Tag: persecution in India

Cardinal Oswal Gracias was among a select group of faith leaders, business bigwigs, and community figures invited to the PM's residence for the Christmas Day celebration.

Pastor Arun Kumar and Pastor Ram Tahal gathered to pray on New Year’s Eve along with about 100 believers on December 31 in Ram Charan Ka Purwa in Ajrauli, Khandasa.

The US panel only offers recommendations and has no ability to set policy. There was little expectation the State Department would adopt the commission’s position

Lisa Pearce, the interim CEO of Open Doors US said on January 18 that the Open Doors World Watch List provides a global annual snapshot of where Christians are being persecuted and how.

Hindu nationalist leaders frequently use the false claim of fraudulent mass conversions to Christianity to justify actions taken against India’s Christian minority.

A cathedral premises and a Catholic school where people had gathered for a religious convention were vandalised allegedly by Hindu activists at Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh, drawing outrage from the Christian community.

“My government will ensure that there is complete freedom of faith and that everyone has the undeniable right to retain or adopt the religion of his or her choice without coercion or undue influence," Modi said.

AS many as 100 BJP workers led by two men identified as A Raja and Chidambaram beat up a group of Christian workers who were preaching the Gospel in Paganeri village of Tamil Nadu on April 21.

THE murder of Christian activist Rabindra Parichha in Kandhamal district of Orissa in India has been interpreted as "a strategic move by extremists to create a climate of fear among Christians" in the run-up to Christmas.

ALTHOUGH Hindus blocked roads with burning tires and pelted cars with stones to discourage attendance, the "Jesus Christ Festival of Blessings" was still held Nov. 25-27 at the Chelli Railway Colony ground in Hubli.