Himachal Pradesh government passes new bill to prohibit forced conversions

The bill was passed unanimously by a voice vote as the Opposition did not oppose it.

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· Aug 30, 2019 · 03:18 pm

Himachal Pradesh: Bill against forced religious conversions introduced in Assembly

The proposed law prohibits conversion by misrepresentation, force, undue influence, coercion, inducement, marriage or any fraudulent means.

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· Aug 29, 2019 · 11:02 pm

Love, pressure or economics? The many questions about Hindu women converting to Islam in Pakistan

Incidents of young women, including minors, from Hindu families converting and marrying Muslim men have become frequent.

Maham Javaid

· Mar 30, 2019 · 08:30 pm

Jharkhand: 16 arrested for allegedly trying to convert Adivasis to Christianity in Dumka district

Police said the arrests came days after 25 ‘religious preachers’, including the 16, were rescued after being held hostage by villagers.

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· Jul 09, 2018 · 08:13 am

Arunachal Pradesh: Christians welcome plan to repeal anti-conversion law but tribal groups oppose it

The state passed the Arunachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act in 1978.

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· Jul 01, 2018 · 11:32 am

Controversy was because I decided to convert to Islam, says Hadiya after court verdict

Hadiya claimed that some Muslim organisations had failed to support her when she approached them with her desire to embrace the religion.

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· Mar 10, 2018 · 05:55 pm

‘Personal relationships are core of India’s plurality’: Supreme Court restores Hadiya’s marriage

The bench, however, allowed the NIA to continue its investigation into the allegations of forced conversion.

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· Mar 08, 2018 · 02:29 pm

Kerala conversion case: There was an attempt to take Hadiya to Yemen, claims her father

She was already in a vulnerable state when her classmates Faseena and Jaseena ‘laid the trap’, Ashokan told the Supreme Court.

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· Mar 06, 2018 · 07:31 pm

Can a court interfere when consenting adults say they married, asks Supreme Court in Hadiya case

The bench held that in ‘personal law, the court cannot annul marriages because the woman did not marry the right person’.

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· Feb 22, 2018 · 11:59 am

Madhya Pradesh: Visually-impaired couple among 13 sent to six months in jail for converting tribals

Villagers in Dhar district had accused them of converting tribals to Christianity by offering incentives.

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· Feb 15, 2018 · 10:42 am

‘They called us traitors’: In MP, a teenager is among 10 people charged with forced conversions

In May, a group escorting children from Jhabua to a camp in Nagpur was accused of trying to convert them – even though their parents said they were Christian.

Mridula Chari

· Nov 10, 2017 · 09:00 am

Forced detention: How Hindutva groups in MP targeted children heading to Mumbai for Bible study

The children were kept in official custody for a week on complaints that they were being forcibly converted.

Mridula Chari

· Nov 09, 2017 · 09:00 am