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Hindu nationalists launch another campaign against a Catholic school. An English teacher suspended to reduce tensions at St Gerosa School after she was accused of making insulting remarks about Hindus and the new temple in Ayodhya. In fact, she was simply explaining to her class a few words from a poem by the great Indian author.
Hindu nationalists targeted Fr Dominic Pinto, head of a diocesan pastoral centre, for allowing a meeting of Protestants and Khrist Bhakta; the latter are Hindus who look sympathetically to the teachings of Jesus. For Bishop Mathias, Christians are again victims of a gross abuse; he hopes “that justice and good sense will prevail.”
In Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh, the celebrations for the new Ram Mandir in Ayodhya provided an opportunity for further intimidation of Christians. The police refused to accept complaints, citing
Two Hindus who pretended to be Muslims were detained by Indian special forces after posting messages announcing attacks at the disputed holy site in Uttar Pradesh where Prime Minister Modi will inaugurate a new Hindu temple on 22 January. Their social media profiles show links to the Bharatiya Janata Party. For the bishop of Lucknow, it is a serious thing “to fuel further tensions in a society already polarised along religious lines.” Meanwhile, in Ayodhya, preparations are underway to consecrate the prime minister rather than the holy place.
India’s Hindu extremists have looted and burned down Muslim shops during the recent religious holidays in a fresh round of Islamophobic attacks on the religious minority in the South Asian country.