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Karnataka Christian Forum and minority community leaders demand repeal of the state’s anti-conversion law; ask to review cow slaughter ban and withdrawal of Muslim...

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The Christian forum clamed that Karnataka's anti-conversion law curtailed their right to propagate their religion.
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British national booked in Pune under Maharashtra’s anti-conversion law, made misleading claims about Hindu deities while promoting ‘devotion to Jesus’

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According to the police, the accused made claims that illnesses could be cured and rainfall could occur by invoking the name of Jesus.
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14 booked under UP anti-conversion law in Muzaffarnagar conversion case: Money, free healthcare, marriage assistance offered to persuade people to convert. FIR details inside

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Police in Muzaffarnagar detained 12 people and booked 14 others under Uttar Pradesh's anti-conversion law following a Bajrang Dal complaint.
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From coercion and fraud to inducement and threats: Maharashtra introduces anti conversion bill with strict punishments, here is what it says

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All offences under the proposed law will be cognisable and non-bailable.
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7-10 years of jail for illegal conversions, up to life for mass conversions: Read the provisions of the Anti-Conversion Bill cleared by the Chhattisgarh...

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The proposed legislation comes in the wake of repeated incidents of forced or induced religious conversions in the state.
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‘Anti-conversion law exists in Arunachal Pradesh, implement it’: Read why 26 major tribes are protesting in the NE state, and why Christian groups are...

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Those demanding implementation of the anti-conversion law in Arunachal Pradesh assert that the law is not against any religion, rather, it only protects “tribal communities from conversion through allurement or inducement”.
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Mass religious conversions case: Supreme Court quashes FIRs against SHUATS University VC and others, IPC cases to continue

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The Supreme Court on Friday, 17 October, quashed several FIRs filed against Prayagraj’s SHUATS University Vice Chancellor Rajendra Bihari Lal and other officials. In...
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Ex-judge, who earlier released ‘urban naxal’ Gautam Navlakha from house arrests, speaks out against anti-conversion laws in India: Details

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S Muralidhar also objected to the fact that people other than the victim of forced conversion can also file complaints. He alleged that this provision in anti-conversion laws is giving way to vigilante groups.
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How Christian groups in Arunachal Pradesh are opposing anti-conversion law, meant to protect indigenous people: Read about the law and Gauhati HC order

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The Arunachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act was enacted in 1978 to protect indigenous communities in the northeastern state from unethical and deceitful conversion by predatory evangelist groups.
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Uttar Pradesh: Police halts mass conversion event in Azamgarh, suspect detained

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Azamgarh Police halted a mass conversion event in Miria Redha, seizing objectionable materials and detaining a suspect accused of coercing Hindus into Christianity.
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