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title : Church, Pastor Home Torched as Attacks on Christians Rise 40% in Southern India
summary : After some high "caste" Hindus converted to Christianity and joined the Church, other Hindus burned down the place of worship and the home of its pastor in southern India this month.
date : May 21, 2017 08:54 PM EDT
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title : Compassion International Forced to Leave India Due to Government Intervention
summary : A major Christian charity, Compassion International, is ceasing aid operations in India, due to government officials there not allowing local teams to accept foreign donations. Government officials claim two of the charity's affiliates have been trying to convert children to Christianity.
date : Mar 10, 2017 04:47 PM EST
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title : Religion, Caste Banned in India Election Campaigns
summary : India's Supreme Court officials on Monday ruled future political elections must be secular in approach, and specifically banned the use of religion and caste in political activities prior to state polls, citing that such affiliations often determine the fate of campaigns.
date : Jan 03, 2017 05:06 PM EST
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title : India Christian Bishop Agrees Caste System is 'Poison That Threatens to Destroy India'
summary : "The Dalit (revolt) issue is the single most significant civil rights issue in the world, and maybe in world history," said the Most Rev. Dr. Joseph D'Souza on Friday after India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemned the caste system that has disenfranchised hundred-of-millions of Indians for centuries. The Dalit Uprising began in the Indian state of Gujarat in July.
date : Sep 03, 2016 02:25 PM EDT
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title : Religion Should Be 'Delinked' from Terrorism Says India Prime Minister Narendra Modi
summary : Deeming terrorism as the enemy of humanity, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday said during a visit to Saudi Arabia that there was a global need to "delink" religion from such violence. Modi said there can be no distinction between "good" or "bad" terrorism and that it has "no caste, color, creed or religion."
date : Apr 05, 2016 12:29 PM EDT
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title : Hindu God Rama Sued by India Lawyer Over Women's Justice, Religious Scriptures Used In Legalities
summary : Indian lawyer Chandan Kumar Singh shocked quite a few peers when he filed a lawsuit against the Hindu god Rama, a popular deity who is considered to be one of the most important avatars of Vishnu and the Supreme Being by some sects. Singh stated he took the action because he felt "Lord Ram was unjust to his wife Sita," and he wanted a court in the eastern state of Bihar to "acknowledge this fact" of disrespect and mistreatment.
date : Feb 09, 2016 03:01 AM EST
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