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MISSIONARIES ATTACKED AND ACCUSED OF BRIBERY
India (MNN) ― An anti-Christian extremist group attacked two Gospel for Asia missionaries after the missionaries showed a film about Jesus.
The missionaries, Jayant Mehta and Dayanand Tambe, were attacked late on the night of August 8 as they packed up their film and audio equipment after they showed the “Man of Mercy” movie in Maharashtra, India. The screening, which was held at a believer’s home, was deemed successful by GFA as many of the villagers came to watch the film.
After the film concluded, however, a group of about 45 extremists rushed Mehta and Tambe, beating them and grabbing their film equipment. They then shoved the men in their van and took them to the police station to have them arrested for illegal conversion.
According to GFA, “The merciless beating continued until they reached the police station, where they brought their false complaints against Jayant and Dayanand.”
The group accused the two men of “bribing people to convert to the Christian faith” and made up names of people who would testify against them.
Early the next morning, the two missionaries were finally released from police custody when a GFA leader asked for their discharge.
On August 10, their film gear was returned by the extremist after the groups claims were falsified by police.
Their attackers were not detained.
This attack comes after the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom recently added India to a “watch list” of countries “which have failed to protect its religious minorities adequately,” according a BBC News story.
India was included on the list along with counties such as Afghanistan, Somalia and Cuba.
there’s a lot going on in the world that we can pray for today, especially the persecuted Church.
maranatha.
gospel for asia, prayer, that makes me sad | August 26th, 2009
