Crazies in India have been beatikng, burning and killing 'witches' for a while now - it has been a very serious concern of mine, so I follow what I call 'the burning news' in India.

Wiccan leaders have been yelling and screaming about this sort of extreme religious discrimination resulting in murder and disfigurement for a while now, and have sent envoys to try to educate people about the gentle nature of wicca, in hopes of stemming this abuse.

I was not expecting this to come up tonight. It so concerns me - this is the country we have decided to outsource all our jobs to. What I repeatedly notice, is, that no matter what the religion, it has about always been a woman that they decide to burn.

IMO the US really needs to step up and denounce this sort of violence - yesterday.

[quote]BHUBANESWAR, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Two persons, including a woman, were burned to death, a pastor critically injured and at least a dozen churches torched as anti Christian violence rocked the Indian state of Orissa, officials confirmed Tuesday, August 26.

Orissa's Home Secretary Tarunkanti Mishra told reporters he had received information about the two casualties, as an investigation continued. Earlier on Monday, August 25, news emerged that a nun was raped, a priest beaten and several other Christians missing or injured in the violence.

Monday's violence erupted after a protest against the killing over the weekend of Laxmanananda Saraswati, a leader of the hard-line Hindu organization Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and at least four of his associates. It was not clear who was responsible for the murders, but militants blamed Christians for the attacks.

A woman, who was not immediately identified, was reportedly burned to death when suspected Hindu militants torched an orphanage run by a Christian organisation at the town of Phutpali in Bargarh District. Twenty children, who were at the orphanage, managed to escape but a pastor suffered serious burn injuries in the attack, BosNewsLife learned.[/quote]