Hindu Radicals Burn Down Church and Pastor’s Home in Southern IndiaMay 22, 2017 — ICC Note: Suspected Hindu radicals have reportedly burned down a church and the home of a pastor in southern India. According to reports, the radicals attacked after some high caste...
Two Groups of Christians in India Beaten While Handing Out Religious LiteratureMay 19, 2017 — ICC Note: Over the last two weeks, two groups of Christians handing out religious literature were attacked and beaten by Hindu extremists near the city of Bangalore in India's Karnataka...
India’s Christians Face Increased Pressure and Persecution from Radical Hindu NationalistsMay 18, 2017 — ICC Note: Across India, Christians continue to face increasing pressure and persecution from the country's radical Hindu nationalist groups. Essentially, these radical Hindu nationalists believe in an extreme ideology that...
Going Underground: How India’s Christians are Responding to Increased PersecutionMay 17, 2017 — By ICC’s India Correspondent 05/17/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - Violent physical attacks along with vandalism and the destruction of church property highlight just a few of the ways...
Tribal Christians in India Forced to Pay Heavy Fine for Attending Easter ServiceMay 17, 2017 — ICC Note: Tribal Christians in India's Chhattisgarh state were forced to pay heavy fines for attending an Easter church service last month. Shortly after, they were forcefully converted to Hinduism...
Pastor Severely Beaten by Gang of Suspected Hindu Radicals in IndiaMay 16, 2017 — ICC Note: Another pastor in India's Bihar state was attacked by a gang of suspected Hindu radicals last week. According to reports, the gang lured the pastor outside of his...
Indian Christians Fined and Forced to Convert to Hinduism for Attending Easter ServiceMay 13, 2017 — ICC’s India Representative 05/12/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Christians in India suffered a difficult Easter Week this year. For tribal Christians in the Junwani village of Chhattisgarh, Easter...
Hate Crimes Against Christians in India on the RiseMay 12, 2017 — ICC Note: Hate crimes against Christian in India are on the rise. In 2016, ICC documented over 360 separate instances of persecution, including beatings, false accusations of forced conversions, church...
Churchgoers in India Demand Justice After Church Attacked 3 Times in 5 DaysMay 11, 2017 — ICC Note: Members of a church in India's Tamil Nadu state are demanding police arrest members of a Hindu radical group that has attacked their church three times in the...
ICC Provides Aid for 34 Christian Families Displaced by India’s Worst Instance of PersecutionMay 10, 2017 — By ICC’s India Correspondent 05/10/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - Khoraput is one of the several districts in India’s Odisha state that were affected by the 2008 Orissa riots,...
Two Christian Symbols in India Desecrated in Space of Few DaysMay 10, 2017 — ICC Note: Two Christian symbols in and around the city of Mumbai in India were desecrated in the space of just a few days. First, a statue of Our Lady of...
Fresh Video of Indian Priest Kidnapped by ISIS SurfacesMay 9, 2017 — ICC Note: A fresh video of Father Tom Uzhunnalil, a Catholic priest kidnapped by ISIS in Yemen in March 2016, has surfaced showing the Indian priest in failing health. Father...
BJP Pushes for Anti-Conversion Law in India’s Jharkhand StateMay 8, 2017 — ICC Note: Christians in India's Jharkhand state fear increased harassment of local Christians following an announcement by the ruling BJP of the intention to pass an anti-conversion law. Anti-conversion laws, active...
India Claims To Be A Secular State With No State ReligionMay 5, 2017 — ICC Note: Recently, India has claimed to be a secular state with no state religion speaking at the 27th session of the Universal Periodic Review Working Group at the UNHCR....
India’s Supreme Court Explains Every Insult to Religion is Not BlasphemyMay 4, 2017 — ICC Note: India's Supreme Court has explained that every act of insult towards a religion does not amount to blasphemy and that only acts committed with deliberate and malicious intent...
Christians in Uttar Pradesh Endure Spike in Persecution Following BJP VictoryMay 3, 2017 — By ICC’s India Correspondent 05/03/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - Uttar Pradesh (UP), a state located in northeastern India, has witnessed a spike in attacks on religious minorities following...
