Hindu radicals continue to indiscriminately target the Indian minorities with over 300 attacks in the first nine months of this year against Christians, making the country one of the worst for the community to live. Be it is the Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, or Dalits, the Hindutva mindset is poised to the cleansing of all non-Hindu communities not only through policy measures but also the use of force through RSS goons. In September this year, Pakistan had issued a 132-page dossier on Indian war crimes in IIOJK which contained reports of 32 human rights watchdogs and 14 reports by Pakistan.
\nAccording to the document, since 1989, over 96,000 extra-judicial killings, around 162,000 cases of arbitrary arrests and torture, over 25,000 pellet gun injuries were recorded. Moreover, 11,250 women were raped, around 23,000 widowed and over 108,000 children orphaned. The document also provided details of the 8,652 unmarked mass graves that have been identified in 89 villages of IIOJK. According to the Religious Liberty Commission report, more than 300 attacks on Christians took place in the first nine months of this year, including at least 32 in Karnataka.
\nFour north Indian states registered as many as 169 of them: 66 in BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh, 47 in Congress-ruled Chhattisgarh, 30 in tribal-dominated Jharkhand, and 30 in BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh.
\nNow many churches in India have cancelled their Christmas celebrations following threats from the radicals as the \u201cSaffron Goons\u201d continue to target minorities to pursue their Hindutva ideology. We are in a critical situation, Pastor Yellappa, head of an independent church in Gokak, told International Christian Concern (ICC). Hailing from the Belagavi District of Karnataka state, Pastor Yellappa was forced to shut down his house church after his landlord received multiple threats from radicals. The radicals put pressure on the landlord. I\u2019ve given up the work that I have been building for the last nine years, Pastor Yellappa continued. During last nine years, he was attacked many times and arrested thrice, he said.
\nSeveral house churches have decided not to have any Christmas programs, a local church leader said. \u201cOf all the house churches in the district, which there are nearly 300, more than half are shut down due to fear and intimidation. This might even get worse leading up to Christmas. We need prayers.The local radicals are organizing a rally to protest religious conversions. This rally will only further embolden those intimidating Pastor Andani\u2019s church community.
\nThe Christians are blamed for converting Hindus into Christians and that also considered to be changing the character of India. At least nine Indian states have planned anti-conversion laws, including Chhattisgarh, which is termed a \u201cnew laboratory\u201d for anti-Christian hatred in India.
\nOn December 1, Hosaduga Tehsildar Y. Thippeswamy filed a report saying there were no instances of forced conversions in the town located in Chitradurga district. This report contradicted several BJP leaders championing the enactment of an anti-conversion.
\nWithin days of filing the report, Thippeswamy was transferred from his government position. Since the Hindu nationalist BJP took power in 2014, persecution against Christian and Muslim minorities has been on the increase across the country, and today, it\u2019s one of the worst countries in the world to be a Christian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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