Christian Minority in India Faced Escalating Wave of Violence and Intolerance in 2023 Christian Community Records Highest Number of Hate Crimes; Calls for Immediate Government Action New Delhi, India (March 21, 2024) – The Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI) has released the EFI’s Religious Liberty Commission’s (EFIRLC) annual report that documents an escalation in targeted …
Religious Liberty Commission of EFI records 39 incidents against Christians in Karnataka since January 2021. In the wake of the media reported attacks against Christians in North Karnataka, a fact-finding team from EFI’s Religious Liberty Commission visited the region, travelling to 8 towns and cities and meeting at least 12 pastors and Christian leaders who …
145 instance of atrocities against Christians documented in the first half of 2021 The full report can be accessed by clicking THIS link. Before the year 2021 had reached its halfway mark, some of the most powerful forces in modern India prepared to counter the Christian – and Muslim – presence in India, with discussions and statements …
Christians in India continued to face opposition, harassment and violence, as the RLC documented 24 incidents in the month of February 2021. January 2021 has seen 29 incidents documented by RLC. Many cases have been filed against Christians under the new Freedom of Religion ordinance in Madhya Pradesh since January 2021. The state led the …
An initiative of the Religious Liberty Commission of EFI 1 – 15 February 2021 Religious Liberty Commission documented 11 incidents of hate and targeted violence against Christians in India in the first half of February 2021. Madhya Pradesh once again led the tally with 4 incidents. According to a report by national media “in a …
1 – 15 January 2021 On 3 January in Vikas Colony, Shahjahanpur district, Uttar Pradesh, four Christians and a pastor were charged on an allegation of engaging in religious conversion activities. Religious extremists accused Pastor David, Rajat, Jagat, Ajay, and Shirish Gupta of luring people into Christianity – a claim that the Christians vehemently denied. …