Attack on Christians.

In India attack on Christians and Christian establishments has become an order of the day. One could remember only with deep anxiety and shock the recent news coming out from Orissa. The atrocities carried out by Hindu fundamentalist outfits; against Christian community and their Missionaries in Orissa is a threat to our national unity and shame for our secular credentials. In Orissa alone, hundreds of Christians have been chased out of their homes and ransacked. Many were dead and many are missing. Nevertheless attack against the Christian community runs uncontrolled.

The situation in Karnataka is not different. On July 13, Hindu militants disrupted a morning worship service at the Full Gospel Assembly Church in Davangere district and beat believers present. The militants also destroyed Bibles and song books in the attack.
On July 20, another church in the same district, the Gypsy Prayer Hall, was attacked by a group of Hindu militants. The sort of incidents had been replicated in other places in the months of August and September.

In both states the police force were seen inept in tackling serious situations. The State and the Central Governments should be more vigilant here in after to deal with communal riots. Governments should to hold inter-religious meetings for promoting communal harmony and peace. There should be concerted efforts to promote a cordial and secure atmosphere in the violence–hit state so that people from minority communities could live without fear or anxiety. Above all there should be strict police vigilance at all sensitive places and those resorting to unlawful acts should be brought to book immediately.
The central and state government should contain all unfortunate attacks against the Christian community and also use the police force to spoil any other such incidents from happening, in the future. All secular and democratic forces of the country should express their solidarity against the attempts by divisive outfits that are organizing their long-held agenda of communal hate and religious fundamentalism. All people should stand for a united India, in which all communities could live along each other in total trust and harmony.
K A Solaman