religious conversions
- India
Odisha: Pastor beaten, paraded, forced to eat cow dung by right-wing mob
Bhubaneswar: A Christian pastor was assaulted, paraded with a garland of shoes and forced to eat cow dung on suspicion of religious conversion in Odisha’s Dhenkanal district on January 4. The pastor…
- India
MP: BJP worker harasses visually impaired woman during Christmas event
A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) councillor in Madhya Pradesh‘s Jabalpur allegedly used dehumanising remarks against a visually impaired woman attending a Christmas event, saying she would remain blind in her next birth…
- India
Catholic Bishops’ body condemns attacks on Chirstians ahead of Christmas
New Delhi: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) on Tuesday unequivocally condemned the “alarming” rise in alleged attacks on Christians in various states during the Christmas season, and said it gravely…
- India
Hindutva mob attack Christian missionary group in Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir: A Hindutva mob attacked a group of Christian missionaries from Tamil Nadu while praying with a Christian family in Kathua district, accusing them of forced conversions as police officers…
- India
Two held for illegal religious conversion in UP, SIT formed to probe funding
Shahjahanpur: Two Christians have been arrested here for alleged involvement in illegal religious conversion, with police setting up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to look into their funding and other aspects as…
- India
Jharkhand BJP leader accuses forced conversions at prayer meet
Jharkhand Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Gunjan Yadav, along with his Hindutva followers, raided a Christian family on Sunday, July 27, alleging they were conducting forced religious conversions. Twelve people have been…
- India
UP: Man arrested for religious conversion in Rae Bareli
A man identified as Rajesh also known as David was arrested on Friday, October 25 in Uttar Pradesh’s Rae Bareli city on charges of attempting to convert individuals to Christianity. According to…
- India
Majority would become minority if conversions continue: Allahabad HC
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has observed that if the current trend of conversions during religious congregations is permitted to continue, the country’s majority population could eventually find itself in the minority…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: FIR filed against activists, nurses in religious conversion case
Bengaluru: An FIR was filed against nine activists and two nurses in an alleged “forcefully” conversion case in Kalaburagi district of the state. On February 22, two Christian nurses — Ashwini and…
