By Matters India Reporter New Delhi. Dec 14, 2023: At least two Christians are attacked in India on a daily basis, the United Christian Forum, an ecumenical group, reported December 14. “It is a matter of fact that our country has been witnessing a sharp increase in targeted violence againstContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar: The Campaign for Kandhamal’s seven innocents – six of them illiterates including a mentally challenged – languishing in jail for nine years due to Sangh Parivar fraud, crossed a big milestone (Feb 28) reaching 10,000 signatures. Journalist Anto Akkara who anchors the campaign for sevenContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bettiah: A group of people on February 27 assaulted a Pentecostal pastor and his companions in West Champaran district of Bihar, eastern India. The attackers accused the pastor of indulging in religious conversion, the police said. The pastor and team from Bagaha town in the sameContinue Reading
A Christian man involved in church work across ten villages in the southern Indian state of Telangana was severely beaten earlier this month, a source told World Watch Monitor. The victim, known as Pastor Seviya, “was attacked by five Hindu extremists with rods and thick sticks … until he becameContinue Reading
Chhattisgarh : A grandmother was stripped naked, beaten to death and her body burned, apparently because her Christian faith was “disturbing the peace” in her village. The incident, in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh in mid-October, followed other serious attacks on vulnerable Christians in the state this year, includingContinue Reading
Mumbai: Three Christians have been attacked by a mob who believed they were trying to convert Hindus, according to reports coming out of India. Pastor Prashant Bhatnagar, aged 45, and two others from his church were distributing Christian literature in Khargar and Taloja in the city of Navi Mumbai inContinue Reading
New Delhi – Christians in India are asking the government for the protection of churches and safety, in view of the Easter celebrations. As reported, in a statement sent to Fides, the Global Council of Indian Christians , say that “protection is necessary during Holy Week”, given that “violence against individualContinue Reading
Hisar – The Haryana police said on Monday that 14 miscreants have been booked on charges of vandalising an under-construction church in Kaimri village in the state’s Hisar district on Sunday. The Cross in the Williwarsh Church was replaced with an idol of Hanuman. The police booked the accused underContinue Reading
