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forced conversion

Social Media Fact-Check

Viral video claiming to show forceful conversion of Hindu woman actually shows Hindu Jinn in Muslim woman’s body converted to Islam in Bangladesh

OpIndia Staff - 29 January, 2020

Video of a peer converting a Hindu Jinn in a Muslim woman’s body falsely circulated as conversion of Hindu woman to Islam

Crime

Pakistan: Muslim man abducts Hindu girl while her wedding was in progress, forces her to marry him and convert to Islam

OpIndia Staff - 27 January, 2020

Pakistan: Hindu woman was abducted from wedding venue, married off to a Muslim man and forcefully converted to Islam

News Reports

Gujarat: Case registered against Hindu mother for baptising her 8-year-old son without consent of father and district collector

OpIndia Staff - 24 January, 2020

A single Hindu mother who had her son baptised at a local church in Anand eight years ago was booked under the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act

News Reports

India summons Pakistan High Commission official to lodge strong protest over recent abductions of Hindu and Sikh girls in Pakistan

OpIndia Staff - 17 January, 2020

After SAD leader meets MEA officials, Pakistan High Commission officer summoned to protest abductions of Hindu and Sikh girls in Pakistan

News Reports

Aligarh: Jamia Urdu registrar and OSD accused of threatening to kill an employee if he does not convert to Islam, case registered

OpIndia Staff - 30 December, 2019

Kamal Singh, who works as gardener supervisor at Jamia Urdu Aligarh, has accused the educational institute's registrar and officer on special duty (OSD) of trying to forcefully convert his religion to Islam.

News Reports

Jagan govt decisions in Andhra Pradesh are anti-Hindu and freebies encourage conversion to Christianity, report suggests

OpIndia Staff - 29 December, 2019

Experts have expressed their concerns regarding the spree of freebies doled out to the Christian communities by the YS Jagan Mohan Reddy-led Andhra Pradesh government.

News Reports