conversion
- India
Christian evangelist on tourist visa deported for religious conversion in Assam
A Canadian citizen named Brandon Joel Devealt faced deportation from India on February 6 after overstaying his visa while conducting evangelical activities without proper authorization. Devealth was residing in Assam on a…
- India
Bihar: Saffron-clad goons attack worshippers during Sunday prayer meet
A mob of far-right Hindu groups assaulted Christian community members and disrupted their prayer meeting in Nawada city of Bihar on Sunday, September 1 accusing attendees of engaging in religious conversions. According…
- India
Christian event disrupted in Tamil Nadu over conversion allegations
Members of the far-right Hindu Munnani outfit disrupted an event of Christians in Vellore town of Tamil Nadu, alleging that it was a front for religious conversions. The video of the incident…
- India
Delhi coaching centre owner Irfan Ansari thrashed over ‘conversions’
In yet another incident of attacks on minorities, a Muslim man named Irfan Ansari, who runs a private coaching institute in Delhi’s Sahkurpur area, was reportedly attacked and thrashed by a right-wing…
- India
Christians accused of forced conversion, attacked in Rajasthan
In yet another incident of attack on minorities, a mob of Hindutva outfits, led by a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader, attacked Christians in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur on Friday, July 5, over allegations…
- India
Hindutva groups claim to have converted 30 Muslims to Hinduism in Indore
A social organisation based in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore on Friday claimed that around 30 Muslims were converted to Hinduism by Hindutva groups in the city. The city police said they have received…
- India
RSS to step up drive against love jihad, conversions
Lucknow: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) will now step up a campaign against “love jihad” and illegal religious conversion through enticements. It will also get women, Dalits and Other Backward Classes (OBCs)…
- India
Mass conversion case: Specify Maulana Kaleem Siddiqui’s role, SC asks UP govt
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Uttar Pradesh government to clearly specify the role attributed to cleric Maulana Kaleem Siddiqui who was arrested by the state anti-terrorist squad (ATS)…
- Pakistan
3 sisters forcibly converted, married: Pak minority rights group
Karachi: Three daughters of a Hindu businessman in Pakistan’s Sindh province have been married to Muslim men who first kidnapped them and forcibly converted them to Islam, according to a leading minority…
- India
Karnataka: Union min’s ‘Biryani for conversion’ remark creates stir
The Union minister of state for Social Justice and Empowerment and Chitradurga MP A Narayanaswamy caused a stir by stating that people of oppressed groups are being converted from their religion by…
- India
Conversion via app case: ‘Khan deleted various data & key evidence’
Ghaziabad: The prime accused in the conversion via gaming app case, Shahnawaz Khan a.k.a. Baddo, who was nabbed by the Ghaziabad Police from Maharashtra, has deleted “a lot of crucial data and…
- India
Ghaziabad conversion case: Key accused sent to 14-day judicial custody
Ghaziabad: Shahnawaz Khan alias Baddo, the key accused in Ghaziabad’s alleged religious conversion through gaming app racket, has been sent to a 14-day judicial custody by a court here on Tuesday. Baddo…
- Mumbai
Mumbra mass conversions story as bogus as ‘The Kerala Story’: Maha Cong
Mumbai: Lampooning claims that 400 people were allegedly ‘converted through online apps’, the Maharashtra Congress termed it “as bogus as the contentions of ‘The Kerala Story’ film”, here on Monday. State Congress…
- India
Thane court grants transit remand to Ghaziabad ‘conversion’ accused
Thane: A day after his arrest, Shahnawaz Khan, alias Baddo — prime accused in the alleged ‘conversion case through gaming app’ — was granted a transit remand and ordered to be produced…
- India
Conversion via gaming app: Police launch manhunt for main accused
Ghaziabad: The Ghaziabad Police, Lucknow Police and several other agencies are searching for the main accused Shahnawaz Khan alias Baddo, who allegedly targeted minor children to convert them through an online gaming…
