1. Why have Christians been murdered in India's Orissa state?

2. How has the Indian government responded to the Hindu attacks on Christians in Orissa state?

3. a) Who is Vishal Mangalwadi?
b) Why does Mr. Mangalwadi say Hinduism has nothing to do with nonviolence?

4. Why have most of the Hindu attacks against Christians taken place in states where the Bharatiya Janata Party is in power?

5. How are terrorist attacks carried out by Muslim extremists different from the attacks carried out by Hindu radicals?

6. What violent attack was made by Hindus against Muslims in 1992?

7. The murder of Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati, a Hindu leader who had oppressed Christians in Orissa, launched the recent violent attacks against Christians. Although Maoists (Communists) have claimed responsibility for his murder, why were Christians blamed for the Swami's death?

8. What does Mr. Mangalwadi say is the only solution to the Hindu-Christian conflict?

9. Hindu fundamentalists have blamed Christianity's growing strength in India on forced conversions and bribery. Many of Orissa's Christians are Dalits (the lowest caste in India). What evidence is there that these Christians have not been forced or bribed to become Christians?