Keep these Christians in prayer, asking for safety and hedge of protection and a spirit of peace to prevail over the people attending an upcoming festival intent on stirring area Indians against Christians and Muslims in a small tribal community (Dangs) in Gujaret, Western India.
Hindu extremists plan to hold a festival drawing up to 500,000 attendees this Februal 11-13 called "Hindu Jago, Christi Bhagao" (translated: "Arise Hindus, throw out the Christians").
It is a mythological passion play of sorts in which the demon figure [representing in this case, Christians and Muslims] is triumphantly killed at the end. The organizers are calling for a similar action against religious minorities.
The Dangs are a tribal people who mainly practive mainly Animism, with a small Christian and Muslim population. This festival's intent is to encourage their [Animists] conversion to Hinduism and a call to violence against the area minorities (Christians and Muslims).
In 1998 a similar event caused the destruction of 36 churches in that rural area.
The AICC (All Indian Christian Council) believes there are polictical motives behind this effort, a conversion to Hinduism by these tribal people would increase the numbers supporting the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party. Converting to Hinduism would entrench the Dangs who currently pay little attention to the caste system firmly within the category of "Untouchables."
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