Religious conversion
- India
Five arrested in UP after Bajrang Dal alleges conversion plot
Uttar Pradesh’s Hamirpur district police arrested five Muslim men on charges of alleged unlawful religious conversion after performing religious rituals at the home of a Dalit family. The arrests were made following…
- India
Church demolished in Chhattisgarh over encroachment accusations
A building that was formerly a church was demolished in Chhattisgarh’s Raigarh district. The demolition took place after a public threat by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Anshu Tuneja on December 29…
- India
SC declares religious conversion for reservation benefits unconstitutional
New Delhi: In a significant verdict, the Supreme Court has said religious conversions undertaken solely to avail reservation benefits without genuine belief amounted to a “fraud on the Constitution”. Justices Pankaj Mithal…
- India
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind criticizes court ruling on Maulana Kaleem Siddiqui, Umar Gautam
New Delhi: The President of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH), Syed Sadatullah Hussaini has voiced concern over the recent judgment by a NIA-ATS court that convicted Maulana Kaleem Siddiqui, Maulana Umar Gautam and 14…
- India
UP: Kalim Siddiqui, Umar Gautam, 12 others get life imprisonment in religious conversion case
Lucknow: A special NIA-Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) court in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday awarded life sentence to 12 people, including Islamic preacher Maulana Kalim Siddiqui and Islamic Da’wah Centre founder Mohammed Umar Gautam,…
- India
UP: Woman alleges rape, forced religious conversion in Amethi
Amethi: An 18-year-old woman was allegedly raped and forced to convert to Islam here, police said on Sunday. Police have arrested three people in the matter whose identities have not been disclosed.…
- India
UP: Church built on forest land demolished in Mirzapur
A church and another building were demolished by district authorities in Uttar Pradesh’s Mirzapur district citing illegal construction on forest land. The demolition was carried out in the presence of police. According…
- India
UP Assembly to take up Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act amendment
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Assembly is on Tuesday scheduled to take up for consideration and pass a bill that seeks to amend the Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act to increase the maximum…
- India
Rajasthan: Hindus protest against religious conversion, madarsa targeted
A group of people from the Hindu community in Rajasthan’s Beawar area protested against a madarsa claiming that it was involved in religious conversion. A video emerged on social media platforms showing…
- India
UP: Man gets life term for forced conversion of Hindu girl
Bulandshahr: The SC/ST court has sentenced a Muslim youth to life imprisonment for forcibly converting a Hindu girl and imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakh on him. #watch: SC/ST court sentenced…
- India
Religious conversion case: SC gives interim bail to UP’s SHUATS university VC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday granted interim bail to Rajendra Bihari Lal, vice chancellor of Uttar Pradesh’s Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (SHUATS), in a case of…
- India
‘Love jihad allegations false’: Students protest against suspension of Muslim teachers
Days after three Muslim teachers were suspended in Rajasthan for after accusations of religious conversion and ‘Love Jihad’, dozens of students from Government Senior Secondary School, Odpur held a protest outside the…
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3 Muslim teachers suspended over ‘Love Jihad’; students cry foul
Several students of a government school at Khajuri Odpur village in Kota district of Rajasthan have come forward against the suspension of Muslim teachers claiming that false accusations were levelled against them.…
- Bangalore
Police complaint filed against two Karnataka nurses for ‘conversion bid’
Bengaluru: A police complaint was filed on Friday against two nurses by the Hindu Jagruthi Sene for attempting religious conversion in Kalaburagi district of Karnataka. The incident was reported from the government-run…
- India
Karnataka convent row: School backs sacked teacher, denies religious conversion
Nearly a week after a convent school teacher was sacked for allegedly insulting Hindu gods, the St Gerosa English Higher Primary School in Mangaluru raised concerns and questions in which the investigations…
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