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General information:

• For latest news on Christians being persecuted around the world
• Persecution of Christians On the Rise Worldwide
• International Christian Response: Responding to Persecution
• Christians Worldwide to Pray for Persecuted Church on Sunday

THE PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS IN INDIA, SRI LANKA, AND IRAQ By Nick Gier

India

• AsiaNews.it, 11/15/2008. 50,000 Hindu fundamentalists demonstrate in favor of religious intolerance. Hindu fundamentalists in India's troubled state of Orissa staged a mass demonstration denouncing Christians for "instigating conversions." The march was approved by the state government-- which is controlled by the Hindu-nationals VHP party-- despite international concern about the continuing anti-Christian violence in the state.
• 500 Christians killed in Orissa in August-September 2008 pogrom:
• AsiaNews.it, 08/30/2008. Orissa: thousands of refugees and new victims, massacre of Christians continues. At least 10,000 people are asking for help at the shelters, while just as many are seeking refuge in the forests to escape the violence of the Hindu fundamentalists. According to "reliable sources" presented by a Christian activist, there are "at least 100 dead".

Iraq

• Iraq's Persecution of Christians Continues to Spiral out of Control
• Al Qaeda-linked group orders Iraqi Christians to leave country or have throats slit

Sudan/Darfur: Sudan: Country of Terrorism, Religious Persecution, Slavery, Rape, Genocide, and Man-Made Starvation,

China: Persecution of Christians in China Intensifies After Olympics

Pakistan: Persecution of Christians in Pakistan

Saudi Arabia: http://www.cswusa.com/Countries/SaudiArabia.htm

Nigeria: Crackdown on Christians could go nationwide: Fears raised that Islamic law will expand under new president:

Latin America: Meet persecuted Christians in Latin America

Russia: Two well-loved Catholic priests murdered in Russia

Vietnam:
Hanoi, Nov. 17, 2008 (CWNews.com) Viet police stand by as mob ransacks Hanoi chapel:  A Redemptorist monastery in Hanoi that has been the focus of a struggle between Catholic activists and government officials was attacked by a mob on Saturday night, November 15. Rather than trying to protect the monastery, police did their best to impede rescue efforts. 

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