Vhp Conversions

The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) today launched a nationwide public awareness campaign against the illegal religious conversion and "love jihad" across the country.

Ninety-six Christians belonging to 23 tribal families were converted to Hinduism in Tripura on Sunday, right-wing group Hindu Jagran Manch has claimed. The people were mostly labourers from Jharkhand and Bihar who had been forcibly converted in the past, says the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), which apparently oversaw the mass conversion at Unakoti, ...

Allowing a woman's plea for a job under Scheduled Caste quota, a Madras High Court judge has said her conversion from Christianity to Hinduism need not be doubted as it has been done under the auspices of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, which he described as "one of the reputed" organisations for Hindu religion.

BJP MP Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said Muslims are safer in India than anywhere else in the world and the majority community is liberal by nature.

BJP MP Yogi Adityanath has said that conversions by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) will continue until the government bans the practice.

Around 20 tribal Christians reconverted to Hinduism in West Bengal's Birbhum district on Wednesday. Though the number was far less than the rumoured 100, it was still a shock in a state which has seen very little of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, which had sponsored the conversions.

A Christian prayer hall was ransacked on Sunday in Bihar's Jehanabad District. The attack was allegedly carried out by a mob of 50 people, who interrupted an ongoing prayer service, damaged furniture and allegedly misbehaved with those inside the prayer hall.

At Gaya's Atiya village, just eight kilometres of bad roads away from international tourist hotspot Bodh Gaya, tension has carried itself into new year. In the last 10 days, this village has hit the headlines, with reports of alleged conversions, following which a 'ghar wapasi' programme was organised here by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad or VHP.

For 14 years of his life, 30-year-old M Selvan was known by the name Paul Joseph. On his conversion to Christianity 16 years ago, he was asked to change his name. His mother and his wife who converted along with him, had followed suit.

At least 58 persons, most of them belonging to Christian families, embraced Hinduism at two temples in the district as part of the 'Ghar Vapsi' (home coming) programme under the initiative of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Christmas day.

Eleven persons from three more families converted to Hinduism today in Kerala's Alappuzha district under the initiative of Vishwa Hindu Parishad, or VHP. This is the second instance of conversion within a week in the district. On Sunday, 30 people from 11 families had undergone religious conversion.

The ruling BJP is expected to confront opposition fury in Parliament today over the comment of a top leader of the ruling BJP's ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) describing India as a "Hindu nation".

The Kerala government has ordered a probe into the religious conversion of eight families in Alappuzha under the auspices of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, or VHP.

Saffron groups came under fire today after the mass religious conversions at Gujarat's Valsad, with Christian groups and the opposition parties accusing the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh of forcing or enticing religious minorities to convert to Hinduism.

Defending their sudden spate of conversion activities, Sangh Parivar groups say they are only reacting to conversions by Christian and Muslim groups, whose proselytisation activities are altering India's demographics.

The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) today launched a nationwide public awareness campaign against the illegal religious conversion and "love jihad" across the country.

Ninety-six Christians belonging to 23 tribal families were converted to Hinduism in Tripura on Sunday, right-wing group Hindu Jagran Manch has claimed. The people were mostly labourers from Jharkhand and Bihar who had been forcibly converted in the past, says the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), which apparently oversaw the mass conversion at Unakoti, ...

Allowing a woman's plea for a job under Scheduled Caste quota, a Madras High Court judge has said her conversion from Christianity to Hinduism need not be doubted as it has been done under the auspices of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, which he described as "one of the reputed" organisations for Hindu religion.

BJP MP Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said Muslims are safer in India than anywhere else in the world and the majority community is liberal by nature.

BJP MP Yogi Adityanath has said that conversions by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) will continue until the government bans the practice.

Around 20 tribal Christians reconverted to Hinduism in West Bengal's Birbhum district on Wednesday. Though the number was far less than the rumoured 100, it was still a shock in a state which has seen very little of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, which had sponsored the conversions.

A Christian prayer hall was ransacked on Sunday in Bihar's Jehanabad District. The attack was allegedly carried out by a mob of 50 people, who interrupted an ongoing prayer service, damaged furniture and allegedly misbehaved with those inside the prayer hall.

At Gaya's Atiya village, just eight kilometres of bad roads away from international tourist hotspot Bodh Gaya, tension has carried itself into new year. In the last 10 days, this village has hit the headlines, with reports of alleged conversions, following which a 'ghar wapasi' programme was organised here by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad or VHP.

For 14 years of his life, 30-year-old M Selvan was known by the name Paul Joseph. On his conversion to Christianity 16 years ago, he was asked to change his name. His mother and his wife who converted along with him, had followed suit.

At least 58 persons, most of them belonging to Christian families, embraced Hinduism at two temples in the district as part of the 'Ghar Vapsi' (home coming) programme under the initiative of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Christmas day.

Eleven persons from three more families converted to Hinduism today in Kerala's Alappuzha district under the initiative of Vishwa Hindu Parishad, or VHP. This is the second instance of conversion within a week in the district. On Sunday, 30 people from 11 families had undergone religious conversion.

The ruling BJP is expected to confront opposition fury in Parliament today over the comment of a top leader of the ruling BJP's ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) describing India as a "Hindu nation".

The Kerala government has ordered a probe into the religious conversion of eight families in Alappuzha under the auspices of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, or VHP.

Saffron groups came under fire today after the mass religious conversions at Gujarat's Valsad, with Christian groups and the opposition parties accusing the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh of forcing or enticing religious minorities to convert to Hinduism.

Defending their sudden spate of conversion activities, Sangh Parivar groups say they are only reacting to conversions by Christian and Muslim groups, whose proselytisation activities are altering India's demographics.