Monday, December 15, 2014

Indian Hindu groups banned from holding Christmas conversions


Police in India's Uttar Pradesh state have said they will not allow Hindu nationalist groups to hold a religious conversion ceremony on Christmas Day.

Mohit Agarwal, senior police official in Aligarh town where the ceremony is planned, said "strict action" would be taken against the organisers.

Conversions are legal if they do not involve force, fraud or inducement.

Last week, more than 50 Muslim families were reportedly converted to Hinduism against their will in the town of Agra. Read more

See also
Militant Hindu groups plan ‘conversions’ of Christians, Muslims on Christmas
Conversion row: Additional security sought for churches on Christmas eve

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