Activists and Christian leaders in India are protesting an increase in violence and hate against Christians across the country. Reports indicate a surge in attacks and harassment, particularly in remote villages in northern states. The rise in hostility is linked to the ruling BJP party's Hindu nationalist agenda and their anti-conversion laws.
Activists and members representing India 's Christian community take part in a peaceful protest in New Delhi on Feb 19, 2023, against what they claim is an increase in hostility, hate, and violence against Christians in various states of the country. will look upon 2024 as a year that challenged their faith and resilience with increased hostility, internal conflicts, scandals, power struggles, and natural calamities.
The BJP and allied Hindu groups support the idea of making India a Hindu theocratic nation and oppose conversion activities and even missions in villages, projecting them as tactics to convert gullible tribal and socially poor villagers. In northeastern Manipur state, an ethnic violence that erupted on May 3, 2023, continues between minority indigenous Christians and the Meitei Hindu majority. Christian groups accuse the state’s BJP-led government of supporting violence against Christians.
The top court dismissed 93 appeals against the order. This ended a practice the British introduced in 1944, which exempted missionaries from paying taxes to promote education nationwide. The deacons were ordained but were not allowed to offer Mass, not even in their home parishes, because people opposed the official Mass.
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