Some people in India’s state of Orissa are calling for a complete shutdown of all areas of society on December 25. Not to celebrate Christmas but to catch Christians going to church so they can be brutalized. From Christians in Orissa, India Fear Violent Christmas :
Christians in Orissa state are anticipating Christmas with fear as Hindu extremists have called for a state-wide bandh, or forced shut-down on all sectors of society, on Dec. 25 – a move that could provide Hindu extremists the pretext for attacking anyone publicly celebrating the birth of Christ.
Last year one of the area’s worst spates of violence came during the Christmas season.
The state’s chief minister has said there should be no such shut-down but stopped short of prohibiting the Hindu extremists’ plan. The federal government has expressed its disapproval of the proposal, but the Hindu extremist umbrella organization Sangh Parivar has vowed to press ahead with the shut-down, reported newspaper Outlook India on Nov. 20.