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Radicals in India Use Rumor of Conversions to Terrorize Small Christian Community

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September 17, 2020

India – According to Asia News, a small Christian community in India’s Uttar Pradesh state was terrorized by radical Hindu nationalists last Sunday, September 13. The radicals reportedly attacked the Christians after they claimed that the local pastor had attempted to convert Hindus to Christianity.

On Sunday, September 13, members of Yuva Shakti Sangathan, a radical Hindu nationalist group, attacked the home of Santosh Kannaujia, a Pentecostal pastor, in the village of Bela. The radicals accused Pastor Kannaujia of attempting to convert Hindus to Christianity in the nearby village of Cholapur.

Pastor Kannaujia was defended by members of his community and local police were able to intervene before any serious violence broke out. However, arrests were made on both sides of the confrontation.

Radicals in India often used the false allegations of forced or fraudulent conversions to justify their attacks on Christians. Due to growing religious intolerance, many radicals in India view almost all conversions to non-Hindu faiths as forced or fraudulent.

“Conversion is not illegal,” Sajan K. George, President of the Global Council of Indian Christians, told Asia News. “It is a constitutional right like praying. Worshiping is not a crime, yet these right-wing groups, on the basis of mere rumor or fake information, bother and terrorize small Christians communities.”
Sources:Persecution

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തിരുവനന്തപുരം : സെപ്റ്റംബറിലെ സാമൂഹ്യ ക്ഷേമ പെൻഷൻ വിതരണം ഇന്ന് മുതൽ ആരംഭിക്കും. അതേസമയം, ക്ഷേമ നിധി- പെൻഷൻ വിതരണം ഇന്നലെ മുതൽ ആരംഭിച്ചിരുന്നു.

1400 രൂപ വീതമാണ് ഇക്കുറി അർഹരായവരിലേക്ക് എത്തുക. ഉയർന്ന പെൻഷൻ ലഭിക്കുന്നവർക്ക് പഴയ നിരക്ക് തന്നെ ലഭിക്കും. സാമൂഹ്യ സുരക്ഷ പെൻഷൻ ഇനത്തിൽ 606.63 കോടി രൂപയും ക്ഷേമ പെൻഷൻ ഇനത്തിൽ 85.35 കോടി രൂപയും മാണ് സർക്കാർ അനുവദിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നത്. കൊവിഡിനെ തുടർന്ന് മുൻ കരുതലുകൾ സ്വീകരിച്ചായിരിക്കും വിതരണം.

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Anti-Christian Conspiracy Used to Justify Proposed NGO Restrictions in India

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September 24, 2020

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India – Earlier this week, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led government proposed adding new restrictions to India’s Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment (FCRA). Based on the debate in parliament, an often used anti-Christian conspiracy theory is being used to partially justify the proposed restrictions.

The proposed restrictions would require NGOs to use an Aadhaar card, a biometric electronic document, in order to conduction financial transactions with foreign sources. The government would also be given sweeping power to stop NGOs from using foreign funds by ordering a summary enquiry of the NGO’s finances.

Critics of the new restrictions claim the government is seeking powers to harass NGOs, especially those critical of the current government and those led by religious minorities.

As the proposed restrictions were debated in the Lower House of the Indian Parliament, the Lok Sabha, members of the BJP used an anti-Christian conspiracy theory to justify the government’s actions. These BJP members claimed that foreign funds were being used by Christians to fraudulently convert Hindus to Christianity.

“We know what happened in the Northeast, how things have changed in the last 50 years, and how a particular religion has become prominent,” BJP leader SP Singh said. Singh went on to claim that foreign donations could also be correlated with civil unrest in India’s Northeast.

Hindu nationalists frequently use the specter of fraudulent religious conversions to pass laws and regulations that limit religious freedom. According to these nationalists, Indian Christians are accused of converting poor Hindus to Christianity in mass by fraudulent means. Due to growing religious intolerance, many radical Hindu nationalists view almost all religious conversions to non-Hindu faiths as forced or fraudulent.

However, India’s own population data does not support this conspiracy of mass conversions to Christianity. In 1951, the first census after independence, Christians made up 2.3% of India’s population. According to the 2011 census, the most recent census data available, Christians still make up 2.3% of the population.

While many Christians have been accused of engaging in forced conversions, often by radical Hindu nationalists, no individual has been convicted of forced conversions in India. This is despite the fact that anti-conversion laws have been on the books in some states since 1967.
Sources:Persecution