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According to the report, it is estimated that a church was burnt down or a cleric beaten on average 10 times a week in India in the year to 31 October 2016, a threefold increase on the previous year. [23] According to the All India Christian Council, there was an attack on Christians recorded every 40 hours in India in 2016. [24]
Religion plays a significant role in the daily life of Indian Christians, India ranks 15 among countries with based on church attendance. Religious processions and carnivals are often celebrated by Indian Catholics. [195] Cities with significant Christian populations celebrate patron saint days. As in other parts of the world, Christmas is the ...
The 2021 anti-Christian violence in Karnataka refers to the series violence against Christians by right wing Hindutva groups in the Indian state of Karnataka in 2021. The attacks increased after September 2021 when leaders of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) declared of an " anti-conversion bill " in the state to check religious conversions .
In contemporary society, Christians are persecuted in Iran and other parts of the Middle East, for example, for proselytising, which is illegal there. [113] [114] [115] Of the 100–200 million Christians alleged to be under assault, the majority are persecuted in Muslim-majority nations. [116]
The numbers come from different years, and might not be accurate for countries with governments that require or urge religion or secularism. ... India < 0.1% 5% 23% ...
In 2018, Bangladesh was number 41 on the World Watch List for religious persecution of Christians, between the United Arab Emirates and Algeria; [51] in 2022, the country was ranked at number 30. [52] In 2016, four people were murdered for their Christian faith. [44] The growing Christian population is met by growing persecution. [53]
Jews: Jews in India were granted lands and trading rights. The oldest of the three longest-established Jewish communities in India, traders from Judea and Israel arrived in the city of Cochin, in what is now Kerala, 2,500 years ago and are now known as Cochin Jews. According to recordings by Jews, the date of the first arrival is given at 562 BC.
In October, 2018, a Christian personal security officer of an additional sessions judge assassinated his 38-year-old wife and his 18-year-old son for not converting to Christianity. [96] In October 2020, a 20-year old Nikita Tomar was shot by Tausif, a Muslim, for not converting to Islam and marrying to him. Tausif was imprisoned for life.