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According to the All India Christian Council, there was an attack on Christians recorded every 40 hours in India in 2016. [24] In a report by the Indian organization Persecution Relief, the crimes against Christians increased by 60% from 2016 to 2019. There were 330 incidents in 2016, 440 incidents in 2017, 477 in 2018 and 527 incidents of hate ...
Unofficial reports placed the number of those killed to more than 500. [7] Many Christian families were burnt alive. [8] Thousands of Christians were forced to convert to Hinduism under threat of violence. [9] [3] [1] Many Hindu families were also assaulted in some places because they supported the Indian National Congress (INC) party. [8]
The incident happened during anti-Christian violence that targeted Christian Churches, Institutions and homes where more than 395 churches and 5600 Christians' houses were burned, 39-100 Christians killed, and nearly 60,000 left homeless by groups led by the Hindu nationalist Sangh Parivar groups. [1] [2] [3]
At least 30 people have been killed in a crush at the world's largest religious gathering, the Hindu festival Kumbh Mela in northern India, officials say.
Authorities detain 21 people and impose internet shutdowns and restrictions on movement
Christian buildings were damaged across Mangalore taluk, Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Chikkamagaluru districts. A few Christian institutions were later attacked in Bangalore district and Kasaragod district. Christians staged counter-protests to the violence. One particularly large one was staged by the Catholics of Karkala deanery on 15 ...
The organisation said attacks against Christians increased "significantly" since the "Hindu Nationalist" BJP came to power. [24] Then-Prime Minister of India, Atal Behari Vajpayee, a leader of BJP, condemned the "ghastly attack" and called for swift action to catch the killers. [25] He also ordered to stop all illegal missionaries in Orissa.
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani authorities on Monday handed out thousands of dollars to nearly 100 Christian families whose homes were destroyed or damaged by a Muslim mob angered over an ...