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Christians are under attack in the Indian states of Orissa and Karnataka, where Hindu mobs have driven them from their homes and carried out forced conversions.(The Week)(Brief article)

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Christians are under attack in the Indian states of Orissa and Karnataka, where Hindu mobs have driven them from their homes and carried out forced conversions. Christians also are under attack in Iraq, where Islamist bombers have targeted their leaders. There are two lessons here, one religious and one political. The religious lesson is: John 15:18. The political lesson is this: India is officially a secular democracy; Iraq's ...

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