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Indian Christians protest at attack on Catholic professor

Thousands of Christians in India's southern state of Kerala have held a silent protest march in the town of Thodupuzha after attackers severed the arm of a Roman Catholic professor because of an alleged insult to Islam, reports Ecumenical News International.

"We are anguished over the fact there seems to be a deep-rooted conspiracy behind this diabolical act," the Rev. Mathew Kochupurackal, chancellor of the Catholic diocese of Kothamangalam, to which the professor and his college belong, told ENInews.

Kochupurackal said that the 17 July silent march represented concern that key suspects are still at large despite the attack having taken place in broad daylight.

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TAGS: India silent protest march Roman Catholic professor insult to Islam Rev. Mathew Kochupurackal Catholic professor

[07/22/2010]

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