"Untouchable" Cook Fired After Upper-Caste Children Refuse to Eat Food

By Abdulla Gaafarelkhalifa

Sunita Devi, a Dalit woman who was hired to be a school cook in Sukhidhang government inter college (Secondary school), was fired after students refused to eat her food. Devi supposedly had no issues on her first day. The day after, however, 44 out of the 60 students, with support from their parents, refused to eat the school food and began bringing food from home.

Devi was hired in early December. The temporary position only paid Rs. 3000 ($40.23 USD) a month.

Tenth Indian State Passes Authoritarian Anti-Conversion Bill

By Abdulla Gaafarelkhalifa

On December 23, 2021, during the winter assembly of the legislative body of the state of Karnataka, India, the controversial Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Bill 2021 was successfully passed. The bill explains that “No person shall convert or attempt to convert either directly or otherwise any other person from one religion to another by use of misrepresentation, force, undue influence, coercion, allurement or by any fraudulent means or by marriage, nor shall any person abet or conspire for conversions”.

The Real War on Christmas: Burning Santa & Anti-Christian Violence in India

By Abdulla Gaafarelkhalifa

While conservatives cry about a “war on Christmas in the US,” they are either silent or unaware of the actual war on Christmas in India. With Hindutva ideology on the rise, anti-Christian attacks are as well, particularly around Christmas time.

Indian Muslim Man Beaten to Death, Hate-Crime Alleged

By Abdulla Gaafarelkhalifa

Rising Violence: Indian Priest Chased with Machete, Christian Books Set...

By Abdulla Gaafarelkhalifa

Anti-Christian violence is on the rise in India, much of which occurred in Karnataka. Especially on the eve of the winter session of the assembly in Belagavi, Southern India. Basavaraj Bommai, Chief Minister of Karnataka, hinted at the possibility of banning religious conversion altogether.

Mother Teresa Charity Investigated for "Forced Conversions"

By Abdulla Gaafarelkhalifa

On December 14th, local Indian police in Vadodara City began investigating accusations of forced conversion by the Makarpura facility for Missionaries of Charity (MOC), the charity famously started by Mother Teresa in 1950. The charity was started in Vadodara, in the Makarpura area of the state of Gujarat, which is also the home state of the Hindu Nationalist Prime Minister, Narendra Modi.

Hardline Hindus Attack Catholic School for "Converting Children"

On Monday, December 6, a mob of Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) members, two notoriously militant right-wing Hindu groups, attacked St. Joseph’s School in Ganj Basoda, India. The incident happened around 12:10 at noon when more than 300 protesters started gathering outside the school’s compound.

The attack happened while the school was administering exams for their grade 12 students.

Townspeople in India Try to Pray Potholes Away

A Tweet posted on November 30 by the user Rakesh Prakash showed people praying over a pothole in Bangalore city, Karnataka, India. They surrounded the pothole with flowers while two priests performed religious ceremonies.

#POTHOLE puja in #Bengaluru!

Mass Harassment From Hindu Nationalists Forces Comedian to Quit

On Saturday, November 27, Vishesh Dhuria, director and founder of Curtain Call, received a letter from the Ashokanagar police office. The police officers of the Ashoknagar in Bangalore city requested Dhuria and his production to cancel Munawar Faruqui’s show.

Indian Police tell Christians to Halt Prayer Meetings to Avoid Attacks

Christian groups in Belagavi City in Karnataka, India, were told by police to avoid meetings and gatherings for prayer until the end of the Winter Session. Belagavi will be hosting the Karnataka legislative session scheduled for December 13 to 24. A controversial anti-conversion bill will be discussed during the session, according to the police.