A/56/253 seriously damaged the hall of the church in Bokaro. On 4 January 2001, in Jaher village near Udaipur district, Rajasthan, two priests participating in a religious ceremony were said to have been beaten by a group of at least 40 armed men. 40. On 14 December 2000, the Andhra Pradesh police allegedly issued an arrest warrant against M.T.V. Ramana Murty, editor of the humanist monthly Vijaya Viharam on grounds that he had offended the religious sentiments of Muslims and incited to animosity among religious groups. The accusation was apparently motivated by the publication of an article on Swami Dayananda Saraswati, a Hindu reformer and the founder of Arya Samaj. The article allegedly included quotations from Swami Dayananda Saraswati that were critical of Islam. According to certain non-governmental organizations, the quotations were taken from a work that was available throughout India, including public libraries. It appears that the real reason for this action against M.T.V. Ramana Murty was the publication of a series of articles criticizing Godman Satya Sai Baba which were widely disseminated through dignitaries and high-ranking police officials. Objections were also raised to certain articles against Vaastu, the main proponents of which were said to be incensed against the editor of the magazine. 41. On 6 December 2000, the Prime Minister is said to have stated in Parliament that a temple must be built at Ayodhya in response to national sentiment, adding that: “It is not yet over”. This statement was made on the occasion of the eighth anniversary of the demolition of Babri Masjid and was interpreted as providing support for a campaign to impose the building of a temple on the Babri Masjid site. 42. On 20 February 2001, in Karnataka, the Government apparently refused to renew the residence permit of a 79-year-old French missionary of the Paris Mission Society who had worked in India among the poor since the age of 24. On 26 February 2001, in Orissa, Balasore district, on the basis of Orissa’s freedom of religion Act of November 1999, the police allegedly prevented six members of the Channa Singh tribal family from converting to Christianity. Three weeks after submitting a properly completed form concerning their conversion, the six people allegedly decided, since there had been no response from the authorities, to go ahead with the conversion ceremony. However, the police appear to have opposed that on the grounds that the inquiry into the reasons for their conversion was not yet complete. Indonesia 43. On 28 November 2000, in Kairatu, Seram Island, Muslim jihad fighters allegedly attacked the Christian community, destroying a Seventh Day Adventist church. 44. In December 2000, in Keswui, Teor and Seram, Muslim extremists appear to have systematically forced Christians to convert to Islam, to change their names, and to submit to circumcision in the case of men and genital mutilation in the case of women, on pain of being executed if they refused. On 20 December 2000, Saleh Latuconsina, administrator of the state of civil emergency in Ambon, is reported to have confirmed cases of enforced conversion to Islam in Kesui (Central Maluku) organized by Muslim extremists. 12