Hindu nationalists attack nuns in India
by Jenna Lyle
Posted: Friday, May 23, 2008, 10:20 (BST)
Around 40 Hindu nationalists attacked the Novitiate of the Presentation Sisters convent in India earlier this month, assaulting two of its nuns.
The group forced its way into the convent, in Gondarmug village in Madhya Pradesh, on May 15 with hockey sticks, cricket bats and stones before vandalising the building.
According to the Rev Dr Richard Howell, General Secretary of the Evangelical Fellowship of India, the group shouted at the sisters saying, “We are Hindus and we do not want you here.”
They then assaulted two sisters, trying to lock one of them into a room. The sisters managed to escape from them and lodged a complaint with police against the unidentified attackers at Gandhi Nagar Police Station, Bhopal.
The National Minority Commission has taken up the complaint and promised to take appropriate action.
The convent has been working for underprivileged people in the local community for the last six years.
Investigation Officer Inspector Jha told the Evangelical Fellowship of India that 13 people have been arrested and sent to the Bhopal Central Jail. Nine of them have been released on bail.
Dr Howell appealed for prayers. “Kindly pray for Gods protection on Novitiate of the Presentation Sisters and also for the justice to be granted to the sisters,” he said.
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Added: Tuesday, May 27, 2008, 23:27 (BST)
steve, leave canada alone, you don't see canadians flocking to india and refusing to adapt to indian culture. thank you.
david, windsor, canada
Added: Tuesday, May 27, 2008, 22:20 (BST)
As Chrisitians, we are called to go and serve the poor and opressed. Our desire and duty to go should not be deterred by the opressors of the poor.
Doug, Southlake, TX
Added: Tuesday, May 27, 2008, 20:30 (BST)
No, you're wrong. Believers in India and other countries are doing no harm, unlike the Hindu and Muslim extremists perscuting them. People should be allowed to spread the gospel freely without fear of persecution. We are called on to tell others about Jesus' love and bring them to him. And we know that it's those who reject the gospel who will suffer for it in the end. God's mandate of "go and teach all nations" still holds true and we will keep doing it.
MM, Illinois, USA
Added: Saturday, May 24, 2008, 20:53 (BST)
Leave India alone....u don't see Hindus coming to your countries and trying to convert your people...we have suffered enough due to muslims and you westerners...thank u
Steve, Ottawa
