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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 perpetrators of are the Bangladeshi military and the Bengali Muslim settlers, who together have burned down Buddhist and Hindu temples, killed many Chakmas, and carried out a policy of gang-rape against the indigenous people. There are also accusations of Chakmas being forced to convert to Islam, many of them children who have been abducted ...
Eleven of the priest's ashrams, schools, and orphanages around the state were burned down by the NLFT. In September 2008, Swami Laxmanananda , a popular regional Hindu Guru was murdered along with four of his disciples by unknown assailants (though a Maoist organisation later claimed responsibility for that [ 78 ] [ 79 ] ).
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.
Buddhist Structure Images City Country Notes; Sri Sanni Siddheswara temple Krishna, AP: India Up to 11 Hindu temples have been built on Buddhist sites in the villages of Machilipatnam and Nidumolu, in the Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh. Buddhism flourished during the 1st and 2nd centuries CE. The buildings were converted into Hindu temples ...
With the shutdowns on Christmas Day, Christians, Christian institutions and Churches were targeted by activists belonging to the Kui Samaj and the VHP. Christians were killed and churches were burnt and damaged in the violence. It slowly calmed down till the murder of Swami Lakshmanananda, which created a massacre during August 2008. [23]
On November, Several prayer halls were burnt down in Subir, Kamath, Borigouda, Lahancharia and Nirgudmal. [6] On 4 November, a church in the Borigautha Village was attacked, its surrounding structures were set on fire and Christian tribals were robbed. On the same day a church in the village of Gadhvi was burnt down. [29]
Groups of Buddhist monks and Hindu groups in Burma, [18] India, [19] Sri Lanka, [20] and Thailand [20] demonstrated in response to the anti-Buddhist violence in Bangladesh. In Colombo, Sri Lanka , some protested outside the Bangladeshi embassy and a petition was delivered condemning the attacks.