Babu ThomasDozens of cases involving about 150 persons, mostly young men and women falsely implicated in the September 2008 church attacks in Karnataka, is still to be withdrawn, the National Human Rights Commission of India was told. However, cases against culprits belonging to the Hindu community have been withdrawn without assigning any reasons, and many …
John Malhotra The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is pushing for an anti-conversion law in Jharkhand. On Sunday, the chief of the RSS state unit, Jaggnath Sahi, told media that it would prompt the BJP-led government to draft a law that will prohibit religious conversion. Stating that countries like China, Israel and others have banned conversion, …
Dibin Samuel A top official in Kandhamal has conceded just what church leaders have been clamoring since long. There are still hundreds to return to their villages in the riot-hit district, two years after the violence. The district collector of Kandhamal, Krishna Kumar, yesterday told reporters that there were still 200 families to return to …
Maria MackayThere are great challenges before the global church but also great opportunities, the chairman of The Lausanne Movement said last night. Doug Birdsall told thousands of evangelicals at the opening ceremony of Cape Town 2010 that conversation on a global scale was required if Christians were to find solutions to the problems facing the …
John Malhotra The head of the Anglican Communion worldwide has expressed concern over the increase in violence against Christian minorities in the country. On his visit to Kolkatta on Saturday, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, said he would speak with leaders of other religious communities urging them to shun violence and promote peace. …
Christian Aid has sent £50,000 to help its partners respond after cyclone Laila hit the coast of southern India’s Andhra Pradesh state on Thursday 20 May. The category one cyclone unleashed heavy rains and 65mph winds across 777 villages. Twenty seven people have been killed and more than one million have been affected. Thanks to …