Missionaries take advantage when people lose faith in society: RSS chief Bhagwat on religious conversions

Missionaries take advantage when people lose faith in society: RSS chief Bhagwat on religious conversions

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Chief Mohan Bhagwat. | Photo Credit: ANI Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has said missionaries take advantage of situations wherein people feel the society is not with them, in an apparent reference to religious conversions. He was addressing an event on April 16, 2023, in Madhya Pradesh’s Burhanpur district, … Read more

States must file counter-affidavits in anti-conversion law cases in three weeks: SC

States must file counter-affidavits in anti-conversion law cases in three weeks: SC

A Bench led by CJI D.Y. Chandrachud said that more States are trying to “jump into the bandwagon” even while the court is hearing the case. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Supreme Court on Friday gave States three more weeks to file counter-affidavits to petitions challenging their anti-religious conversion laws, even as senior … Read more

Gujarat High Court issues notice to state govt over new anti-conversion law

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The Gujarat High Court on Thursday issued a notice to the state government while hearing a petition challenging the provisions of a new law which penalises forcible or fraudulent religious conversion through marriage. A division bench of Chief Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Biren Vaishnav, which heard the plea, issued the notice to the state … Read more

Adityanath govt mulls ordinance against ‘love jihad’

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Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has asked officials to formulate a strategy and bring an ordinance if required to prevent religious conversions in the name of love, an official said on Friday. “It has been seen in the recent past that women have been made to convert in the name of love and … Read more