Tag: Chhattisgarh

In India, a familiar pattern of pressure on Christians

July 29, 2013 India Andhra Pradesh, Anti-conversion law, BJP, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Hindutva, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Pentecostals, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh

In vast and diverse India, Christians often live freely. Yet India ranks among the 50 countries where life as a Christian is most difficult, according to Open Doors International, a global ministry that serves Christians who are pressured because of their faith. The country is No. 31 on Open Doors’ . . . Read More

VHP leads mob to destroy Indian church

May 14, 2013 India Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Churches, Hindu nationalism, Hyderabad, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Raipur, Vishva Hindu Parishad

Members of Divya Jyoti Church were too late to stop a mob from knocking down their building.World Watch Monitor On March 12 in a southeast India village, the local newspaper published allegations that Divya Jyoti Church had been built on government land. The next day, a crowd equipped with . . . Read More

India: Persecution Briefs

March 19, 2013 India Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, BJP, Chhattisgarh, Converts, Hindu nationalism, India, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Pentecostals, Raipur, Tamil Nadu

India ranks No. 31 on the 2013 World Watch List, a ranking of the 50 countries where living as a Christian is most difficult. The list is created annually by Open Doors International, a worldwide ministry to Christians who live under pressure because of their faith. Most Christians live openly . . . Read More

India briefs: Recent incidents of persecution

October 3, 2012 India Andhra Pradesh, Bajrang Dal, Bangalore, Chhattisgarh, Hindu nationalism, Hyderabad, India, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh

In towns across India, Hindu extremists continued to pressure Christian churches in September. The usual pattern: After the disruption of church or worship services, Christians were physically assaulted and sometimes arrested and jailed on suspicion of forcibly converting Hindus to Christianity. Three of the Indian states included in this roundup . . . Read More

Extremist Hindus rout Christians from rural Indian village

September 25, 2012 India Chhattisgarh, Converts, Himachal Pradesh, Hindu nationalism, India

Hindus twice assaulted a Christian community in a rural India village early this month, beating Christians, forcing them into Hindu worship rituals, and damaging their homes, according to Christian witnesses. The Sunday worship meeting was underway Sept. 2 at the home of a new Christian, Daminbai Sahu, in Bhanpuri, a . . . Read More

Christians bury a brother, then exhume his body after Hindus protest

August 31, 2012 India Burial, Chhattisgarh, Hindu nationalism, India

Hindus angry at the burial of a former Christian pastor in a new cemetery Thursday forced church members to exhume his body, church leaders said. The body was buried again Thursday in an older, Christian cemetery that already is full and prone to flooding during India’s monsoons, now in full . . . Read More

Indian Christians forced into Hindu worship, driven from homes

July 17, 2012 India Anti-conversion law, Burial, Chhattisgarh, Hindu nationalism, India

JAWANGA, Chhattisgarh state, India, July 17 (World Watch Monitor) – Hindu extremists forced 15 Christians to participate in Hindu worship rituals, then beat them up and rousted them from their village, according to an evangelical organization in India. The Evangelical Fellowship of India said that on June 19, 150 Hindus . . . Read More

India briefs: recent incidents of persecution

June 29, 2012 India Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Burial, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, India, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Sangh Parivar

Police arrested three Christians on charges of “abetment of a thing” in Hubli, after Hindu extremists verbally abused them and seized tracts from them on June 21. The Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC) reported that at about 2:30 p.m. Pastor Manju Nath and two Christians identified only as Stella . . . Read More

Hindu villagers attack mourners in India

April 27, 2012 India Burial, Chhattisgarh, India

Hindu extremists trying to stop the burial of a convert to Christianity last week in Chhattisgarh state beat a pastor and other Christians, including children and two 60-year-old women who fell unconscious, sources told World Watch Monitor. Jaikant Pawar, 31, of Balgal village, Kanker district, died on April 20 en . . . Read More

India briefs: recent incidents of persecution

February 29, 2012 India Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, India, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Raipur, RSS

State police on Feb. 21 arrested a Christian after Hindu extremists from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) accused him of forceful conversion and beat him in Thuvakudi, Trichy district. The Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC) reported that the Hindu extremists made the accusation against Sahayam Chidambaran after arguing with . . . Read More

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In India, a familiar pattern of pressure on Christians

VHP leads mob to destroy Indian church

India: Persecution Briefs

India briefs: Recent incidents of persecution

Extremist Hindus rout Christians from rural Indian village

Christians bury a brother, then exhume his body after Hindus protest

Indian Christians forced into Hindu worship, driven from homes

India briefs: recent incidents of persecution

Hindu villagers attack mourners in India

India briefs: recent incidents of persecution

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