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conversion to Christianity

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‘Missionaries carrying out religious conversion will not be allowed in Bastar’: BJP leader Bhojraj Nag says a conspiracy going on to destroy Sanatan Dharma

OpIndia Staff - 13 January, 2024

Former MLA Bhojraj Nag, who is leading the Yatra of Janjati Suraksha Manch, has stated that people who convert to Christianity will not be allowed to reside in Bastar, Chhattisgarh.

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Chhattisgarh’s new Deputy CM Arun Sao highlights rising Tribal-to-Christian conversion cases, says will get a law to stop religious conversions

OpIndia Staff - 21 December, 2023

“We have to stop the conversion of tribal population in the state. It is a crucial issue that has to be addressed. We will take whatever measures are possible in the legal framework to stop this,” said Deputy CM Arun Sao.

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Religious conversion row: SC grants interim protection from arrest to SHAUTS University VC, Director, and professors

OpIndia Staff - 19 December, 2023

An ex-university Hindi stenographer had alleged that SHAUTS officials attempted to convert her and other girls from economically disadvantaged backgrounds to Christianity through coercion.

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Assaulted for not praying to Jesus, visiting church and force-fed wine: Pandita Ramabai Mission booked for confinement, conversion of minor girls in Pune

Siddhi Somani - 18 December, 2023

Two minor girls aged 9 and 11 respectively were confined by the Pandita Ramabai Mukti Mission orphanage and subjected to torture for resisting their proselytising diktats

Crime

UP: 9 arrested, 42 booked for running Christian conversion racket in Sonbhadra

OpIndia Staff - 2 December, 2023

Additional SP Kalu Singh said that the police have confiscated audio tapes, compact discs, 6 mobiles, 3 ATM cards, Aadhar cards, and propaganda material related to Christianity.

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Beaten, tortured, and forcibly converted to Christianity: Two minor girls confined in Pune orphanage subjected to atrocities, NCPCR seeks action

Siddhi Somani - 28 November, 2023

In a notice issued by NCPCR, the statutory body said the two minor victims were forced to read Bible and clean public toilets.

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Bihar: Christian missionaries adopting love jihad tactics to lure Hindu girls for conversion, 60 per cent of population reportedly converted in some places

OpIndia Staff - 22 November, 2023

Christian missionaries in Bihar are reportedly adopting love jihad tactics to ensnare Hindu girls for conversion into Christianity.

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Andhra Pradesh: Sacred tank of Venugopala Swamy temple in Chittoor used for the conversion of Hindus to Christianity, local church members booked

OpIndia Staff - 15 November, 2023

In Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor, a complaint has been filed against members of local churches for using a sacred Hindu temple tank for converting locals to Christianity.

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Kanpur: St Aloysius’ School teacher suspended for attempting to convert a minor Hindu boy and pressurises him for having physical relations

OpIndia Staff - 18 October, 2023

The parents alleged that the husband and brother of the accused teacher were also complicit in this conspiracy.

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‘Don’t have powers to review Sharia court orders’: Court rejects appeal of Malaysian man wanting to revert to Christianity after divorcing his Muslim wife

OpIndia Staff - 7 October, 2023

A Malaysian man petitioned the Kuala Lumpur HC in Malaysia to renounce Islam and return to Christianity, his original faith, after divorcing his Muslim wife, but his appeal was rejected

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