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Pastor Couple Arrested in Ghaziabad Over Alleged Religious Conversion Activities

In March 2023, police in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, arrested a pastor and his wife following allegations that they were attempting to convert individuals to Christianity through inducements and promises of financial assistance. The case attracted significant public attention and reignited debates surrounding religious conversions and anti conversion laws in India. The accused, Santosh John and… Read More »

Three Arrested in Jhabua Over Alleged Religious Conversion Activities

In December 2021, the Madhya Pradesh Police arrested three individuals, including a Catholic priest and a pastor, in Jhabua district following allegations of unlawful religious conversion. The action was taken under the provisions of the Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act, 2021. The incident attracted attention as Jhabua, a predominantly tribal district, had witnessed several… Read More »

Indian Parliament exempts reservation for backward classes in Christian institutions

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The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the 104th Constitution (Amendment) Bill, providing reservation to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes citizens in non-minority unaided private educational institutions, with near unanimity after a Bharatiya Janata Party-sponsored amendment was defeated. The Bill was passed with 379 votes in favour with one against. The BJP, which… Read More »

‘Eppadium’ (Anyhow), the most recent novel of Fr Mark Stephen.

WIELDING the pen with power and determination to smash the injustice and discrimination against Dalit Christians and other oppressed masses is part of the priestly duties of Fr Mark Stephen. When he was the parish priest of Ongur, a predominantly Dalit Christian village in the Chengalpattu diocese, during 1984-1990, he followed with utmost concern… Read More »

Crorepathy” Fr. Jegath Gasper Raj main link for Tigers in India

The Sri Lankan Catholic Church, the Catholic Radio Veritas based in Phillipines, the Tamil Catholic hierachy and its priests have been the main links of the global network of the Church to protect, promote, provide succor and cover to the internationally banned Tamil Tigers. Fr. Jegath Gaspar Raj is somewht different. This catholic priest comes… Read More »

Crypto-Christianity at Work!

The Census Commission of India is yet to publish the details pertaining to the latest census of 2001. One does not know if the Indian Christian leadership were able to scoop out some inside information from the office of the Census Commission. They have already started asserting that there will be marginal decline in… Read More »

Cults, Conversions and Tamilnadu Ordinance

Open Letter to Valson Thampu: Dear Rev. Valson Thampu, The T.N. ordinance and Article 25, The Hindu dated 13 October by you where you made a statement ” What are the ground realities in respect of conversion and the moment matters of conscience like conversion are legislated upon from an obstructionist standpoint, this allergy… Read More »

David Frawley’s Speech, in Debate with Christian Missionaries in India: The Ethics of Religious Conversions

Delivered at a public discussion organised by Prajna Bharati A.P., on “The Ethics of Religious Conversions” at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Hyderabad. I was raised as a Catholic and went to Catholic school. My uncle was, and still is, a missionary. We were told that he was going to South America to save the souls of… Read More »

Christian Groups Defend Unethical Conversions in Sri Lanka

Christian groups are strongly opposing Sri Lanka’s move to introduce a bill banning religious conversions, with the Supreme Court also receiving 25 petitions in its favour and 21 against it, placing the government in a tight spot, reports OneWorld. While the bill was tabled in parliament as a private member motion by opposition parliamentarian Omalpe… Read More »

Christian Harvard professor launches anti-Hindu Crusade

“Hindus in the USA are lost or abandoned people!” “NRI stands for Non-Returning Indians!” “Indians in the USA do not invest in the higher education of their children!” Who in the USA do you think would have made derogatory statements to this effect? A. A Ku Klux Klansman B. A Bible thumping fundamentalist from Alabama… Read More »