Police 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 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).
...continue reading this storyA 78-year-old Christian man in Nigeria’s Kogi state was killed Saturday during a rescue operation to free him from his Fulani herdsmen abductors, Morning Star News (MSN) reports. Julius Oshadumo was among an estimated 3,000 Christians abducted by jihadists in Nigeria this year; he died on the same day that Fulani militants murdered three other Christians in Kogi state.
...continue reading this storyA pentecostal evangelist in India’s Himachal Pradesh state was arrested Tuesday for distributing Bibles and Gospel pamphlets, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports. India ranks 10 on the US Open Doors Watch List of top 50 countries where Christians are persecuted: the persecution of believers has intensified since the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party came to power in 2014.
...continue reading this storyA 16-year-old Christian youth has died after being burned in an acid attack by suspected Hindu nationalists in India’s Bihar state, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports. Nitish Kumar died on September 26, forty-six days after unknown criminals on a motorbike poured acid on him from behind; no one has been arrested.
...continue reading this storyAt least six Christians have recently been detained by police in India’s Karnataka state after Hindu nationalists leveled false accusations against them, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports. Rights groups report that Hindu extremists have increasingly abused anti-conversion and blasphemy laws to harass and persecute Christians in India; Hindu nationalists have been emboldened in these endeavors since their Bharatiya Janata party came to power in 2014.
...continue reading this storyA mob of Hindu nationalists beat up three pastors in front of police officers at a police station in India’s Chhattisgarh State after the Chrisitan leaders were summoned there to answer questions about holding worship services, Morning Star News (MSN) reports. Persecution against Christians in India has intensified greatly since the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party took power in 2014.
...continue reading this storySix Christians in Pakistan’s second-largest city Lahore are recovering from injuries after Muslims opened fire at Christian residents.
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