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    Persecution Watch March 11, 2011

    Thanksgiving Worship Meeting Disrupted in Unnoa, Uttar Pradesh Hindu extremists allegedly from the Bajrang Dal on 28 February barged into a Thanksgiving Worship Meeting and ordered the Christians to stop their prayer meeting in Digpalpur, Unnoa, Uttar Pradesh. Our correspondent reported that at about 11 a.m, about 20 extremists storm the prayer meeting,verbally abused Pastor

    Tony Blair and Rick Warren talk faith, the Middle East and 9/11

    Michelle A Vu, Christian Post Pastor Rick Warren and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair shared an evening conversation Sunday in front of more than 2,600 people about faith, the Middle East, globalisation, and 9/11. Speaking at the seventh Saddleback Civil Forum in California, Blair spoke of the importance of faith in globalisation. “Faith teaches

    Christian body wants NIA probe to uncover Malegaon-Orissa link

    The All India Christian Council sent a memorandum to Minister of Home Affairs, P. Chidambaram, and the Orissa state Chief Minister, Naveen Patnaik calling for a National Investigation Agency probe into links between Sangh Parivar members currently accused of terror and the outbreak of violence in Orissa during 2007-2008. “We demand that the National Investigations

    Orissa Erupts Again – Malkangiri District Attacked

    Christians in the Orissa state of India have been undergoing repeated violence since December, with a particular increase over the last month. Fides, the Vatican agency reported more than ten episodes in which Christians, including pregnant women and children, were injured by attackers in Malkangiri district. Evangelical Pastor Vijay Purusu reported that the Christians are being

    Anti-Christian Violence Erupts in Malkangiri, Orissa

    March 08, 2011: EFI expresses deep concern over the spate of anti- Christian attacks launched against the tribal Christians in Malkangiri, Orissa and appeals to the government to take appropriate and urgent action.  The Koya tribal Christians living in different villages in Malkangiri district have borne the brunt of a series of anti- Christian’s violence since 8

    Court Admits Petition against Anti-Conversion Law in India

    February 22, 2011 SHIMLA (Himachal Pradesh): The High Court of the north Indian state of Himachal Pradesh today admitted a petition filed by the New Delhi-based Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI) challenging the constitutional validity of that state’s Freedom of Religion Act, commonly known as the “anti-conversion law.”  Admitting the petition, the Chief Justice of Himachal