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India was ranked 15th in the world in terms of danger to Christians, up from 31st four years earlier. According to the report, it is estimated that a church was burnt down or a cleric beaten on average 10 times a week in India in the year to 31 October 2016, a threefold increase on the previous year. [23]
The 2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka were the wave of attacks directed against Christian churches and prayer halls in the Indian city of Mangalore and the surrounding area of southern Karnataka in September and October 2008 by Hindu nationalist organisations such as Bajrang Dal and Sri Ram Sena.
The 1961 Jabalpur Riots were the first major-scale riots between Hindus and Muslims in post-Partition India, which erupted in the city of Jabalpur in the state of Madhya Pradesh. This riot was linked to the emergence of a small class of successful Muslim entrepreneurs who created a new economic rivalry between Hindu and Muslim communities. [55]
Reports indicate that more than 395 churches were razed or burnt down, [3] between 5,600–6,500 houses plundered or burnt down, over 600 villages ransacked and more than 60,000 – 75,000 people left homeless. [4] [5] [6] Other reports put the death toll at nearly 100 and suggested more than 40 women were sexually assaulted.
In India, where he lived until four months ago, he owned five restaurants. He lost everything during the Covid-19 pandemic. “God has sent me to be among these people,” Moninder Singh said.
On 21 June, a prayer hall was burnt down late at the night in the Singhana Village. [6] [34] On 26 June, a prayer hall was burned in the Lahan Kadmal village at about 8:30 p.m. [34] On 29 June, a prayer hall in Umerpada was attacked by attackers who failed to set it on fire. [34]
395+ Churches burnt down, demolished or vandalized, 54,000+ left homeless, 5,600+ houses ransacked or burnt down, 600+ Villages ransacked [67] 2008 Indore (Madhya Pradesh) 2008, July 3–4 Indore Conflict revocation of land allotment for the Amarnath Temple in Kashmir Hindus Muslims 8 N/A N/A [64] 2012 Assam violence: 20 July – 15 September 2012
Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh condemned the incident, saying that India's "composite culture and traditions teach us respect for all religions and such attacks on religious places will never be tolerated". [51] [52] A national organisation of Buddhist monks, the All India Bhiku Sangha, also reacted to the attacks. Its chairperson ...