The claim that Hinduism is a uniquely pacific and tolerant religion is dangerous bunk, says (UK) Guardian columnist Rahila Gupta.
There is a profoundly disquieting myth about Hinduism which has been put about by its adherents so often and so successfully that it is in danger of crystallising into a truth – that of its essentially [...]

Sikhism officially rejects India’s caste system, but the murder of a Sikh religious leader at a Vienna temple is believed to have been motivated by caste-based prejudice. The mayhem in Vienna sparked rioting in Punjab state, northwest India.
Dalits in Vancouver have denounced the killing, calling it an act of terrorism.
Outraged by the killing of [...]

Today saw the first of five rounds in India‘s latest general election, the largest exercise of democracy in the world. Results, expected on 16 May, will determine which party or coalition of parties will be chosen to govern for the next five years. Analysts say the race is too close to call.
Although Christians [...]

A candidate running for the pro-Hindutva Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in upcoming elections in India has been charged with hate speech following an incendiary address in which he attacked Christianity and defamed Christians.  The speech was given near the Kandhamal district of Orissa state, which has been rocked by anti-Christian mob violence that began last [...]

The April issue of The Voice of the Martyrs (Canada) Newsletter has an answer to the headline question. (Text not online, so no link.)
In India in the last five years, more Christians have been beaten or killed and more houses and churches burned than in all other countries of the world combined. What has [...]

The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) recently published a report on the plight of Christians in India. Hindus and Christians have lived in a tense relationship since independence in 1947, but those tensions exploded into widespread open violence in the state of Orissa in August 2008, which the report calls a “tipping point”. [...]

Controversial Dalit activist Udit Raj points out that widespread persecution of Christians by Hindu extremists began around 1998, when the BJP came to power. Mr Raj argues that the real reason for hatred of Christians is not conversion, but the threat that Christianity presents to Hindu social beliefs and traditions.
What worries the Sangh Parivar [...]

Speaking at the Fourth National Persecution Meet in Karnataka, India, Archbishop Emeritus of Bangalore Dr Ignatius Paul Pinto, contradicted oft-repeated claims by Hindu fanatics that Christians bribe or coerce people into professing Christ.
He expressed the community’s dismay and shock that persecution had arisen in India – a land known for its tolerant spirit. But now [...]

The Hindu political party BJP has nominated for elective office a man now in police custody and accused of leading anti-Christian mob violence in Orissa state, India, that began last August.
Manoj Pradhan is the prime accused in last year’s ethno-communal riots in Kandhmal and currently behind bars. But that hasn’t stopped BJP from giving a [...]

A woman has told a court in New Delhi, India, that she wants to marry the man accused of raping her in 2005 and has converted to Islam to make that possible. She has been ostracised and harassed since the rape and believes that marrying her rapist will put an end to her distress.
A [...]

Charlie Chaplin was not known as a Christian while he was alive, but some Hindu activists in India seem to think he has undergone a post-mortem conversion. Humourless BJP fanatics have blocked installation of a 67-foot statue of the great comic actor because it would offend Hinduism.
The last laugh may be on Charlie Chaplin, [...]

Islamic governments typically compel Christians and Jews to accept dhimmitude, a set of legal and social disadvantages intended to enforce subjugation and humiliation. Now supporters of Hindutva (Hindu nationalism; literally, “Hinduness”) in Orissa state, India, are inflicting similar conditions on Christians, despite the fact that India is officially a secular and democratic state.
Orissa’s Archbishop [...]

Freedoms of speech and religion are under threat around the world. Religious persecution watchdog organisation International Christian Concern cites several recent instances in this disturbing trend.
Hate speech and anti-conversion laws are cropping up around the globe in what, on the surface, seems to be an effort to protect religious freedoms. In reality, these laws [...]

Leaders of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP, or World Hindu Council) dispatched a letter to several Muslim groups asking them to issue a fatwa declaring India a friend of Islam against which jihad should not be waged.  They also included another, even more bizarre, request.
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad has sent a letter to 13 prominent Muslim [...]

Attacks against women by the Hindu militant group Sri Rama Sene in Karnataka state, India, have caused a “complete breakdown of law and order”, says Women and Child Development Minister Renuka Chowdhury,
“We are taking a serious note of repeated attacks against women in Karnataka. The fascist elements are trying to create a communal divide in [...]