Photo: ReutersA recent opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal has warned of what it described as a sustained rise in violence, intimidation and hostility toward Christians and other religious minorities in India since Prime Minister Narendra Modi took office in 2014. It noted that at least 12 Indian states have enacted anti-conversion laws that ban religious conversions on grounds of force, fraud or allurement. The article cited incidents around Christmas in several Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled states. The article noted that Modi attended Christmas Mass in New Delhi this year and spoke of harmony and compassion. However, it argued that his government has not publicly condemned recent attacks attributed to hardline Hindu groups in other parts of the country.

Source: Wall Street Journal January 03, 2026 13:47 UTC