Click for larger viewA huge gathering of victims of religious persecution, including five widows of Christian martyrs, took place in Bangalore, India, last weekend.  The Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC), which organised the rally, prepared information documenting 329 cases of persecution in the past 15 months.

Survivors of the reported attacks recalled how their homes were raided homes and their churches destroyed with "total disregard for law or any respect for human or constitutional rights," added the GCIC.

Participants at Friday's meeting accepted a 'Memorandum to the President of India' requesting "an independent enquiry into the country-wide incidence of violence against Christians by sections of Indian society," said the GCIC.
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GCIC President Sajan George said that although Christians comprise less than three percent of the country's population they contributed to improve literacy, education and health care "in areas where no one would" including helping people suffering of Leprosy.

Christians are active in "remote tribal pockets, and among the poorest of the poor," yet they have remained the target "for the worst violence" including "killings, public humiliation, destruction of churches and prayer halls, and being exiled from villages," he complained.

Public mistreatment of Christians is often compounded by law enforcement authorities, who frequently jail victims of violent persecution while allowing the perpetrators to escape without punishment.

h/t: International Christian Concern

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