The intensifying persecution against Christians in India has shown no sign of abating and, during the Easter holidays, Hindu extremists in Odisha and Chhattisgarh states violently attacked believers, destroyed homes and property, and harassed grieving relatives, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.
...continue reading this storyPolice in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state have detained dozens of evangelical Christians for allegedly violating a law banning “religious conversion” after complaints by Hindus.
...continue reading this storyRadicalized Hindus in India’s Uttar Pradesh state on Thursday locked a congregation of 100 Christians in their church and then had 36 of them arrested and jailed on alleged forced conversion charges, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.
...continue reading this storyChristians fear devoted believers in northern India may face up to 10 years imprisonment if they are caught evangelizing among non-Christians.
...continue reading this storyA Christian pastor who is still recovering after Hindu extremists beat him almost to death in India’s Madhya Pradesh state in January is now facing eviction after his assailants told his landlord to throw him out of his home, Morning Star News (MSN) reports. Christians in India have come under increasingly intense persecution since the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party came to power in 2014.
...continue reading this storyFive suspected Hindu nationalists broke into the home of a senior church leader pastor in India’s Chhattisgarh state on Thursday and murdered him, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.
...continue reading this storyChristians and other faith groups in India are at risk of suffering even more intense harassment and persecution as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won commanding victories in 4 key state elections on March 10.
...continue reading this storyAs the harassment and persecution of Christians in India by Hindu nationalists continues to intensify, a pastor in Delhi was violently attacked last month by a mob accusing him of forcing Hindus to convert to Christianity, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.
...continue reading this storyNon-white Christians trying to escape war-torn Ukraine are among refugees facing abuse by Ukrainian security forces, aid workers told Worthy News.
...continue reading this storyFour Christians in India’s Madhya Pradesh state have been jailed on false charges of trying to forcibly convert Hindus to faith in Jesus Christ, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports. Anti-conversion laws in numerous Indian states are increasingly abused by Hindu nationalist extremists to imprison, assault, murder, and displace Christians in the country.
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