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India: ‘pressure from right-wing Hindus’ forced closure of Catholic children’s hostel

September 20, 2017 India Anti-conversion law, Hindu nationalism, India, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh

...state of Jharkhand, the most recent state to pass what are officially known as Freedom of Religion Bills, offenders could face a four-year prison term and a 100,000 rupee (US$1,600)...

India: senior Church leaders call on Modi to help ‘control ideological hatred’ in Jharkhand

September 15, 2017 India Anti-conversion law, BJP, Dalits, Himachal Pradesh, India, Jharkhand, Narendra Modi, Ram Nath Kovind, RSS

Hindu radicals burn a dummy replica of local Jharkhand Archbishop, Cardinal Telephore Toppo of Ranchi. (Photo: Catholic Bishops' Conference of India)

...I appeal to you, honourable Prime Minister, with trust and hope, to intervene and curb the spread of hate created by the chief minister of Jharkhand. Jharkhandis and Jharkhand deserve...

India: two Christian women accused of ‘forced conversions’

September 11, 2017 India Anti-conversion law, Hindu nationalism, India, Jharkhand, Karnataka

...converts. So-called “anti-conversion laws” in the Indian states of Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, and Odisha have made it an offence to convert a person’s religion by force. Penalties can...

India: cautious response to appointment of first Christian to Modi’s cabinet

September 6, 2017 India Alphons Kannanthanam, Anti-conversion law, BJP, Catholics, India, Jharkhand, Kerala, Narendra Modi

Alphons Kannanthanam was sworn in on 3 September at the Presidential Palace in New Del

...(the BJP) have seen a rise in radical extremism and violence against those of minority religions; this has increased steadily. Last month, for instance, the state of Jharkhand became the...

Modi accused of hypocrisy after BJP bulldozes through India’s latest ‘anti-conversion law’

August 17, 2017 India Anti-conversion law, BJP, Chhattisgarh, Dalits, Gujarat, Hindu nationalism, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Narendra Modi, Rajasthan

...dancing in traditional attire at a church convention in Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand state, in 2004. Cardinal Toppo, himself a tribal, heads the Catholic Church in Jharkhand, where Christians...

Jharkhand the latest Indian state to pass ‘anti-conversion bill’

August 15, 2017 India Anti-conversion law, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, India, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Protestants, Ram Nath Kovind

Approval of the bill by President Ram Nath Kovind (c) will mean Jharkhand joins Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat states in having an “anti-conversion law” (CC) The...

Indian Christians faced almost as many attacks in first half of 2017 as all of 2016

August 8, 2017 India BJP, Chhattisgarh, Hindu nationalism, Hindutva, India, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Narendra Modi, RSS

...states to have an ‘anti-conversion’ law, 122 incidents were recorded (72 last year). This week, Jharkhand is the latest state to bring to its Parliament a bill for a similar...

India: another state expected to pass ‘anti-conversion law’

August 3, 2017 India Anti-conversion law, Chhattisgarh, Dalits, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Protestants

Anti-conversion laws have drawn criticism from India’s Christians (World Watch Monitor) The north-east Indian state of Jharkhand has cleared the draft of an “anti-conversion bill” that could mean four-year prison...

Indians take to the streets in protest against religious violence

July 7, 2017 India Assam, Bangalore, Beef, BJP, Dalits, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kochi, Mumbai, Narendra Modi

...on Thursday 29 June. On the same day, local news sources reported another mob attack in the eastern state of Jharkhand, in which a 50-year-old man was killed, having been...

‘Change your image of India from a nice backpacking trip to Taj Mahal!’

June 26, 2017 Bhopal, BJP, Donald Trump, Europe, Hindu nationalism, India, Madhya Pradesh, Narendra Modi, Pakistan, Ram Nath Kovind, Saudi Arabia

...nun was charged with human trafficking and then released, but the case has been referred to police in the eastern state of Jharkhand, where the group is from. Embed from...

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