Court orders troops to fight anti-Christian violence
Dozens dead, thousands left homeless in attacks from radical Hindus
Posted: September 06, 2008
1:00 am Eastern

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A team of residents from a region hit hard by Hindu anti-Christian violence lobbied the nation's president for help

Violence by Hindus against Christians in India, especially in Orissa state, has been rocking the stability of the region, and now the Indian Supreme Court has ordered four more police battalions to protect the believers in the worst region, the Kandhamal district, according to a report.

The high court also ordered state government officials in Orissa to do more to protect Christians, after several dozen deaths have been reported and thousands have been displaced since the attacks started Aug. 22, according to the Assist News report.

The riots and attacks on Christians began about the time an anti-Christian Hindu leader, Swami Laxamanananda Saraswat, was murdered, sources in India report.

"His followers blamed his death on Christians, sending Hindu extremists on a deadly rampage," the report said.

"Persecution has become a way of life; it is the norm in Orissa," K.P. Yohannan, chief of the Gospel for Asia Christian ministry, said. "But the Lord is not abandoning His people in this state or anywhere else. He will always show up on time – His time."

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