04-14-2010, 07:32 PM
Here it is from the horse's mouth:
Quote:Part of the misguided finger-pointing stems from what Mangalwadi calls a growing
Christian-Maoist nexus. During the December-January violence in Orissa, a number
of Christian youth were lured into the Maoist ranks by the promise of guns.
There could be more violence in the coming months as suspicions loom over Maoist
intentions and a suspected link to local believers.
The former pastor from Mumbai, who has asked to remain unnamed due to his
involvement in relief work in Orissa, says many families are split between
Christians and Maoists. While some Christians have died for their faith, some of
the people arrested for the death of Saraswati have Christian names. "Those
hot-headed youth who are unable to take the cross of the Lord Jesus Christ and
who are impatient say, 'We will join the Maoists because the oppression is
horrible,'" the pastor said.
Mangalwadi says Christians in India need to define their relationship with
Maoists who have been supporting evangelicals there for some time. Frontline
evangelists, for example, are escorted into the jungle to show the Jesus film.
Halfway through the film, it is stopped for a lecture on Maoism and is then
resumed.
http://www.worldmag.com/articles/14742