Tag: Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal

Political party campaigns for Nepal to become a Hindu state

March 1, 2019 Nepal Hindu nationalism, Minorities, Nepal, Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal

Christians are concerned about a campaign to make Nepal a Hindu nation. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

A pro-Hindu political party in Nepal has launched a campaign calling for the country to become a Hindu theocracy, reports Asia News. The right-wing pro-Hindu Rastriya Prajatantra Party launched the initiative in all seven provinces with a conference in the capital Kathmandu on 27 February. The party has been calling . . . Read More

Three arrested after Nepal church bombings

September 29, 2015 Nepal Hindu Morcha Nepal, Jhapa, Kathmandu, Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal

Three people have been arrested in connection with the recent bombing of two churches in Nepal’s easternmost Jhapa district. The bombings took place on 14 September, hours after Nepal’s Constituent Assembly had rejected calls to revert the country to a Hindu state. Both churches suffered structural damage, but nobody was . . . Read More

Churches bombed as Nepal stays secular

September 15, 2015 Nepal Converts, Hindu Morcha Nepal, Hindu nationalism, Jhapa, Nepal, Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal

Nepal’s Constituent Assembly rejected calls to revert the country to a Hindu state on Monday (14 Sep.), sparking violent protests, reports AP. Bombs went off at two churches in Nepal’s easternmost Jhapa district late on 14 Sep. The churches suffered structural damage, but nobody was hurt, according to The Kathmandu . . . Read More

Nepal on verge of curbing religious freedom

August 26, 2015 Nepal Converts, Hindu nationalism, Hindutva, Kathmandu, Maoists, Nepal, Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal, Religious freedom

The final draft of a new constitution was tabled in Nepal’s Constituent Assembly on 22 August amid protests by Hindu nationalists on the streets. They oppose the idea of secularism, which in the South Asian context simply means pluralism and equal treatment of all religions. It now needs approval by . . . Read More

Proposed Nepal constitution silent on secularism

August 10, 2015 Nepal Hindu nationalism, Nepal, Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal

Attempts to enshrine secularism in Nepal’s new constitution have stalled. Vishal Arora, who has covered Nepal for World Watch Monitor, reports that the four largest political parties “could not come to any conclusion on secularism” in the draft document, which is under consideration by the Constituent Assembly and expected to . . . Read More

Nepali constitution could render Christianity illegal

August 7, 2015 Nepal Constitution, Hindu nationalism, India, Proselytism, Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal, Religious freedom

In Nepal, 80 per cent of the population is Hindu; Christians comprise between 1.5 and 3 per cent.Courtesy Open Doors International Nepali Christians fear that proposed amendments to Nepal’s new constitution, likely to come into effect on Monday (10 August) after seven years of parliamentary discussions, could eventually render all . . . Read More

Nepali pastor leaves prison after 2 years for killing a cow

August 29, 2014 Nepal Beef, Hindu nationalism, Hindutva, Nepal, Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal, Sushil Koirala

We will no longer sit and watch as cows are slaughtered in our sacred land’: Shrinevasacharya. John Hill / Creative Commons A Nepali pastor sentenced to 12 years in prison for slaughtering a cow has been released early after a court declared him not guilty on 17 July. Reverand . . . Read More

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