Ahead of Christmas, the biggest festival for Christians worldwide, Christian tribes belonging to some of the districts of the Bastar area in southern Chhattisgarh, where the influence of the outlawed CPI (Maoist) has waned, are being increasingly attacked by local criminals allegedly linked to Hindutva ideology. More than 500 people from 19 villages in Narayanpur … Read more
Ground Report | New Delhi: Why are attacks on Christians increasing in India; Attacks on Christian congregations, churches, and educational institutions have steadily increased across India, especially in the Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled states. Other minorities in India, a country of 1.3 billion people, are also under intense pressure and insecurity at the moment, but Christians, who … Read more
Ground Report | New Delhi: Kerala divide Christians Muslims; Recent outbreaks of communalism on the part of some Christian priests, communal tension is rising in Kerala between two religious groups -Muslims and Christians. According to the 2011 census, Kerala has 54.73 percent Hindus, 26.56 percent Muslims and 18.38 percent Christians, and the remaining religious minorities … Read more
