Since Modi assumed office in 2014, there have been 147 reported incidents of violence targeting Christians. This data reached 687 in 2023, according to an anonymous Church leader.
Eleven out of India’s 28 states have passed laws to criminalize forced conversions but, in practice, they have been used to prevent practice of the Christian faith.
The prime minister met members of the Christian community at his residence in Delhi on Christmas and heaped praise on the community for its role in giving direction to the society and sense of service. The civil society activists Apoorvanand, John Dayal, Shabnam Hashmi, Minakshi Singh, Mary Scaria and AC Michael had at a press conference last week said it is an irony that the year, which saw churches being burnt in Manipur in May ends with Prime Minister Modi felicitating leaders of the minority community.
He was arrested for defending other Christians arrested under the state’s anti-conversion law, adopted three years ago by the governing Hindu nationalist party. Bishop Louis Mascarenhas of Allahabad welcomed his release as an unexpected
11/29/2023 Washington (International Christian Concern – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has released a report on anti