Church vandalised at Chikkaballapura in Karnataka
Church vandalised at Chikkaballapura in Karnataka
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Karnataka: A church in the Chikkaballapur district of southern Karnataka was vandalised early on Thursday morning. This comes amid a debate about a law prohibiting conversion. While the state administration has pushed for the new laws to be passed, the Christian community has written to the chief minister opposing them.

The 160-year-old St Joseph's church was attacked around 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, according to local reports, and the statue of St Anthony was broken. The statue was taken away for inquiry, and a FIR was filed.

Hundreds of individuals from at least 40 different socio-political organisations marched in Bengaluru on Wednesday to protest the Karnataka Right to Freedom of Religion Bill, 2021, also known as the anti-conversion Bill.

"Any assistance or concession provided by any of our Christian institutions working in the fields of education, health, senior citizen care, and orphanages to any member not from the Christian community can be construed as an inducement for conversion as per the Bill," said Bengaluru Archbishop Peter Machado, who was present at the protest. The Bishop had previously stated that they had sent the chief minister three memorandums since September of this year. He noted that the state's Christian community is united in its opposition to the proposed law prohibiting forceful religious conversions.

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