India: How anti-conversion laws are fine-tuned to allow policing of Christians
While they purport to protect poor Hindus from being exploited, anti-conversion laws have been found to have a more demonstrable effect of generating violence against Christians. MOHAMMAD ALI reports for Religion News Service…
Indian PM speaks out against “menace” of mob attacks for first time
World Watch Monitor India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has for the first time condemned violence against minorities, saying that everyone has a duty to fight the “menace” of mob lynchings. But his critics say that, after four years in power at the head of a Hindu nationalist government, the comments have come too late. Attacks on […]
INDIA: HINDU EXTREMIST VIOLENCE ON THE RISE IN SOUTHERN STATES
TEJASWI RAVINDER reports for World Watch Monitor…
Indian pastor beaten up, then detained, after 11 Hindus convert to Christianity
World Watch Monitor An Indian pastor was beaten up by Hindu nationalists, then arrested by police on 18th June for allegedly forcing some local families in Muzaffarnagar, a city in Uttar Pradesh state, to convert to Christianity, reports The Times of India. Dipender Prakash was reportedly attacked by members of Bajrang Dal, a militant Hindu nationalist […]