Forced conversions will lead to communal tension: CPI(M)
10 years, 3 months ago

Forced conversions will lead to communal tension: CPI(M)

India TV News  

New Delhi: Condemning the conversion of a large number of Muslims in Agra, CPI today said forced conversion was a criminal offence and will lead to communal tensions across the country. “The RSS-BJP leaders have declared their intent to organise similar conversions of Muslims and Christians in Ghazipur, Aligarh and other places in Uttar Pradesh. Such type of conversions using force and intimidation will lead to communal tensions across the country,” the party Politburo said in a statement here. It said the religious conversion of around 300 Muslims, mostly poor migrants from Bihar and West Bengal, was carried out in Agra “through false enticement, force and intimidation by the RSS-BJP.” “Such forced conversions are criminal offences and all those indulging in or encouraging such religious conversions should be prosecuted,” it said, adding that the state government and the Centre should take firm steps to stop such conversions.

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Rajasthan’s Anti-Conversion Law 2025: Increasing Restrictions of Religious Freedom in BJP-Ruled States
6 days, 11 hours ago

Rajasthan’s Anti-Conversion Law 2025: Increasing Restrictions of Religious Freedom in BJP-Ruled States

The Hindu  

Published : Mar 23, 2025 16:32 IST - 8 MINS READ On March 8, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav shocked everyone by proposing the death penalty for religious conversion, equating it with the rape of minors. Regulating interfaith marriages on the grounds that girls from the majority community are “lured”, tricked, and converted by people from the minority communities …

'Police Being Biased' : Supreme Court Rebukes UP Police For Wrong Application Of Conversion Law
1 week, 2 days ago

'Police Being Biased' : Supreme Court Rebukes UP Police For Wrong Application Of Conversion Law

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today rebuked the Uttar Pradesh Police for arbitrarily handling an alleged case of rape where the offences under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021 have been invoked. The bench of CJI Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar was hearing a bail plea filed by the petitioner who is accused in a case …

Chhattisgarh Plans Stricter Law Against Forced Conversions
1 week, 5 days ago

Chhattisgarh Plans Stricter Law Against Forced Conversions

Deccan Chronicle  

Raipur: Deputy chief minister in the Vishnu Deo Sai government Vijay Sharma, who holds home portfolio, on Monday announced that the state would bring ‘stringent’ legislation to curb religious conversions facilitated by some foreign funded Non-Government Organizations in Chhattisgarh. “We will enact a stringent legislation to stop religious conversions in Chhattisgarh and also may go for scrutiny of foreign funds …

Maharajganj: Police arrest 4 for forcing Hindus to convert to Christianity
1 week, 5 days ago

Maharajganj: Police arrest 4 for forcing Hindus to convert to Christianity

Op India  

On Saturday, the police arrested four individuals accused of coercing members of the Hindu community into converting to Christianity. The FIR has been registered under Sections 3 and 5 of Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021 against Nagendra Singh, Ramesh Kumar, Imarti and Radha. Allegations of forced conversion According to media reports, RSS activists learned that …

Uttar Pradesh: Man booked under anti-conversion law in Shravasti for running conversion racket in the guise of prayer meetings
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Uttar Pradesh: Man booked under anti-conversion law in Shravasti for running conversion racket in the guise of prayer meetings

Op India  

On 3rd March, a man named Harish Singh was booked by Ikona Police, Shravasti district in Uttar Pradesh, under Sections 3 and 5 of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act for forcefully converting Hindus under the guise of prayer meetings. Hindu organisations, including Vishva Hindu Mahasangh and Vishwa Hindu Parishad, informed the police about the prayer …

Chhattisgarh Government steps up action against illegal religious conversion
1 month ago

Chhattisgarh Government steps up action against illegal religious conversion

Op India  

The Chhattisgarh BJP government has stepped up its action against religious conversion being carried out by NGOs using foreign funding. Most of the NGOs have selected tribal areas for work As per the report, 9 out of 19 FCRA-registered institutions in Bastar and 15 out of 18 such institutions in Jashpur are being run by Christian missionaries. Government planning to …

NGOs using foreign funding for religious conversions in Chhattisgarh: CM Vishnu Deo Sai says strict action will be taken against them
1 month, 1 week ago

NGOs using foreign funding for religious conversions in Chhattisgarh: CM Vishnu Deo Sai says strict action will be taken against them

Op India  

Tightening the noose around NGOs involved in conversions, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai on Friday said that stringent action will be taken against the NGOs that are using foreign funding for religious conversions. He said that the state government received inputs regarding some NGOs receiving foreign funding in the name of health and education projects and misusing it for …

Maharashtra forms seven-member panel to look into ‘forced conversions’
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Maharashtra forms seven-member panel to look into ‘forced conversions’

The Hindu  

The Maharashtra government on Friday constituted a committee headed by the Director General of Police to look into ‘love jihad’ complaints. Its mandate is to “study the existing situation in Maharashtra and recommend remedial measures on complaints received regarding Love Jihad and fraudulent or forced conversions, examine legal aspects, and study existing laws in other States and make recommendations as …

Lucknow: Hindus protest against Christian conversion activities in Gomti Nagar church, locals say Christians buying land and houses at double price
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Lucknow: Hindus protest against Christian conversion activities in Gomti Nagar church, locals say Christians buying land and houses at double price

Op India  

In the Chota Bharwara of Gomti Nagar Extension area in Lucknow, a massive uproar has erupted over alleged Christian conversion activities going on in a house. The local Hindus staged a protest, accusing the Christian residents of the said house of holding Sunday prayer meetings and converting locals to Christianity. On Sunday, the Gomti Nagar Extension police arrived at the …

Why anti-conversion bill in Rajasthan is being seen as govt toeing BJP line
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Why anti-conversion bill in Rajasthan is being seen as govt toeing BJP line

India Today  

The Bhajan Lal Sharma government in Rajasthan has presented an anti-conversion bill in the ongoing budget session of the legislative assembly. The bill, introduced by state health minister Gajendra Singh Khimswar, provides for up to 10 years’ imprisonment for those forcing anyone to convert or conducting mass conversions. While the Left parties consider tribal people as having an independent religion, …

Anti-conversion bill tabled during budget session in Rajasthan: All you need to know about the bill
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Anti-conversion bill tabled during budget session in Rajasthan: All you need to know about the bill

Op India  

On Monday, 3rd February, the Bhajan Lal Sharma-led Rajasthan Government tabled the ‘Rajasthan Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Bill 2025’ during the budget session in the state assembly. As per the bill, any person who is found guilty of practising forceful religious conversion shall be punished with a jail term of 2 to 10 years. Vishnoi says, "… This …

Hindu organisations uncover Christian conversions in Chhattisgarh
2 months ago

Hindu organisations uncover Christian conversions in Chhattisgarh

Op India  

On 26th January, Raipur and Balrampur in Chhattisgarh witnessed unrest over allegations of religious conversions. Hindu organisations and locals acted on tip-offs in both districts and uncovered ongoing Christian conversions happening in guise of prayer meetings. Raipur incident – protests erupt over alleged conversions in Mitaan Vihar Hindu groups, led by Bajrang Dal, learned about alleged forced conversions happening in …

Haryana: Bajrang Dal, VHP disrupt Christian 'prayer meet' in Ambala, Haryana, allege deceitful conversion of scheduled caste Hindus
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Haryana: Bajrang Dal, VHP disrupt Christian 'prayer meet' in Ambala, Haryana, allege deceitful conversion of scheduled caste Hindus

Op India  

On Monday, 30th December, several Hindu individuals associated with the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal filed a police complaint against some Christians in Barnala village of Haryana’s Ambala district. One of the Bajrang Dal activists talked to the media and confirmed that illegal conversion of Hindus had been taking place in the Barnala village for a very long time. …

Odisha: 3 Tied To Tree, Thrashed By Mob On Suspicion Of Religious Conversion Of Tribals
3 months ago

Odisha: 3 Tied To Tree, Thrashed By Mob On Suspicion Of Religious Conversion Of Tribals

ABP News  

Three people were tied to a tree and thrashed up by a mob in Odisha's Balasore district over the allegation that they were attempting religious conversion of some tribal families, police said on Saturday. STORY | Odisha: 3 persons tied to tree, thrashed for allegedly attempting religious conversion of tribals READ: https://t.co/YQgUJA9MJk VIDEO : pic.twitter.com/g2mxebUR65 — Press Trust of India …

Raigarh: 2 arrested over allegations of forced conversions, 10 detained
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Raigarh: 2 arrested over allegations of forced conversions, 10 detained

Op India  

On Sunday, 10th November, a case of alleged forced Christian conversion stirred tension in Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. According to media reports, members of Hindu organisations, including the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, gathered outside a house where the alleged conversion was taking place in the name of mass prayers. Two persons, identified as Saul Naga and Indrajeet Khare, were arrested by the police, …

‘UP’s anti-conversion law aims to uphold spirit of secularism': Allahabad HC
7 months, 2 weeks ago

‘UP’s anti-conversion law aims to uphold spirit of secularism': Allahabad HC

Hindustan Times  

Uttar Pradesh's stringent anti-conversion law aims to 'uphold the spirit of secularism,' a single-judge bench of the Allahabad high court observed on Tuesday, as it rejected the bail plea of a man booked for allegedly forcing a girl to convert to Islam. In his bail plea, Azeem, the accused, claimed having been ‘falsely implicated.’ He also asserted that the girl …

New UP conversion law reinforces curtailment of citizens’ rights
7 months, 2 weeks ago

New UP conversion law reinforces curtailment of citizens’ rights

Hindustan Times  

Uttar Pradesh, no stranger to draconian state action against the citizenry, just got a harsher upgrade on a law that was already skating on the thin ice of unconstitutionality. Article 25 in Part III of the Constitution, which delineates ‘Fundamental Rights’, provides that ‘… all persons are equally entitled to freedom of conscience and the right freely to profess, practice …

Be cautious on conversion laws
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Be cautious on conversion laws

Hindustan Times  

When Uttar Pradesh first enacted a law against forced conversions in 2021, this newspaper sounded a warning. Unfortunately, when the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Bill came into effect, top politicians and government functionaries repeatedly cited unproven allegations of “love jihad” — a term used by Right-wing groups to describe interfaith relationships between Muslim men and Hindu …

Yogi govt tables new anti-conversion bill with life term provision
8 months ago

Yogi govt tables new anti-conversion bill with life term provision

Hindustan Times  

The Yogi Adityanath government on Monday tabled the Uttar Pradesh Unlawful Conversion of Religion Bill 2024 to make stricter and non-bailable provisions, increase the punishment and fine under the existing law to check unlawful religious conversions in Uttar Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath with deputy CM Brajesh Pathak and Speaker Satish Mahana arrives to attend the Monsoon session of …

UP: Christian pastor ‘Kuldeep’, 3 others arrested for converting Hindus to Christianity by offering money, VHP leader says they have converted 60 people
8 months, 1 week ago

UP: Christian pastor ‘Kuldeep’, 3 others arrested for converting Hindus to Christianity by offering money, VHP leader says they have converted 60 people

Op India  

In Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad district, four people, including a Christian pastor from Uttarakhand, were arrested for converting people to Christianity under the guise of providing ‘assistance’. On 14th July, the police informed that the accused persons had been booked under relevant sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, and the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021. Pankaj …

'India's Majority Population Will Be Minority If...': Allahabad HC On Religious Conversions
8 months, 3 weeks ago

'India's Majority Population Will Be Minority If...': Allahabad HC On Religious Conversions

News 18  

The Allahabad High Court on Monday observed that if the current trend of religious conversions carries on then the majority of India’s population will find itself in the minority one day. Hearing the bail plea of a person, who is accused of taking people from a village in Uttar Pradesh to a religious congregation in the name of the ceremony …

Rise in anti-conversion laws, hate speech in India concerning: US
9 months ago

Rise in anti-conversion laws, hate speech in India concerning: US

Deccan Chronicle  

Washington: In the wake of the Pannun case, the United States is turning on the heat further on India now on the human rights and religious freedom fronts. US secretary of state Antony Blinken late on Wednesday said there has been a “concerning increase” in anti-conversion laws, hate speech, and demolitions of homes and places of worship for members of …

New BJP govt in Rajasthan to introduce fresh law on religious conversion
9 months, 1 week ago

New BJP govt in Rajasthan to introduce fresh law on religious conversion

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi Indicating a significant policy shift, the newly formed Bharatiya Janata Party government in Rajasthan has announced its intention to introduce fresh legislation on religious conversion. The Bhajan Lal Sharma-led government filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court on Tuesday, stating that while the state currently lacks specific legislation on religious conversion, it is actively working on drafting a …

Chhattisgarh: Anti-conversion Bill to be Tabled in Budget Session
1 year, 1 month ago

Chhattisgarh: Anti-conversion Bill to be Tabled in Budget Session

Deccan Chronicle  

Raipur: A new Bill providing a minimum of two years and maximum of ten years in jail to those, who illegally convert the minors, scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, is going to be tabled in the current budget session of Chhattisgarh assembly. The draft legislation, christened Chhattisgarh Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Bill, also provides that for mass conversion, the …

Azamgarh Police arrests one for luring Hindus and converting them to Christianity
1 year, 5 months ago

Azamgarh Police arrests one for luring Hindus and converting them to Christianity

Op India  

On Sunday, October 1, the Uttar Pradesh Police arrested one of the persons who attempted to convert the religion of Hindus to Christianity in the Sathiaon block of Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh. According to the Bhaskar report, the incident came to light after the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal members came to know about the event and caught …

Political Storm Over Religious Conversions: Does India Need a National Law? - News18
1 year, 9 months ago

Political Storm Over Religious Conversions: Does India Need a National Law? - News18

News 18  

The possible repeal of the Karnataka Freedom of Religion Act, 2021, enacted under the Basavaraj Bommai-led BJP government has created a political storm. Amid the sharp political narrative between the Congress and BJP, the intricate issue of religious conversions in India has never found the serious attention it deserves. The absence of empirical data or any study on religious conversions, …

2 malicious letters: Analysis of 16 orgs & 24 lawmakers, with links to Jihadis, Khalistanis and more, campaigning against State Dinner for PM Modi in USA
1 year, 9 months ago

2 malicious letters: Analysis of 16 orgs & 24 lawmakers, with links to Jihadis, Khalistanis and more, campaigning against State Dinner for PM Modi in USA

Op India  

On June 21, Prime Minister Narendra Modi started his five-day visit to the United States and Egypt. We call on the @USCIRF and the US government to declare Gujarat 2002 as genocide: Dr. Rehan Khan, President, International Society for Peace and Justice — Indian American Muslim Council February 28, 2023 The organisation’s website actively talks about CAA/NRC and claims “Minorities …

'Anti-Conversion Laws Prone To Misuse Against Minorities; No Forceful Conversions In State For Many Years': TN Govt To Supreme Court
1 year, 10 months ago

'Anti-Conversion Laws Prone To Misuse Against Minorities; No Forceful Conversions In State For Many Years': TN Govt To Supreme Court

Live Law  

Responding to a PIL filed to direct the Law Commission of India to prepare a draft on anti-conversion law, the Tamil Nadu Government has submitted before the Apex Court that Anti-conversion laws are prone to misuse against minorities. The PIL filed by BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay has also sought for a direction to the government to take steps to control …

Uttarakhand: US Nagar police book five under anti-conversion law
1 year, 11 months ago

Uttarakhand: US Nagar police book five under anti-conversion law

Hindustan Times  

The Uddham Singh Nagar police have booked five people under the Uttarakhand Freedom of Religion Act 2018 based on the complaint filed by a woman against her husband and relatives. Uttarakhand: US Nagar police book five under anti-conversion law The Uttarakhand Freedom Of Religion Act was passed in April 2018 making “forced or fraudulent conversions done through force or allurement” …

RSS-affiliate group in Assam demands removal of converted tribals from Scheduled Tribe list
2 years ago

RSS-affiliate group in Assam demands removal of converted tribals from Scheduled Tribe list

The Hindu  

A Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh-affiliated organisation representing ethnic communities adhering to indigenous faiths has asked the government to remove from the Scheduled Tribe list those who have undergone religious conversion. The Janajati Dharma Sanskriti Suraksha Mancha organised a massive rally in Guwahati on Sunday to also demand a ban on religious conversion of tribal people in Assam. The rate of conversion …

Muslim body challenges religious conversion laws of five States in Supreme Court
2 years, 2 months ago

Muslim body challenges religious conversion laws of five States in Supreme Court

The Hindu  

Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to declare the religious conversion laws of five States as unconstitutional, saying they bring the personal decision of an individual to adopt another faith under state scrutiny. The Acts have said that any form of allurement given to convert would amount to exercising “undue influence” over a person to change faith and …

Uttarakhand: FIR filed against Christian priest over alleged forced conversion
2 years, 3 months ago

Uttarakhand: FIR filed against Christian priest over alleged forced conversion

Op India  

On Friday, December 23, just two days ahead of Christmas, locals of the Purola village in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi alleged that a Christian organisation was carrying out a mass conversion program. The incident took place on Friday afternoon at the Hope and Light Centre, where the villagers and the event organisers indulged in a heated argument over an alleged attempt by …

Assam CM dissociates himself from police officer’s letter on religious conversion
2 years, 3 months ago

Assam CM dissociates himself from police officer’s letter on religious conversion

Hindustan Times  

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday dissociated himself from a letter written by a senior police officer recently seeking details from all districts on the number of religious conversions and churches in their areas. On December 16, Saurav Jyoti Saikia, superintendent of police had written a letter asking all district superintendents of police seeking details of new churches …

Women, children main targets of foreign-funded religious conversions, PIL petitioner tells SC
2 years, 3 months ago

Women, children main targets of foreign-funded religious conversions, PIL petitioner tells SC

India TV News  

Delhi: Women and children are the main targets of 'foreign-funded' religious conversion in the country and the Centre and state governments have failed to take appropriate steps to check it, the Supreme Court has been told. In a written submission filed before a bench of Justices M R Shah and C T Ravikumar which is hearing a plea against religious …

Explained | What are the existing laws on religious conversions?
2 years, 3 months ago

Explained | What are the existing laws on religious conversions?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Supreme Court’s recent remarks on religious conversions cast a spotlight on the long-standing debate about what the fundamental right to “propagate” one’s religious faith entails. Ray, heading a five-judge Bench,dissected Article 25 to hold that “the Article does not grant the right to convert other persons to one’s own religion but to transmit or spread …

Religious Conversions Taking Place at Great Speed in Bihar: Giriraj
2 years, 4 months ago

Religious Conversions Taking Place at Great Speed in Bihar: Giriraj

News 18  

Union minister Giriraj Singh on Tuesday claimed religious conversions were taking place at a great speed in Bihar with the Mahagathbandhan government “concerned only about its Muslim vote bank”. The firebrand BJP leader also reiterated that there was a need for a strong anti-conversion law, and sneered at Bharat Jodo Yatra of Rahul Gandhi whom he accused of “trying to …

UP: Six Booked on Charges of Forced Conversion
2 years, 4 months ago

UP: Six Booked on Charges of Forced Conversion

News 18  

Six persons have been booked for allegedly luring some people to convert to Christianity, police said. Additional Superintendent of Police Rahul Bhati said on Sunday the action was taken after police got information that religious conversion was going on at the Vanshi Nagar locality here where 60-70 people were present. Those named in the FIR lodged by activist Himanshu Patel …

Forced religious conversion may pose danger to national security: SC
2 years, 4 months ago

Forced religious conversion may pose danger to national security: SC

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: Forced religious conversion may pose a danger to national security and impinge on religious freedom of citizens, the Supreme Court said on Monday, and asked the Centre to step in and make sincere efforts to tackle the "very serious" issue. "Therefore, it is better that the Union government may make their stand clear and file counter on what …

Forced conversions may ultimately affect national security, freedom of religion, Supreme Court tells Centre
2 years, 4 months ago

Forced conversions may ultimately affect national security, freedom of religion, Supreme Court tells Centre

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Monday said religious conversions by means of force, allurement or fraud may “ultimately affect the security of the nation and freedom of religion and conscience of citizens” while directing the Centre to “step in” and clarify what it intends to do to curb compulsory or deceitful religious conversions. “Giving of rice, wheat, clothes, etc., etc., can …

Religious conversion, infiltration causing population imbalance, says top RSS leader
2 years, 5 months ago

Religious conversion, infiltration causing population imbalance, says top RSS leader

India Today  

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale on Wednesday said religious conversion and migration from Bangladesh are causing “population imbalance”. Addressing reporters after a four-day all-India working committee meeting of the RSS in Prayagraj, Hosabale said the organisation is trying to create awareness on conversions, PTI news agency reported. Hosabale claimed that after conversion, infiltration was the second biggest cause …

SC notice to Centre on plea seeking action against forced religious conversion
2 years, 6 months ago

SC notice to Centre on plea seeking action against forced religious conversion

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday sought response from the Centre and others on a plea seeking direction to take stringent steps to control fraudulent religious conversion by “intimidation” and through “gifts and monetary benefits”. The apex court was hearing a plea filed by advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay seeking direction to the Centre and states to take stringent steps …

'Not Enough Evidence of Forced Conversions': Delhi HC to BJP's Ashwini Upadhyay
2 years, 8 months ago

'Not Enough Evidence of Forced Conversions': Delhi HC to BJP's Ashwini Upadhyay

The Quint  

Upadhyay further submitted to the court that organisations, often funded by foreign nations, lure individuals to conversion by promising them treatments for ailments, including cancer. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal too, he argued, had said that there should be a law against forced conversions. Besides saying that it was not mandatory to frame laws on every subject, the bench told Updahyay …

No need for any anti-conversion law in Bihar: Nitish
2 years, 9 months ago

No need for any anti-conversion law in Bihar: Nitish

The Hindu  

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday said there was no need for any anti-conversion law in Bihar, where members of different religious communities live in peace and harmony. So there is no need for any such move here,” Mr. Kumar said, when mediapersons asked him about the need for an anti-conversion law, on the sidelines of a government function …

Religious conversion, unless forced, is not prohibited: Delhi HC
2 years, 9 months ago

Religious conversion, unless forced, is not prohibited: Delhi HC

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court on Friday observed that a religious conversion, unless forced, is not prohibited as every person has the right guaranteed under the Constitution to choose or profess any religion. A Bench of Justices Sanjeev Sachdeva and Tushar Rao Gedela made the remarks while hearing a petition by advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay seeking directions to frame laws to …

Conversion program by Christian missionaries cancelled in Gujarat
2 years, 10 months ago

Conversion program by Christian missionaries cancelled in Gujarat

Op India  

Last week, a pamphlet of an alleged spiritual gathering called ‘New Life in Christ’ organized by a Christian missionary was circulated in and around the Sankadibari village in Naswadi taluka of Chhota Udepur district and in the surrounding villages in Gujarat. When the local Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal activists knew about the conversion of Hindu tribals, they petitioned …

Madras HC says will not hesitate to take serious action against forceful conversion in schools
2 years, 10 months ago

Madras HC says will not hesitate to take serious action against forceful conversion in schools

Op India  

Given rampant forceful conversions, on Thursday, the Madras High Court wondered why guidelines to prevent religious conversion in schools could not be framed and said that it would not hesitate to take serious action against the perpetrators who practice forceful conversion in the educational institutions in Tamil Nadu. It pondered why shouldn’t it direct the Tamil Nadu government to take …

Targeting minorities: BJP government's anti-conversion Bill in Haryana
2 years, 11 months ago

Targeting minorities: BJP government's anti-conversion Bill in Haryana

The Hindu  

ON February 8, the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Haryana approved the draft Haryana Prevention of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Bill, 2022, thereby joining the list of BJP-ruled States that have enacted similar laws. The draft Bill, like the anti-conversion laws in other BJP-ruled States such as Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat, claims to address forcible …

Haryana passes anti-conversion Bill
3 years ago

Haryana passes anti-conversion Bill

The Hindu  

The Haryana State Assembly on Tuesday passed the Haryana Prevention of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Bill, 2022, against religious conversion by allurement, coercion or fraudulent means. Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said The Haryana Prevention of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Bill, 2022 was aimed at instilling fear among those who commit crimes. The Bill prohibits unlawful conversion from one religion …

Majoritarian violence is slowly tearing India apart
3 years, 2 months ago

Majoritarian violence is slowly tearing India apart

Al Jazeera  

In India, the new year started with a perverse attack on the country’s Muslims. Just a few weeks earlier, several far-right Hindu leaders openly called for genocide against Muslims at a three-day religious summit held in northern India’s Haridwar city. Also in December, India’s far-right Prime Minister Narendra Modi made connections between Muslim figures from India’s distant history and current-day …

Religious conversions happen when people get influenced, not by fear of sword: Ghulam Nabi Azad
3 years, 3 months ago

Religious conversions happen when people get influenced, not by fear of sword: Ghulam Nabi Azad

India TV News  

Religious conversions happen when people get influenced, not by fear of sword: Ghulam Nabi Azad His statement comes after Opposition in Karnataka alleged that the anti-conversion bill is being proposed in the state to "target a particular religion." Over the ongoing debate on the anti-conversion bills being introduced in states, senior Congress leader and former chief minister of the erstwhile …

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