Under pressure from Hindu extremists, local officials kept a church from meeting on Good Friday (April 3) in India's Uttar Pradesh state and ordered the pastor to vacate the property, a church leader told Morning Star News.
...continue reading this storyA mob of more than 700 Hindus assaulted 45 mourners as they began burial rites for an elderly Christian woman at a cemetery in Faridabad, India, on March 6.
...continue reading this storyThe recent rape of an elderly nun in West Bengal, India, was part of a premeditated attack against Christian institutions, according to Morning Star News.
...continue reading this storyPolice in India have arrested hundreds of Christians while they were protesting attacks against five churches in just the past two months, according to International Christian Concern.
...continue reading this storyAn Indian lawmaker of the ruling Hindu nationalist party has promised a death sentence for any Hindu who converts to Christianity, according to the International Business Times.
...continue reading this storyBefore Barack Obama visits India, an online petition has urged the president to ask India's Narendra Modi to "preserve and promote the religious freedom of minorities," according to The American Bazaaar.
...continue reading this storyA group dedicated to the Hindu principles of "cosmic law" has declared that India will become a Hindu rashtra (dominion) by 2021, according to The Daily Mail (India).
...continue reading this storyA group of Christians were brutally attacked and beaten by Hindus for singing Christmas carols in Singareny Colony, India, according to International Christian Concern.
...continue reading this storyLast month, India's minister for social justice said his new government will not grant Dalit Christians and Muslims the same rights afforded to Hindus, Buddhists and Sikhs.
...continue reading this storyTwelve Christians were injured by a mob of nationalist Hindus in the Bastar district of India's Chhattisgarh state last week, according to Barnabas Aid.
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