NEW DELHI — Violence and discrimination against Christians in India is reaching beyond uneducated, rural villages; Hindu extremists are increasingly targeting middle class churches in cosmopolitan centers.
A mob of at least 150 unidentified people damaged a Catholic church under construction in the national capital Dec. 5, threatening to break the bones of the site foreman and laborers.
The city of Bangalore has become religiously tense after a mob of Hindu extremists in June beat independent pastor Laxmi Narayan Gowda and tried to set him on fire before parading him naked in a suburban area.
To influence educated, middle-class people, Hindu extremist groups are setting up information technology (IT) gatherings “aimed at grooming IT personnel towards the RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) way of thinking.”
The coordinator of the event, Suresh Naik, said this would involve the stimulation of the mind, and the IT professionals will be taught to have a more nationalistic approach.”
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