Propaganda or truth?

[Moontanman]

I get these things from the Internet quite a bit, I usually rank them right up there with someone in Uganda wanting to send me millions of dollars because they heard I was an honest man. Can these messages be checked to see if they are true? Here is the latest one.

 

Since one month we have so much of oppositions, problems, troubles and persecutions here in

India, especially in the area near Orissa, Karnataka and in some of the

border areas of Kerala and Tamilnadu.

 

Nearly about 100 missionaries, pastors, priests, nuns and believers were beaten,

burnt and died. Hundreds of churches were burnt and destroyed. Thousands of christians' houses

were burnt and destroyed. Thousands of Bibles, christian literatures, musical instruments,

benches and tables were burnt. Christians were threatened, beaten and driven out of the

villages and towns and ran to the mountains to save their lives.

 

Some of our Bible College Graduates are ministering there at the area

in eastern India near Orissa and few of their churches and believers' houses were burnt and destroyed.

 

Everyday they cry and make telephone calls to pray for them. Appreciate your earnest prayers.

Even though the Government take actions, persecution continues by the support of the fanatic hindu

religious leaders, poliical leaders and police officers.

 

Just now one of our Missionaries in Karnataka made a phone call with crying that yesterday

night two of our missionaries while conducting cottage prayer meeting in a house, a group of

fanatic hindus, R. S. S and Bajrangdal people entered inside the house and beaten the missionaries

and 12 believers who attended the prayer meeting. Some are injured and admitted in the hospital.

Appreciate your prayers for them.

 

Praying and planning to go to Karnataka and the area in eastern India near Orissato see the

believers and missionaries injured and admitted in the hospital. Please pray for our safety and

of the missionaries and believers over there at KARNATAKA and Oissa.

 

If God wills, planning and praying to take coming sunday (21-Sep-2008) offerings of all our Branch

churches and collect some more funds from friends to be given to our graduates/ missionaries and

some of their believers in the area in eastern India near Orissa and Karnataka.

 

Please share about these persecutions and sufferings of our Indian missionaries and believers to

our Board Directors, Praying Friends, Sponsors, churches and other christian organizations and

pray for them earnestly and to show our Christian Love in Action.

 

Thanking you so much,

Yours Sincerely in Him,

a pastor in India

[freeztar]

Attacks on Christians escalate in India's Karnataka state

Extremists Launch Attacks Against Christians in Second Indian State

12 churches attacked in India, 1 dead - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

 

It seems there is some truth to it, though the number of dead are greatly exaggerated in the email from what I can tell.