Authorities in India’s Assam state have fined two American Christians $500 each for allegedly violating their tourist visas by preaching the Gospel and leading people to Christ at various locations, Christian Today India (CTI) reports.
...continue reading this storyHindu extremists in India’s Chhattisgarh state violently assaulted a Christian man and his father and brother last week after he refused to renounce Christ and return to Hinduism, Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) reports. Christians in Chhattisgarh state have been increasingly violently targeted by Hindu extremists who, emboldened by the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, are seeking to impose their version of the religion as the dominant ideology in India.
...continue reading this storyHindu extremists in India are continuing to persecute Christians in their zeal to ensure Hindu nationalism is the dominant ideology in this vast country: in a recent incident, a mob of Hindus in Chhattisgarh state attacked and hospitalized eight Christians who were on their way home from their weekly house church meeting, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.
...continue reading this storyA Hindu rights organization in India’s Assam state is demanding the removal of all Christian symbols from local Christian schools on the grounds that missionaries must be prevented from evangelizing pupils, UCA News reports.
...continue reading this storyThe International Christian Concern (ICC) advocacy and aid organization reported this week that it has provided aid to 50 Christian farmers suffering intense Hindu nationalist persecution in India’s Chhattisgarh state.
...continue reading this storyIn further evidence of the increasing power and influence of Hindu nationalism in India, a crowd of young Hindutva activists climbed on top of four church buildings in Madhya Pradesh state, planting Hindu flags with an image of their god and chanting Hindu slogans, Newslaundry reports.
...continue reading this storyAs India’s Manipur state continues to be wracked by over eight months of violence, tens of thousands of Christians from the Kuki-Zo tribal community have now been displaced and at least 80 community members, including women and children, have died due to desperately poor living conditions and lack of healthcare, the Christian Post (CP) reports.
...continue reading this storyA watchdog group which monitors persecution against Christians in India has reported a surge in violent incidents against believers there, Christian Today India (CTI) reports.
...continue reading this storyA Church leader and a fellow Christian man in India’s Uttar Pradesh state have been released on bail pending trial for praying with friends in the pastor’s home on New Year’s Eve, CBN News reports.
...continue reading this storyTwo Christians were critically injured, and several others wounded, when Hindu nationalists raided a church service in India’s Chhattisgarh state earlier this month, International Christian Concern reports.
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