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Persecution News Persecution Watch September 19, 2011
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September 19, 2011 Prayer Meeting Disrupted in Madhya Pradesh On Sept. 1 in Sabaspura, Khargone, Madhya Pradesh, alleged Hindu extremists barged into the prayer meeting of Friends Missionary Prayer Band (FMPB) and accused the Christians of forceful conversion. According to information reaching EFI, at about 1 p.m, the extremists led by Narendra Singh Chauhan and the village head, Mahendra S. Khirare barged into the fasting prayer meeting of FMPB conducted by Pastor (s) D. Wilson and Jebraj Bardhan. "We have just started the meeting and we were singing when the extremists entered and accused us that we are forcefully converting people." Pastor D. Wilson told EFI. After the extremists verbally abused us for an hour, the village head informed the police, he added. The police soon arrived on the scene and took Pastor Wilson and his wife, Pastor Bardhan and his wife and their child along with 20 church members to the station. The extremists also followed them and swelled up at the police station, shouting anti- Christian slogans and demand the arrests of the Christians. The police questioned the church members whether any forceful conversion is taking place in the church. All the believers told the police that they have decided to follow Jesus willingly and that no one has forced them, reported Pastor Wilson. The EFI Advocacy Desk intervened and spoke to the Sub Inspector Sashikant Chaurasia of Bistan Police Chowki. He informed EFI that the police had taken the Christians to the police station for safety reasons as the other group was pressuring them to arrest the Christians under the Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act. However, the police released the Christians without charges at about midnight and the police dropped them in their respective homes. |
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