truthfully, I'm not sure if any Christian would after they read this.
This entire freedom of speech as long as it's not Christian thing is getting way out of hand.
They are worried about complaints?

The fact of the matter is this. The friends that I have Terry and Diane McCabe Have some pretty great music. Mostly done as husband and wife with 2 acoustic guitars, a wide range of style and really has no Religious aspects to it whatsoever. Anyone that actually listens to is would get that.

To be told you cannot play after they already booked you, for the only reason is because you are Christian is flat out ridicules. No matter what the excuse is. To say that any band can actually Proselytize, apparently doesn't quite know what the word means either. That would be a Catholic thing. Not Christian.

I do know this. I won't have anything to do with 2nd Friday Night Out or any of the Businesses that support them. Until they can get their own act together.

This is a very bad example to have in a state the Practices the Freedom of American citizens and stand by the leaders of it. Please don't take this bad news as what the State of Arizona stands for. Because it is not.

So those of you who actually like Christian's would like to book them, feel free to contact them. They actually have a real Positive message.
http://mccabestunes.com/

They don't have a bunch of people running around handing out literature or trying to convert people. lol
2nd Friday Night Out in Mesa Arizona, Means No Christian Allowed!

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Nancy Pelosi asks the Catholic church to preach in favor of amnesty for illegal aliens

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clipped from americaswatchtower.com   Nancy Pelosi has gone on record as saying that she has talked to Catholic leaders about immigration reform and has asked them to speak from the pulpit in favor of passing amnesty for illegal aliens because it “is a manifestation of our living the gospels.” I would hope that there’s one thing that we can do working together as we go forward that speaks to what the Bible tells us about the dignity and worth of every person — and that is on the subject of immigration,” Pelosi said in her remarks. “Because I think the Church is going to have to play a very major role in how we, in how people are treated.” “The cardinals, the archbishops, the bishops that come to me and say, ‘We want you to pass immigration reform,’” disclosed Pelosi. “And I say, ‘But I want you to speak about it from the pulpit.’ to the Catholic church, whatever happened to the separation of church and state that the liberals have somehow written into the constitution?

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Vatican to bishops: follow law, report sex abuse

One of the sad things about all this is many believe and label these as Christian. Don't be fooled into believe that lie. These Catholic Priest's are far from being Christ Like. Which is what the Word Christian means. These Catholic Priest's (NOT CHRISTIANS) have gotten away with this stuff for way too long.

clipped from news.yahoo.com VATICAN CITY – The Vatican responded Monday to allegations that it had concealed years of clerical sex abuse by making it clear for the first time that bishops and other high-ranking clerics should report such crimes to police if required by law. Victims have charged that the Catholic Church created what amounted to a conspiracy to cover up abuse by keeping allegations that priests raped and molested children secret and not reporting them to civil authorities. The Vatican has insisted that it has long been the Catholic Church's policy for bishops, like all Christians, to obey civil laws. In a new guide for lay readers posted on its Web site, the Vatican explicitly spells out such a policy. "Civil law concerning reporting of crimes to the appropriate authorities should always be followed," the Vatican guidelines said.

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Over 1,000 Anti-Christian Attacks In Indian State, report

clipped from www.worthynews.com largest evangelical umbrella groups says his organization recorded over 1,000 anti-Christian attacks in 500 days in the southern Indian state of Karnataka and that the number is growing "by the day". "It is regrettable to report on physical attacks on Christian workers and believers, vandalism of church property, desecration of statues of Jesus, and arrests of priests on frivolous complains of conversions in Karnataka," said  Richard Howell,  the general-secretary of the Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI). Most recently, he said, on March 17 some 150 people allegedly led by right-wing Hindu extremist groups stormed the funeral of a 50-year-old Christian man at St. Thomas Church "The mob pulled the coffin apart and desecrated the cross the relatives of the deceased were carrying. They threw the body in a tractor and dumped it outside, saying his burial would have contaminated the Indian soil and his body should be buried in Rome or America."

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