Missionaries

Joseph D’Souza built an international image as an authentic voice of India’s oppressed communities, while historical and genealogical claims challenge the narrative surrounding his background and identity.

The manual portrays Hindu villages as spiritually hostile. It asks missionaries to pray before entry as it claims Hindu villages are protected by "evil spirits" and at least one Hindu God. It discourages methods that attract suspicion. Instead it suggests trust building and gradual persuasion to move people away from Hindu beliefs.

Paulus Barjo told Sandeep that if he converted to Christianity, 'the Lord' would be pleased and he would get married.

The case is yet another reminder of how missionaries have been weaponising superstition to target vulnerable individuals who refuse to convert to Christianity

The families who reverted to Sanatan Dharma revealed that they were lured into converting to Christianity with false promises of healing.

Ramnath Manjhi said that the missionaries gradually started coming to the building under construction and started praying every Sunday. Whoever participated in the prayers was given a thousand rupees in an envelope.

In Nepal, which has been facing continuous unrest for the last three decades, a crowd of lakhs is demanding the return of Hindu monarchy. Their demand is that Nepal should be declared a 'Hindu Rashtra' again. After experimenting with democracy for about a decade and a half, Nepal is again standing at the same crossroads where it was in the 1980s.

Not only the BJP MLA but several netizens have also been discussing and posting memes about why the “Bolne Lagi” fame Pastor Bajinder Singh and other such Indian Pentecostal pastors who claim to possess miraculous healing powers so much so that they boast of curing critical illnesses like cancer, paralysis, and even raising the dead, are not using their ‘supernatural powers’ to heal the Pope.

The conversion of Sikhs to Christianity in Punjab has been a matter of great concern for a long time. For some time now, many such reports have come to the fore which showed that Christian missionaries are gaining more and more influence in the state.

Bajrang Dal handed over a memorandum to the local authorities and demanded strict action the matter.