Tag: India

Indian pastors arrested for evangelising

October 7, 2015 India India, Madhya Pradesh, Proselytism

Three Indian pastors were attacked by a mob and then arrested for attempting to convert Hindus, reports UCA News. Stephan Rajkumar, Hari Lal and Anil Kumar were arrested in Madhya Pradesh state on 3 Oct. after showing a film about Jesus in the town of Majhgawan. They were charged with . . . Read More

India: Nun killed in Kerala

September 18, 2015 India Chhattisgarh, India, Kerala, Rape, Women

A nun has been murdered in the southern Indian state of Kerala, reports Fides. Sister Amala Valummel, 69, was found dead on 17 Sep. at her convent in the town of Palai. This is the fourth incident involving an Indian nun that World Watch Monitor has reported in 2015. In . . . Read More

NE India – Manipur violence sparks fears of religious conflict

September 14, 2015 India Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Hindu nationalism, India, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Naga, Nagaland, Tripura

India’s north-east corner consists of seven states* linked to the rest of the country by a narrow strip of land: tribal peoples there perceive themselves to be very different – in culture, identity, and even looks – from the rest of India. One state, Manipur, on the Myanmar border and . . . 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

Nun says no to exam dress code

July 27, 2015 India India, Kerala

A strict dress code for India’s national medical-school entrance exam proved too strict for some religious hopefuls, including a nun who elected to skip the test rather than remove her veil and cross. In an attempt to minimise opportunities for cheating on the test, India’s Central Board of Secondary Education . . . Read More

Report of attack on Indian nun sparks protests

June 22, 2015 India Chhattisgarh, India, Rape, Women

Several thousand Christians in central India marched in protest June 20 and 21 after reports emerged that two men had sexually assaulted a nun in her bedroom. Citing police sources in Chhattisgarh state, the attackers broke into the 47-year-old nun’s room early June 20, tied her, and attempted to rape . . . Read More

2014: A year of particular concern

April 30, 2015 Global News -- No Particular Country Anti-balaka, Bashar al-Assad, BJP, Boko Haram, Central African Republic, Chibok girls, Chin, China, Egypt, Eritrea, Ghar Wapsi, Hindu nationalism, India, Iran, Iraq, Islamic State, Kachin, Kano, Myanmar, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Potiskum, Rohingya, Saudi Arabia, Seleka, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, USA, Uzbekistan, Vietnam

If ever there were a year that made plain the importance of religious freedom, 2014 was it, according to the just-released annual report by an American government advisory group. “By any measure, the horrors of the past year speak volumes about how and why religious freedom and the protection of the . . . Read More

‘Token’ arrests frustrate Indian bishop

March 25, 2015 India BJP, Converts, Hindu Dharma Sena, Hindu nationalism, India, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, Narendra Modi

An Indian bishop has accused police of ‘tokenism’ after they swiftly released on bail six suspects allegedly caught on camera vandalising a cathedral in central India on March 20. “Such kind of tokenism from police [will] not help bring in confidence among beleaguered Christians,” said Bishop Gerald Almeida. The men were . . . Read More

Mother Superior, 71, gang-raped in India

March 16, 2015 India Delhi, India, Rape, Women

A 71-year-old Mother Superior was gang-raped at a convent in eastern India on Saturday (14 March), after she confronted a group of armed robbers. The robbers were caught on CCTV and eight men questioned by police following the incident at the Convent of Jesus and Mary in Ranaghat, near Kolkata. . . . Read More

Indian church burning compared to Nazis

February 11, 2015 India Constitution, Delhi, India, Proselytism, Religious freedom

The Archbishop of Mumbai has asked whether India’s constitutional guarantee for people to freely ‘profess, practise and propagate religion’ actually applies to the Christian community in light of the treatment of those protesting in Delhi on 5 February against the fifth attack on the city’s churches in recent weeks. On . . . Read More

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