tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105202362024-03-07T13:51:02.058+05:30Christian Persecution IndiaThis is a blog dedicated to highlight the issue of Christian Persecution in India. The posts here in contain information about Christian Persecution in India from various sources with links and some exclusive to us. No Copyright infringement is intended. This is only for the purpose of spreading awareness about the ongoing Christian persecution in India. We have no political affiliations. We hope for a nation where all could live in peace with each other.Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comBlogger1149125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-52981594660396603312020-07-30T00:30:00.000+05:302020-08-01T17:36:11.055+05:30Young Mother Is Fifth Christian Killed in India in Two Months
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A 26-year-old mother
became the fifth Christian in two months to be killed in India last
week when she refused to hand over her daughter to be raped by Hindus
who had assaulted the girl and other Christian minors, sources said.
Two
masked Hindus on July 20 slit the throat of Sunita Devi (name changed
for security reasons) in Regadi village, in Jharkhand Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-33123110286210715852020-07-28T22:00:00.000+05:302020-08-01T17:43:31.273+05:30Eight Christians Brutally Assaulted In Odisha
A group of Christians were brutally attacked by a gang of raging religious goons at midnight on the 21st of July 2020. This attack took place in the Indian state of Odisha in a village named Badaguda which features in the district of Koraput.
Speaking to Persecution Relief, Pr. Ayuba Khora, the local Pastor said, “The goons broke into the home of 75-year-old Chachiri Muduli, who was housing Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-49786094535015628362020-07-15T01:17:00.000+05:302020-07-15T01:17:05.401+05:30Fourth Christian in Less than Two Months Killed in India
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Maoists in
Maharashtra state killed a church pastor on Friday (July 10), the fourth
death of a Christian for their faith in India since late May, sources
said.
In Bhatpar village, Gadchiroli District in the western
peninsular state, pastor Munshi Devu Tado was leading a worship service
on his property for about 15 village families from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-81582101635370917752020-07-09T20:30:00.000+05:302020-07-10T00:04:43.713+05:30
Six families of GEMS House of Prayer in
McCluskieganj, Ranchi District (PEACE 1 Zone) were forced to partake in Ghar Wapsi by Vishwa
Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal.
On 5th July 2020 (Sunday) at 3:00 PM a
group of VHP & BD members in four motorcycle went to the house of Mr.
Karthik, a believer in McCluskieganj. Within sometime a big group of people in
three Bolero Cars Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-68848290289535552162020-07-08T14:00:00.000+05:302020-07-09T23:46:40.613+05:30Christian Mother of Four in India Was Persecuted before Her Death
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Tribal Hindus persecuted a widowed, Christian mother of four before her body was found severely mutilated in the wilderness near her village in Chhattisgarh, India, sources said.The body of 40-year-old Bajjo Bai Mandavi was initially unrecognizable as it appeared to have been eaten by wild animals when it was found two miles into the wilderness near her native Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-78836743403183951092020-07-08T11:41:00.000+05:302020-07-09T23:42:09.901+05:30Violent mob forces Christian families to flee village in northern India
A hard-line Hindu mob hit and ridiculed Vikas Gupta, a 21-year-old Christian youth, as he was paraded through a village market in a remote part of India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh on July 2.
Gupta told LiCAS.news that before the mob allowed him to go home, he was dragged inside a Hindu temple where he was forced to bow in front of an idol. The mob also damaged his motorbike.
The next Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-37332132752720619462020-07-05T01:30:00.000+05:302020-07-09T23:57:25.471+05:30Christian Father of Two Killed in Jharkhand State, India
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – When Kande Munda heard a knock on his door one night last month, the Christian father of two knew it was likely the same thugs and their colleagues in his area of Jharkhand, India who had harassed him for nearly four years.They were particularly upset that Munda had reported them to police for a 2018 assault on his mother-in-law. The assailants, followers Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-82560237079445386062020-06-24T03:00:00.000+05:302020-06-25T00:10:37.884+05:30Christian Man Brutally Murdered for His Faith by Radicals in India
According to Christian News, a 27-year-old Christian, named Kande
Mudu, was attacked and murdered by a group of armed men in the Khunti
district of India’s Jharkhand state.
The murder occurred the night of June 7, when a group of armed men
showed up at Kande Mudu’s house and demanded he come outside. The
radicals broke down the door and took Mudu out of his home by force. The
radicals Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-67525942219424964762020-06-18T18:53:00.000+05:302020-06-18T18:53:19.499+05:30Indian pastor forgives arsonists who razed church in Tamil Nadu
Pastor Ramesh Jebaraj says he forgives the arsonists who destroyed his church in Tamil Nadu State, southern India, in the early hours of 13 June.
Arsonists reduced the Real Peace Gospel church in rural Vayalur to a burnt out shell
The partially-sighted pastor who runs the Real Peace Gospel church in rural Vayalur said, “We don’t suspect anyone in particular. People of all Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-12359525123968655522020-06-18T18:35:00.000+05:302020-06-18T18:35:05.789+05:30Peace rally demands justice for murdered Christian teen
Malkangiri, June 17, 2020: A peaceful rally of Christians in Odisha’s Malkangiri on June 16 demanded justice for a teenage boy hacked to death two weeks ago.
Suspected religious fundamentalists on June 4 killed Samaru Madkami in Kenduguda, a village in Malkangiri district.
More than 350 people attended the rally and submitted a memorandum to Ramprasad Nag, Inspector In-Charge of Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-15278461092814621592020-06-18T03:30:00.001+05:302020-06-18T18:32:45.176+05:30Haryana to bring bill against religious conversion by force, marriage: CM Khattar
The Haryana government will bring a bill against religious conversion by force, inducement or through marriages solemnised for the sole purpose of adopting a new religion, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said on Tuesday.
He also said that if needed, the existing cow protection law in the state will be made more stringent. Speaking to reporters in Nuh, Khattar said there have been complaintsChristian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-87306768832051108772020-06-17T11:14:00.002+05:302020-06-17T11:14:27.952+05:30Pastor threatened in Haryana
On 14 June in Pinjore, Panchkula, Haryana, Pastor Tony Joseph was
surrounded by the extremists in a believers’ house when he visited for a
regular prayer meeting. Pastor Joseph is associated with AG Church and
is frequent to the believer’s house for quite a few years. About 150
extremists were surrounding the house. Fortunately, the main door of the
house was locked from inside, however, Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-84105338247170258162020-06-17T11:12:00.002+05:302020-06-17T11:12:49.589+05:30Pastor threatened in Greater Noida
On June 11 in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, a businessman who has affiliations
with RSS and BJP is threatening and harassing a pastor by falsely
alleging that the pastor has converted his employee forcibly as well as
through allurement. Pastor’s name is Vijay Pratap Singh and along with
his senior pastor Madan Pal Singh, does ministry in Greater Noida.
Pastor has amicably explained to businessman Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-4463364720190747092020-06-17T01:00:00.000+05:302020-06-17T11:05:45.074+05:30Church in India Set on Fire by Suspected Radical Hindu Nationalist
(International Christian Concern) – On June 12, 2020, an independent church in the state of Tamil Nadu, southern India, was set on fire on Friday night by unknown aggressors. The fire brought down the entire roof, affected the building structure, furniture, speaker boxes, and amplifier, causing damages estimated around US $2,700. While the reason for the attack is not yet apparent, members of Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-6001830209550397582020-06-11T17:57:00.001+05:302020-06-18T18:45:51.759+05:30India denies visas to US panel on religious freedom
India has turned down a travel request for members of a US government panel seeking to review its religious freedom, saying foreign agencies had no standing to assess the constitutional rights of citizens.
The visa snub to the US Commission on International
Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Wednesday came as the US Congress
released its own religious freedom report while a top Trump
Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-26116768313315141042020-06-10T14:00:00.000+05:302020-06-11T17:43:04.546+05:3016 year old boy killed brutally in Malkangiri, Odisha
Sambaru Makdami, a 16 year old boy from Kenduguda village in Malkangiri district was killed brutally by a group of villagers who had sworn to teach Christians a lesson.
The village of 210 families has only three Christian families and all of them have been facing problems for a long time.
Sambaru and his cousin brother Unga and one more boy of around 18 years of age wereChristian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-5412343499262610882020-06-10T03:00:00.000+05:302020-06-11T18:39:01.653+05:30Police Unresponsive or Hostile toward Christians Beaten in Jharkhand, India
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star
News) – Police in Jharkhand, India refused to register a complaint about
an attack that sent Christians to the hospital for treatment, while
officers in another area falsely accused the victims’ relatives in an
assault that left a woman unconscious, sources said.
A mob of
about 400 animists of the tribal Sarna religion tore down parts of a
church buildingChristian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-5880330258733556592019-02-18T11:45:00.000+05:302019-02-19T11:56:49.643+05:30Hindus oppose German missionary's statue in Indian parishMembers of a Hindu group are up in arms over a statue of a German Jesuit priest outside an Indian Catholic church, claiming that the missionary worked against local people and honoring him insults tribal sentiments.The tribal cell of the pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Feb. 13 petitioned police to remove the bust of Father John Baptist Hoffmann from the compound of Sarwada parish in Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-12128650628617238102019-02-16T00:22:00.000+05:302019-02-19T12:35:11.058+05:30India 10th Most Dangerous Country to Live in for Christians: ReportLondon: Political rhetoric and ambiguous interpretations of the Freedom of Religion Acts (or “anti-conversion” laws) are responsible for the high rate of Christian persecution in India, according to the UK-US-based monitoring group Open Doors that publishes an annual World Watch List of 50 countries where it is most dangerous to live as a Christian.In 2019, India ranked tenth – a first in Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-13651357675007731072019-02-14T02:34:00.000+05:302019-02-19T12:18:32.407+05:30 Virgin Mary statue torched in attack on Indian Christian community
Christians in India’s Madhya Pradesh state have been left deeply disturbed and worried about future attacks on their community after the statue was found burned and vandalised. And a spokesman for the Diocese of Jhabua, one of the region’s religious administrators, is urging Christians in the area to be calm. Rockey Shah told Asia News: “Investigations are underway.“We presented a memorandum to Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-68605299012149456712019-02-13T14:30:00.000+05:302019-02-19T12:08:29.010+05:30Christians Injured in Attack on Prayer Meeting in India
Six Christians were severely injured in a recent attack by Hindu radicals on a small prayer gathering in India’s Uttar Pradesh state. The assault took place as about 40 Christians gathered at a pastor’s home in Chapar village, located in the Sultanpur District, last Thursday, February 7.
According to a report by Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), 25 Hindu radicals attacked the prayer Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-3109519613834947272019-02-08T01:01:00.000+05:302019-02-19T12:48:40.692+05:30Hindu Extremists Pressure Convert to File False Charge against Pastor in India, Sources SayA pastor is facing criminal charges in northern India even though the complainant later denied allegations against the church leader of luring him to convert, sources said.Police in Rupaidiha village, Uttar Pradesh state on Jan. 28 arrested 40-year-old pastor Dharmendra Singh on a charge of “alluring to convert” and two related charges – outraging religious feelings and promoting enmity. He was Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-70431818995284095392019-02-02T15:43:00.000+05:302019-02-19T12:03:26.286+05:30UK slams India over Christian raids
British foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt has publicly named and shamed India over allegedly not doing enough to curb the persecution of Christians.Hunt’s condemnation of India was couched in a “more in sorrow than in anger” tone when he said: “We know that there are serious and growing issues in China. And also in countries where we might have hoped there wouldn’t be a serious issue, like India, we Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-74765772029234558392019-02-01T15:02:00.000+05:302019-02-19T12:11:31.207+05:30Church in India’s Chhattisgarh State Vandalized by Radicals
On Sunday, January 27, Calvary Gospel Ministry Church, located in Shantipur village in India’s Chhattisgarh state, was attacked by a mob of suspected Hindu radicals. As a result of the attack, the church was vandalized and several members were left injured.The attack started at approximately 9:30 a.m. as the regular Sunday service was being led by Pastor Ajay Ravi. Around 30 suspected radicals Christian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10520236.post-55847520718100813772019-01-20T13:22:00.000+05:302019-02-19T12:45:49.920+05:30Hindu Version of Feng Shui Leads to Demolition of Church Building in Southern IndiaHard-line Hindus on Jan. 9 tore down a church building in southern India because it was built on the west side of a village, which they said violated Hindu principles of placement and positioning, sources said.The Vastu Shastra architectural and planning principles, a Hindu version of Feng Shui, were said to oppose the construction late last year of the church building in NarnepaduChristian Persecution Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631722868977885977noreply@blogger.com