Indian Christian activists, Jerome Anto and Esther Dhanraj, have petitioned the Supreme Court of India to direct the Indian government to take action against deceptive practices by Christian missionaries
New Delhi: Two prominent Indian Christian activists, Jerome Anto and Esther Dhanraj, have petitioned India’s Supreme Court to direct The Government of India to take stringent action against deceptive missionary conversions of Hindus, Sikhs and others.
Breaking News / World Exclusive: In a key step against forced conversions, Indian Christian leaders, Esther Dhanraj & Jerome Anto petition The Supreme Court to force the GOI to take action against illegal conversions 👉🏼 https://t.co/ssPJ5lYdai@exC_Esther @JaWarrier pic.twitter.com/NjJiaZvDct
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Speaking to India’s Citti Media, Anto stated that beyond targeting Hindus and Sikhs, foreign Christian missionaries were even targeting Indian Catholics like him, to try to convert them to their own sect. Dhanraj added that India’s constitution prohibited such coercive tactics of proselytisation, and that the Indian government now needed to clamp down on it – and what has been termed the church’s ‘land grab’ in India – robustly.
Anto and Dhanraj, as well as various other Indian groups have long lobbied Indian authorities to act against India’s ‘illegal conversion racket’. However, petitioning the Supreme Court to essentially force the central government to act against it is seen as a major step forward, beyond rhetoric alone.
Jerome Anto & Esther Dhanraj will be available to speak to media between Thursday and Sunday, and can be contacted via pr@indicpublicrelations.com
For the full interview, click here.
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