AMNESTY SLAMS INDIA FOR INCREASED RELIGION-BASED VIOLENCE

AMNESTY SLAMS INDIA FOR INCREASED RELIGION-BASED VIOLENCE

India’s religious minority groups, particularly Muslims, face increasing demonization by hard-line Hindu groups, pro-government media and state officials, says the annual report of rights watchdog Amnesty International. India’s coalition government led by the...
DON’T SELL JESUS, BAPTIST LEADER ASKS NAGA POLITICIANS

DON’T SELL JESUS, BAPTIST LEADER ASKS NAGA POLITICIANS

The leader of Baptists in Nagaland has urged politicians in the Christian-majority state not to betray their faith for money and power. “Do not surrender your Christian principles and above all your faith for the sake of money and development,” says Reverend Aelhou...
NO PARTY OFFERED ANY ‘MONEY OR SOPS’: MEGHALAYA CHURCH

NO PARTY OFFERED ANY ‘MONEY OR SOPS’: MEGHALAYA CHURCH

The Baptist Church in Meghalaya on February 24 said that no political party has offered it any “money or sops” ahead of February 27 assembly polls to influence its members. The statement comes a day after Union Tourism Minister K.J. Alphons rubbished the contention of...
RELIGIOUS NATIONALISM IN INDIA SELF-ANNIHILATION: BISHOPS

RELIGIOUS NATIONALISM IN INDIA SELF-ANNIHILATION: BISHOPS

Promotion of nationalism based on religion threatened India with annihilation, the nation’s Catholic bishops warned at the conclusion of a biennial meeting. The alarm was sounded following a series of hard-line Hindu attacks on Christian and other religious...
TAMIL NADU TOPS IN HATE CRIMES AGAINST CHRISTIANS

TAMIL NADU TOPS IN HATE CRIMES AGAINST CHRISTIANS

Tamil Nadu State in southern India recorded the highest incidents of anti- Christian violence during 2017, according to a study by the Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI). The national alliance of evangelical Christians on February 16 released its annual report on...