Violence against churches

Since late 2021, with the intensification of media propaganda by radical nationalist Hindus in India, a new wave of persecution of Christians has begun.

In one of the recent actions a house church in India's Chhattisgarh state was reportedly attacked by a mob of 200 radical Hindu nationalists in early January 2022, leaving two Christians with serious injuries.

After entering the church, they attacked members of the congregation, beating on them, and then dragged Pastor Hemanth Kandapan outside where a mob was waiting.  Fearing their lives, at least five Christian families fled Odagoan and have taken shelter in nearby villages. In late October last year, a similar attack in Uttarkhand left three Christian women seriously injured.

 India is one of the countries with the largest religious diversity, and its constitutional right to religious freedom is explicitly mentioned, the activities of radical Hindu nationalists have intensified in recent years, leading to the persecution of religious minorities in particular. Christians have become so widespread that they are not taken seriously by government officials and the police.

_{Source and Credit: CBN News, TRT WORLD, ICC}