Friday, March 29, 2024

Topic: Conversion

Assam: Christians boycott police survey on activities of Church

Christians in Assam have decided not to cooperate with the state police, who began a survey aiming to gather details of Christians, their churches, institutions, and religious conversions.

“Why legitimise rumour?” Open letter to Justice MR Shah on ‘forced religious conversions’ remarks

I was shocked by the comments you made while hearing the plea of Advocate Ashwini Upadhyay who sought action by the Central and state governments against those who forcibly convert people, especially those belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes.

Union to set up panel to study conversions of Dalits to Islam, Christianity

The Narendra Modi government is constituting a national commission to study the social, economic and educational status of Dalits who converted to Islam and Christianity.

Himachal Pradesh assembly passes draconian anti-conversion Bill

The Himachal Pradesh Assembly passed a bill on Saturday forbidding "mass conversion" and enhancing the maximum punishment to ten years imprisonment in its 2019 law against any change of religion through force or allurement.

UP: 4 Muslims including parents, daughter, Imam arrested for “forcible conversion of teen boy”

Uttar Pradesh police Tuesday arrested four Muslims, including a 22-year-old woman, her parents, and a cleric, for alleged "forcible conversion of a 16-year-old boy and solemnising his nikah with the woman."

Gujarat tribals embraced Islam; SC stays Muslim man’s arrest in ‘forced conversion’ case

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the arrest of a 36-year-old Muslim man from Surat in Gujarat in connection with the alleged forced conversion of tribals in Bharuch.