By Matters India Reporter Jaipur, Sept 13, 2020: A mob of religious fanatics has threatened a Christian pastor in in the northwestern Indian state of Rajasthan, Persecution Relief reported September 13. According to the inter-denominational organization dedicated to helping the Church in India, the mob on September 11 gathered outsideContinue Reading

By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Sept 5, 2020: A church building was demolished at the dead of night by religious fanatics on September 2 in the southern Indian state of Telangana. The attack is the aftermath of a police complaint made against the fanatics who have been harassing theContinue Reading

By Matters India Reporter Bhatpur, July 12, 2020: Pastor Munsi Deo Tando was abducted and murdered in near Bhatpar, a village in the Gadchiroli district of the western Indian state of Maharashtra. A group of Naxalites or Maoists came to the pastor’s house as he was concluding a 90-minute prayerContinue Reading

By Matters India Reporter Malkangiri, June 6, 2020: The murder of a teenage Christian boy in Odisha state on June 4 exposes the frightening and tainted mentality of religious fanatics in India, says Shibu Thomas of Persecution Relief, an agency that monitors attacks on Christians in the country. Samaru Madkami,Continue Reading

By Matters India Reporter Bhopal, Jan 28, 2020: From 2016 to 2019, Indian Christians have faced 1,774 cases of hate crimes across 25 states and 3 Union Territories, says Persecution Relief report. In other words, India witnessed 59.6 percent rise in hate crimes against Christians during the same period, saysContinue Reading

By Matters India Reporter Nagapattinam, May 11, 2019: A church in Tamil Nadu was destroyed in a suspicious arson attack, Matters India learnt on May 11. According to Shibu Thomas, founder of Persecution Relief, the incident occurred on April 24 at Thittacherry, Nagapattinam. Member of the “Jesus with us” hadContinue Reading