Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar said the Hindu religion is quintessentially inclusive in true sense. Spending life in the service of others is the essence and basic mantra of Indian culture. Even today the spirit of service is strongly present in Hindu society.
The Bill also provides that the cases pertaining to religious conversion would not be heard by any court below the sessions court. It has also made the crime non-bailable.
Online Conversion of Children: The investigation into the conspiracy to brainwash children to convert them through online games is going on. The police is looking for Shahnawaz, who is believed to be the mastermind in this case, but he is cleverly throwing dust in the eyes of the police.
Conversion Via Online Gaming: From Ghaziabad to Maharashtra.. big racket of conversion has been exposed.. on one hand where young girls are being targeted through love jihad.. and on the other hand non-muslim minors through online gaming Children are being made victims of religious conversion... Big
Right-wing Hindu outfits held a demonstration at the SDM's office, alleging that Christian missionaries are converting people from Nepal coming to Uttarkashi to work by offering them allurements.
According to a viral video, thousands of people were seen denouncing Hindu gods at the event.
"Two MLAs have stated that there is a need to bring strict law. We will think on amending or to bring new law in the forthcoming assembly session in order to protect the religious harmony of the state. We respect all religions, whether Hindu, Muslim or Catholic," CM Sawant said.
Sri Ram Sena Chief Pramod Muthalik who met Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday, warned that if the state government fails to enact the law, all Hindu religious seers in Karnataka would launch the agitation.
At least 16 persons have been arrested till now in connection with the case, Uttar Pradesh ADG (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar said on Saturday.
An IAS officer in Kanpur has been accused of promoting religious conversions after a video of him attending a conversion ceremony has gone viral on social media. National vice-president of Math Mandir Coordination Committee Bhupesh Awasthi has accused senior IAS officer of Kanpur, Iftikharuddin of spreading propaganda against Hinduism. Awasthi has released the video of Iftirakhuddin, who is presently serving as the Chairman of UP State Road Transport Corporation showing the IAS officer attending a religious event in Kanpur.
The video also shows a group of people listening attentively while a maulana is heard preaching religious sermons with the IAS officer in attendance.
Addressing devotees, Pala (Kerala) Bishop Joseph Kallarangatt said, "they've realised that in a nation like India, taking up weapons & destroying others isn't easy, they're using other means. Their aim is to promote their religion & end non-Muslims. They use 'love jihad' & 'narcotic jihad.'"
A US Lawmaker has claimed that Hindus and Christians in Pakistan are being forcefully converted in Pakistan and has urged Biden admin to extend USAID into the region.
The Akhil Bhartiya Akhara Parishad (ABAP) -- the apex body of the 13 akharas (religious orders) -- has summoned a meeting of all the akharas to decide on the steps to be taken to check religious conversions.
The Gujarat government in all likelihood will table a Bill to amend the 'Dharma Swatantrya' (Freedom of Religion) Act, 2003 in the ongoing Budget session of the Assembly to combat forceful religious conversions, better known as 'Love Jihad'.
Madhya Pradesh cabinet on Saturday approved Freedom of Religion Bill 2020 in a special meeting chaired by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in Bhopal.
Over a year after the legislation was passed by the Himachal Pradesh Assembly, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the state has made a law to check "forcible religious conversions".
A case was lodged against two persons in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad under ordinance against unlawful religious conversions.
The family of the first youth to be arrested under Uttar Pradesh's new anti-conversion law, has alleged that the youth's father was forced by the police to sign a statement denying any use of force and harassment by the investigators.
Citing the landmark Kesavananda Bharti case, the plea said "the court held that the Parliament can amend the Constitution but the Parliament cannot change the basic structure of the Constitution".
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