India’s anti-conversion laws have emboldened the far-right Hindu groups to unleash violence on the country’s Christian minority, while the police acts either as an enabling force or a mute spectator, a new report says
Last year, the Indian parliament passed a law aimed at preventing interfaith marriages or in other words fighting the so-called “love jihad” – an Islamophobic trope used to target Muslim men by alleging they lure Hindu women in a love trap and convert them to Islam. but also Christians increasingly feeling the burn of Hindu nationalism. Many far-right Hindu groups have waged a culture war against Indian Christians, accusing them of converting Hindus to Christianity through their missionary work.
Any family member of a person who converted to another religion can file a complaint, and often, the person’s testimonyThe officials are entitled to declare any interfaith marriage null or void.by a group of lawyers and clerks who file complaints against Christian organisations.
According to the school’s principal, the police have downplayed the incident in its official report. The principal said the damage caused by the mob was estimated to be over $26,000 but the police lowered the amount to $10,500. The total number of attackers, which eyewitnesses believe was more than 400, was also reduced to 100 in the police report, says the principal.
Last year, Christians were prevented from gathering for Christmas. A leaked paper showed that the officials in the state of Uttar Pradesh were involved in preventing Christmas gatherings, although India is a secular democracy on paper.
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