Indian police are investigating Teresa’s case for “forced conversion” | Religious Affairs
Gujarat government officials are investigating whether the Missionaries of Charity forced girls in a shelter to wear a cross and read the Bible.
Indian police are investigating the crimes committed by Ms. Teresa in a recent case of pressure is mounting on Christians under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government.
Officials in the western city of Vadodara in Gujarat said Tuesday they are investigating whether the Missionaries of Charity are forcing girls into their home where they live to wear a cross and read the Bible.
Modi’s homeland is one of the few in India where there are many Hindus where vague rules against “forced conversion” have been enacted, or strictly enforced, in recent years.
Vadodara Governor Mayank Trivedi told AFP that his complaint to the police stemmed from a report by child development officials and other government officials.
According to the complaint, 13 school Bibles were found in the school library and girls living there were forced to read religious literature.
The Missionaries of Charity, founded in 1950 by the late Mother Teresa – a Roman Catholic nun who lived and worked in Kolkata for most of her life and won the Nobel Peace Prize – denied the allegations.
Freedom fighters say minority religions in India have been facing more discrimination and violence since the Modi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in 2014.
In 2020, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom declared India to be one-tenth “the most affected country” for the first time since 2004.
Modi’s government refuses to recognize the “Hindutva” (Hindu supremacist) principles and claims that people of all faiths have equal rights.
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Human rights activists say there have been more than 300 anti-Christian activities this year alone.
Last week, a group of 200 to 300 people attended a Christian school in Madhya Pradesh where students were writing exams and throwing stones at the house, said the school’s principal.
“We moved the children from one hall to another. We kept them on the first floor and gave them extra time to complete the test. But the students could not write, they were crying and trembling, ”said Anthony Tynumkal, principal of St Joseph’s School.
