Over 200 Hindu extremists, including middle-aged women, attacked a church in northern India on October 3, beating up worshippers, causing severe injuries, and looting church and personal property, Morning Star News (MSN).
...continue reading this storyThe Burmese Army has burned down a whole village in Myanmar’s Chin state, a traditionally Christian stronghold, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports. The attack took place earlier this month as part of a “clearance operation” designed to crush opposition to Burmese military rule in Chin state.
...continue reading this storyThe Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI) has reported that thirteen acts of Hindu nationalist persecution against Christians took place in a single day across northern India on Sunday, October 3, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.
...continue reading this storyA dozen Christian worshipers have been attacked by hundreds of Hindu hardliners in northern India amid
spreading Hindu nationalist hate speech and violence towards minority Christians in the country, Worthy News established Saturday.
As India’s Uttar Pradesh state crackdowns on Christians through harsh anti-conversion laws, on October 3 a local pastor and his wife were arrested and imprisoned on false charges of forcing Hindus to convert to Christianity, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.
...continue reading this storyPolice in India’s Uttar Pradesh state last month beat up two Christians they had arrested on false charges of forcibly converting Hindus to Christianity, Morning Star News (MSN) reports. Believers in Uttar Pradesh are reportedly experiencing a wave of intense persecution as Hindu nationalists continually abuse harsh anti-conversion laws to have them arrested and detained on false charges.
...continue reading this storyA mob of 200 Hindu nationalists attacked a church in India's Uttarakhand state last week, damaging the church and seriously injuring three Christian women, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports. Since the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata came to power in 2014, India has progressed from ranking 31 on the US Open Doors annual Watch List of countries that persecute Christians to ranking 10 in 2021.
...continue reading this storyAn Afghan Christian who fled to India just days before the Taliban took over her country may be deported back to Afghanistan as her visa expires shortly, International Christian Concern reports. Even before the Taliban took over, Afghanistan ranked 2 on the US Open Doors Watch List 2021 of top 50 countries where Christians are persecuted; the situation for believers is all the more intensely dangerous.
...continue reading this storyA devoted Christian teenager who suffered burns of up to 70 percent of his body after an acid attack in eastern India has died, Christian aid workers told Worthy News Thursday.
...continue reading this storyAs Hindu nationalist persecution against Christians in India continues to intensify, a married couple in Odisha state were recently beaten unconscious by a mob of radical Hindus enraged that the two had converted to Christianity, International Christian Concern (ICC reports).
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