Two months ago Professor T. J. Joseph was forced from his car and brutally attacked in front of his mother and sister in Kochi, India as they returned from Sunday Mass. During the bloody attack Professor Joseph was stabbed several times and the palm of his right hand was hacked off by a sword wielding thug. Surgeons at Specialists Hospital in Kochi performed two advanced micro-vascular surgeries to re-attach the severed palm and Joseph spent the remainder of the next two months recovering at his home.The attack on Professor Joseph had been carried out by Muslim extremists who were enraged by an exam question which they perceived to be offensive to Muhammad. Bowing to pressure from the Muslim community, Newman College suspended the professor and he subsequently issued a formal apology for his unintentional insult. In an area of India where the growing Muslim population has been gaining political strength, the authorities often overlook threats and intimidation against the smaller...(Read Full Post)