THE ANTI-CHRISTIAN VIOLENCE TOLL 24 August 2008 to 29 September, 2008 1. ORISSA
Districts hit: 14 Villages destroyed: 300 Houses burnt: 4,300 Homeless: 50,000 People murdered: 57 Fathers/Pastors/Nuns injured: 10 Women gang-raped: 2 Men, women, children injured: 18,000 Churches destroyed: 149 Schools, colleges destroyed: 13 2. KARNATAKA Districts devastated: 4 Churches attacked: 19 Nuns, women injured: 20 3. KERALA Churches damaged: 3 4. MADHYA PRADESH Churches damaged: 4 5. DELHI Church destroyed: 1 Attempts made: 4 6. TAMAIL NADU Church attacked: 1 7. UTTAR PRADESH murdered (aged priest and employee): 2 Note: The above is only a recorded data. Actual figure may be much higher. Please read these articles: The testimony of one Christian by Julio Ribeiro in Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Sunday_Specials/The_testimony_of_one_Christian/articleshow/3535397.cms Losing my religion by Chidanand Rajghatta in Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Chidanand_Rajghatta_Losing_my_religion/rssarticleshow/3535316.cms We Created The Fascists - UR ANANTHAMURTHY in Tehelka http://www.tehelka.com/story_main40.asp?filename=Ne041008we_created.asp An Unholy Crusade (Mangalore Story) By Sanjana in Tehelka http://www.tehelka.com/story_main40.asp?filename=Ne041008coverstory.asp Communalism, Centrestage SHABNAM HASHMI in Tehelka http://www.tehelka.com/story_main40.asp?filename=Ne041008proscons.asp Interviews - BS Yeddyurappa in Tehelka http://www.tehelka.com/story_main40.asp?filename=Ne041008weare_victims.asp Interviews - HT Sangliana in Tehelka http://www.tehelka.com/story_main40.asp?filename=Ne041008yeddyurappa_is.asp Why in the 21st Century "Conversion" is an Absurdity by Richard Crasta http://richardcrasta.blogspot.com/2008/09/they-tried-to-convert-me.html Compiled by: Ancy Paladka