Religious Freedom In India
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How anti-India USCIRF pushes and promotes Christianity in the name of religious freedom
Utpal Kumar •In almost 25 years of its existence, USCIRF has had about 65 commissioners, of which the overwhelming majority exhibited hard-core Christian roots being associated as they were with some form of missionary activities or the other
US religious freedom report: Limited use and unintended consequences
Chintamanimahapatra •It would perhaps be in the best interest of India-US strategic partnership that the top US State Department officials refrain from publicly commenting on state of religious freedom in India
USCIRF has deep Pakistani links, but why is West so willing to push vacuous anti-India narrative?
Utpal Kumar •The United States wants a democracy in India that’s subservient to its interests. Narendra Modi’s India isn’t that. And that is the crux of the problem
USCIRF names India among 14 'countries of particular concern', cites CAA and Delhi riots in annual report on religious freedom
•In the 2020 edition of its annual report on International Religious Freedom, the USCIRF alleged that in 2019, the Government of India used its strengthened parliamentary majority to institute national-level policies violating religious freedom across the country, especially for Muslims
US religious freedom report: Behind the rank hypocrisy lies evangelical zeal and a misplaced sense of moral superiority
Sreemoy Talukdar •The premise of the US state department's report on India is based on an assumption that banning religious conversion violates religious freedom.
Report on religious freedom exposes bias of some in US against Modi govt, writes BJP's foreign affairs in-charge Vijay Chauthaiwale
Vijay Chauthaiwale •According to Vijay Chauthaiwale, US state department's special adviser on minority affairs Knox Thames' visit to India was aimed at defaming the BJP, the Modi government and the Hindu society at large.
US has 'no locus standi' to comment on religious freedom in India: MEA on report alleging attacks by Hindu groups on minorities
Fp Staff •India's reaction was to an annual International Religious Freedom Report by the US, which alleged that mob attacks by violent extremist Hindu groups against minority communities continued in India in 2018.
US lawmakers urge House Speaker to discuss India's religious freedom with PM Modi
•A group of 18 American lawmakers has written to Speaker Paul Ryan, asking him to raise the issue of religious freedom during his meeting with PM Modi.