By Matters India Reporter Bhopal, Sept 11, 2020: The future of India looks grim as Facebook is being widely used to inject hatred and spread communal violence within the country, alleges Shibu Thomas, founder director of Persecution Relief, an inter-denominational organization dedicated to helping the Church in India. In aContinue 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 Bhopal, July 29, 2020: Hate crimes against Christians in India have increased by an alarming 40.87 percent despite the nationwide lockdown, says the half-yearly report of Persecution Relief released July 29. The report records 293 cases of hate crimes against Christians, including five rapes and sixContinue 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 K P Sasi New Delhi, May 19, 2020: In December 2019, the UK-US based monitoring group Open Doors that publishes an annual World Watch List of 50 countries, ranked India 10th in the world where it is most dangerous to live as a Christian. The report states that politicalContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: Christians belonging to various denominations in India will observe September 30 as a day of prayer for the persecuted Church. This is the second year such a countrywide prayer service is being organized, Shibu Thomas, founder president of Persecution Relief, told Matters India onContinue Reading
Reverend Graham died on February 21 at his home in North Carolina in the United States, aged 99Continue Reading