Christian accused of selling beef lynched in India

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In this Nov. 25, 2018 file photo, Hindu hardliners, one holding a sword, chant slogans during a demonstration in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. (Credit: Bernat Armangue/AP.)

MUMBAI, India - A Christian member of India’s marginalized Tribal community was murdered by a lynch mob in the eastern state of Jharkhand after being accused of selling beef.

The Sept. 22 attack in Khunti district - about 30 miles from the state capital Ranchi - left two other men in critical condition.

The police identified the deceased as Kalantus Barla, and the two injured men as Fagu Kachhapand and Phillip Hahoro. All three are Christians.

According to the police, a group of 12 to 15 men attacked the three men in Jaltanda Suari village early in the morning for allegedly selling beef at a riverside market.

The mob formed from neighboring villages after news of an alleged slaughtering of a cow spread through social media. Cows are considered sacred in Hinduism, and mobs often attack Muslims and Christians accused of participating in the beef trade.

Five of the alleged perpetrators have been arrested, and police are seeking the others.

Since 2014, India has been ruled by the Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has strong links to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a militant Hindu nationalist organization.

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Since then, incidents of harassment against the small Christian minority - which make up less than 3 percent of the population - have increased, with various Christians being detained or arrested for “attempted conversion,” and places of worship being vandalized. Christian schools have also been attacked by mobs insisting they allow Hindu religious ceremonies to take place on their campuses.

Communal violence has long plagued the country, but the rise of social media has made it easier to stir up mobs - in fact, in the country they are called ‘WhatsApp lynchings.’

First noticed in 2017, social media-related lynchings led to more than two dozen deaths in 2018.
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[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

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[YeBeWarned]

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They won't do anything, Right now Moslem's are their enemy, and Hindu's are killing Moslems so they are Chaddi buddies, just like these so called Evangelical Christians lick Israel's A$$ despite the fact it was Jews who killed their so called Lord and Savior .

 

[newb3e]

any response from cute human right ngos? or they ignorning because they need their bitch to kill more muslims;

 

[Indus Pakistan]

any response from cute human right ngos? or they ignorning because they need their bitch to kill more muslims;

Did you even read the article? They killed a Christian. Yes, a Christian.

 

[masterchief_mirza]

Did you even read the article? They killed a Christian. Yes, a Christian.


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He did read it. Did you understand the nuanced point he was making?

He is suggesting that the RSS scrums will get away with it as they are killing so many Muslims, the odd Christian as collateral damage is excused in lynchistan.

Personally I have a different theory. I think these murderers will be charged unlike murderers of Muslims who always get acquitted these days.

 

[Path-Finder]

ahh, lynching is for muslims and not christians!!

 

[Indus Pakistan]

He is suggesting that the RSS scrums will get away with it as they are killing so many Muslims, the odd Christian as collateral damage is excused in lynchistan.

I disagree. Actually the Dalits who are Hindu happen to be the biggest victims of RSS thugs. There is aspect of caste involved in this. Shah Rukh Khan is a Muslim but is above any Dalit in danger of being lynched.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-43972841

 

[Type59]

Sad that national identity is based on faith in india. Could have a 3000 year family history in India but consider outsider if converted to Christian by RSS.

 

[El Sidd]

In Houston they wear the cross proudly

 

[Path-Finder]

Some fake muslims sapporting RSS

and you are a real muslim by name?