Hindu Threat to Christians: Convert or Flee

A Christian in her burned home in the Indian state of Orissa. Villagers blamed Hindu militants

“ ‘Embrace Hinduism, and your house will not be demolished,’ ” Mr. Digal recalled being told on that Wednesday afternoon in September. “ ‘Otherwise, you will be killed, or you will be thrown out of the village.’ ”

Christian-Hindu "holy war" strikes India

35 Christians killed and 50,000 forced from their homes by Hindu mobs enraged at Swami's murder

Holding her daughter close, she told how a baying Hindu mob dragged her husband – a Christian pastor – from his bed, beat him to death with stones and iron rods and then threw him into a river. She found his corpse two days later, washed up on the bank. When she went to the police, they told her to go away.

Christian groups say politics behind India attacks

From the rape of a nun to arson and killings, Christian leaders in India accuse Hindu nationalist groups of deliberately targeting Christians in eastern India to support their political agenda and shore up their support base.

Four arrested over India nun rape

Orissa has seen rising tension between Christians and Hindus

The 29-year-old nun lodged a complaint on 25 August alleging rape by a member of a Hindu mob in Kandhamal district. Police are criticised for being slow to act - they say they have been trying to keep the peace in the area, which has seen weeks of Hindu-Christian violence.