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India Briefs: Recent Incidents of Persecution

May 31, 2012 India Andhra Pradesh, Bangalore, BJP, Converts, Hindu nationalism, India, Karnataka, RSS

On April 30 in Banglawmedu, state police cancelled a Bible study after Hindu extremists from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) disrupted the meeting, roughed up those present and ordered them to cease alleged forceful conversion. The Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC) reported that pastor V. Neethirajan of The Church . . . Read More

Briefs: recent incidents of persecution

March 29, 2012 India Assam, Bangalore, Delhi, Hindu nationalism, India, Jabalpur, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, RSS, West Bengal

Police arrested five Christians on March 25 in Dhanegaon, Chhinwara, after Hindu extremists from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh attacked them and accused them of forceful conversion. A source told World Watch Monitor the extremists barged into the Sunday worship service of Bharatiya Pratna Bhawan (India Prayer Hall), beat pastor Harichand . . . Read More

India Briefs: Recent Incidents of Persecution

February 1, 2012 India Andhra Pradesh, Bajrang Dal, Bangalore, Hindu nationalism, India, Karnataka, Odisha, RSS

A Hindu extremist in Adigar, Phulbani, Kandhamal district on Jan. 25 attacked a pastor’s hut and harassed his family, according to the Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC). Jaleshwar Pradhan threw stones at the home of Pastor Patiba Mohan Kota while he was away, verbally abused his wife and pushed . . . Read More

Karnataka most dangerous state in India for Christians

January 13, 2012 India Hindu nationalism, India, Karnataka

Attacks on Christians accelerated over the Christmas and New Year’s holidays in the south Indian state of Karnataka, which was identified as the most unsafe place for the religious minority for the third consecutive year in 2011. With 49 cases of violence and hostility against Christians in 2011, Karnataka remained . . . Read More

India Briefs: Recent Incidents of Persecution

December 30, 2011 India Andhra Pradesh, Bangalore, Hindu nationalism, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Mumbai, Pentecostals, RSS, Tamil Nadu

Police arrested a Christian after Hindu extremists on Dec. 22 accused him of forceful conversion in Nagarcoil. The Global Council of Indian Christians reported that Hindu extremists accused Sagaya Dass of forceful conversion after he and students from SP Hindu College organised a Christmas program. The extremists filed a police . . . Read More

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Karnataka most dangerous state in India for Christians

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