(((I thought I'd take note of this increasingly severe Orissan situation, as it's rare to see this kind of lynch-mob fundie mayhem without at least a few Moslems involved.)))
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Indians_Abroad/Rally_in_London_against_violence_in_Orissa/articleshow/3558431.cms
Link: Rally in London against violence in Orissa-Indians Abroad-The Times of India.
LONDON: A rally calling for an end to the current wave of anti-Christian vio lence in the Indian state of Orissa will take place in London on Saturday, October 4.
Many Christians have been killed, and an estimated 50,000 forced to flee their homes in the eastern state as attacks on Christians have escalated across the country after a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati and four of his aides were shot dead by unidentified gunmen at his Jalespata Ashram in Kandhamal district on August 23.
His supporters blamed Christians for the murder, and then followed a spate of revenge attacks on Christian homes and churches.
Ashok Masih Mattu, chairman of UK-based Indian Christian Concern, one of the groups organ ising Saturday's rally, said that violence against Christians has in creased since the murder of the Australian missionary Graham Staines in Orissa in 1999.
"It's a very, very sad situation, and I've never seen anything like it before. The Indian government has said it's doing everything in its power to stop it, but the killing is still going on."
He said that last week, a mob allegedly burned down the house of the Roman Catholic Missionaries of Charity in the village of Sukananda in the Kandhamal district of Orissa. The house was empty at the time, as the Sisters had already fled....
