Christians decry persecution in India's heartland
Mihaela Măncilă
On a humid Sunday afternoon in July last year, a small gathering of Christians inside a modest home in India 's Uttar Pradesh state was interrupted by a mob. "At least 50 to 60 people associated with a Hindu right-wing organization came when people were receiving a religious message," said Jaynendra (name changed), the pastor leading the prayer. What followed, he said, was chaos. The mob "created a ruckus and closed the prayer hall," Jaynendra said. The gathering, held inside his home in the
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