India: Churches attacked as trouble brews over Jesus picture row

by John Malhotra
Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Two churches have been burnt to the ground and Christians attacked after tension erupted on Saturday over the publication of an offensive poster of Jesus Christ in an in Batala, Punjab, in India.

Police said trouble began after some Christian youths protested against the picture of Jesus holding a beer can and a cigarette, which appeared in some newspapers. the rest