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'Love jihad' sparks protests in Pakistan Activists demand legislation to stop forced religious conversions and abduction of minority girls Samson Salamat (right), chairman of Rawadari Tehreek, addresses a protest camp against forced conversions in front of Lahore Press Club on March 8. (Photo: Samson Salamat) Mehmood Ghaznavi remembers rejecting the case of a Pakistani Christian girl converting to Islam for marriage four years ago. “She knew nothing about Kalma [the Islamic proclamation of faith], there was no inspiration. I suggested she study the Quran and the life of the Prophet Muhammad...

Kerala BJP president K Surendran has said ‘love jihad (interfaith marriage)’ has become a worrisome trend in the state and claimed that even Christian leaders have raised concerns about forced conversions.

Nine Christians Arrested in India for Alleged ‘Forced Conversions’ 6 Feb 2021 Police arrested nine Christians in central India based on complaints of forced conversions from a Hindu nationalist group, AsiaNews reported Friday. A mob from the Bajrang Da, the youth wing of the Hindu nationalist Vishva Hindu Parishad organization (VHP), stormed a Pentecostal prayer meeting held at a center run by a Catholic non-profit group called the Sat Prakashan Sanchar Kendra on January 26. Present at the prayer meeting was a 25-year-old Hindu woman who claimed her parents had brought her to the service...

Christians barred from holding religious services in southern India Christian families in Karnataka accused of fraudulent conversion to take advantage of state benefits Christians demonstrate in New Delhi asserting their constitutional right to freedom of religion on May 13, 2016. (Photo: UCA News/IANS) Police in the southern Indian state of Karnataka have banned a Christian community from gathering for worship services. The 15 Christian families from Bannimardatti village in Hassan district were accused by authorities of fraudulent conversion to Christianity to take advantage of government ...

Uproar over rape of Christian women in Pakistan Christian leaders say increasing cases of rape and forced conversion have spread insecurity among the marginalized community National Lobbying Delegation member Khalid Shehzad (second right) with the family of the slain sisters in Lahore on Jan. 9. (Photo: Khalid Shehzad) Rani Bibi was barred from opening the coffin to see the faces of her daughters, slaughtered by Muslim men and buried last week. Wailing women gathered around trying to comfort her at the Jan. 7 funeral in Makhan Colony, home to more than 500 Christians, in Lahore. “Their fa...