Religious conversion
- India
VHP-Bajrang Dal workers vandalise church in Chhattisgarh over conversion claim
Members from Hindutva organisations, Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal, stormed and vandalised a church in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur, alleging that forced religious conversion was taking place. The attack took place on…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Wife accuses Pak origin husband of forced conversion
Hyderabad: A Muslim man, whose paternal origins are from Pakistan, was arrested by Langar Houz police on Friday, August 15, after his wife registered a cheating case against him. Keerthi married Fahad…
- India
SC seeks UP govt response on plea against amended law on religious conversion
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday, July 16, sought Uttar Pradesh government’s response on a plea against certain provisions of the 2024 amended UP law on unlawful religious conversion. A bench…
- India
Man held for sexually exploiting woman, forcing her to convert: UP police
Shahjahanpur: Police have arrested a Muslim man after a Hindu woman alleged that he sexually exploited her for two years, made objectionable videos and pressured her to convert to Islam, a police…
- Hate Crime
Pastor arrested over religious conversions in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad: A pastor and his follower were arrested on Sunday, June 15, for allegedly attempting to convert people from economically weaker sections to Christianity under the guise of providing monetary assistance. The…
- India
Chhattisgarh family forced into hiding after harassment by Hindutva groups
Pastor Jose Thomas and his family, residing in Kawardha district of Chhattisgarh, have been forced into hiding after constant harassment by members of the Hindutva organisation – Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu…
- India
‘Worse than cancer’: Bajrang Dal protests religious conversion in Chhattisgarh
Members of the Bajrang Dal staged a protest outside a household in the Julum region of Raipur in Chhattisgarh, alleging religious conversion and referring to them as “more dangerous than cancer.” The…
- India
Five arrested in UP after Bajrang Dal alleges conversion plot
Uttar Pradesh’s Hamirpur district police arrested five Muslim men on charges of alleged unlawful religious conversion after performing religious rituals at the home of a Dalit family. The arrests were made following…
- India
Church demolished in Chhattisgarh over encroachment accusations
A building that was formerly a church was demolished in Chhattisgarh’s Raigarh district. The demolition took place after a public threat by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Anshu Tuneja on December 29…
- India
SC declares religious conversion for reservation benefits unconstitutional
New Delhi: In a significant verdict, the Supreme Court has said religious conversions undertaken solely to avail reservation benefits without genuine belief amounted to a “fraud on the Constitution”. Justices Pankaj Mithal…
- India
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind criticizes court ruling on Maulana Kaleem Siddiqui, Umar Gautam
New Delhi: The President of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH), Syed Sadatullah Hussaini has voiced concern over the recent judgment by a NIA-ATS court that convicted Maulana Kaleem Siddiqui, Maulana Umar Gautam and 14…
- India
UP: Kalim Siddiqui, Umar Gautam, 12 others get life imprisonment in religious conversion case
Lucknow: A special NIA-Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) court in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday awarded life sentence to 12 people, including Islamic preacher Maulana Kalim Siddiqui and Islamic Da’wah Centre founder Mohammed Umar Gautam,…
- India
UP: Woman alleges rape, forced religious conversion in Amethi
Amethi: An 18-year-old woman was allegedly raped and forced to convert to Islam here, police said on Sunday. Police have arrested three people in the matter whose identities have not been disclosed.…
- India
UP: Church built on forest land demolished in Mirzapur
A church and another building were demolished by district authorities in Uttar Pradesh’s Mirzapur district citing illegal construction on forest land. The demolition was carried out in the presence of police. According…
- India
UP Assembly to take up Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act amendment
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Assembly is on Tuesday scheduled to take up for consideration and pass a bill that seeks to amend the Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act to increase the maximum…
