There have been calls for India to do more to protect the religious freedom of minority faiths after reports that hundreds of Christians have been arrested under controversial anti-conversion laws.
ISIS has claimed responsibility for the bombing of a church in the Philippines on Sunday in which four people were killed. Over 50 people were injured in the attack, which took place as a Catholic mass was being held at the Mindanao State University gymnasium in Marawi City.
The Islamic State (ISIS) claimed responsibility for a blast that killed four worshippers at a Catholic Mass on Sunday (Dec. 4) in an area of the Philippines that had become an autonomous Muslim region in an attempt to end such violence.
In a move that threatens to heighten communal tensions, the Janajati Dharma Sanskriti Suraksha Manch (JSM), an affiliate of the pro-Hindu Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), has announced its intention to stage a protest rally on Christmas Day in Agartala, the capital of Tripura.
In a recently published article in Scroll.in, Kamayani Sharma unveils the remarkable life and artistry of Angela Trindade, an Indian painter celebrated for her Western-style portraits and ground-breaking Christian paintings infused with the essence of Indian aesthetics.
New regulations for “religious activity venues” in China advance officials’ desire to replace spiritual instruction with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) political teaching, rights experts say.
Four missionaries including a pastor and his wife from Gospel Echoing Missionary Society (GEMS) were brutally assaulted in a village near Garhwa district of Jharkhand. Pastor P. Sarvanan and his companion P. Andrew are admitted in a GEMS hospital since November 21, after complaints of severe headache and dizziness, informed Andrew to Christian Today.
Since the announcement of the election schedule, there has been a widespread appeal to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to change the vote counting date. The concern stems from the date falling on December 3, a Sunday, which is considered sacred for the majority Christian community (87%) in the state. Political parties, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and churches have united in their demand for a rescheduled date.
In a crucial meeting held on November 24 in Chandigarh, Dr. Subhash Thoba, a member of the Punjab Minorities Commission, met with Director-General of Police (DGP) Law and Order, Arpit Shukla to discuss and strategize security measures for the upcoming Christmas festival and associated Shobha Yatras (tableau) as per media reports.
In a remarkable display of perseverance and human ingenuity, all 41 Indian labourers who were trapped for 17 days in the collapsed Silkyara-Barkot tunnel in the Himalayan mountains have been successfully rescued on November 28.
A court in Pakistan this month granted bail to a Christian falsely charged with blasphemy, but he and his family have separated and gone into hiding amid threats to their lives, sources said.
A Muslim teacher at an Islamic school in eastern Uganda who became a Christian on Oct. 4 was killed on Oct. 21, area sources said.
