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Hindu Extremists Attack Christian School, Beat Staff
Police Ignore Attack and Tell Christians to Stop Causing Trouble

Washington, D.C. (August 19, 2009) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Hindu extremists attacked the Christian Children’s Learning Centre in Ambala, India and forcefully shut it down after beating staff members on July 19, 2009.

The Children’s Learning Centre is run under the oversight of Children Compassion Ministry, a Christian group that operates in the area. Pastor Kamaraj has been running a free education program for poor local children at the school.

The Hindu extremists barged into the center on Sunday, July 19 and accused Pastor Kamaraj and his staff of forcibly converting children to Christianity. After beating them, the extremists forced them to leave the building.

In an interview with ICC, Pastor Kamaraj denied the accusation and said, “We have about 15 students from poor families coming to the school every day for two hours in the afternoon. We are helping these children in their studies with the consent of their parents.”

He reported the attack to the police the next day, but they told him to close the center and vacate the building because he had caused trouble by running the school.

The Children’s Learning Centre has temporarily moved to Pastor Kamaraj’s house as they try to continue ministering to as many poor students as possible in the face of extremist and government opposition.

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