Joseph D'Souza
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6 years: India's Supreme Court still won't rule on anti-conversion laws
Six years after a constitutional challenge to India's anti-conversion laws was filed, the Supreme Court still hasn't ruled — while the laws spread to 13 states and generate thousands of arrests but almost no convictions.
Why is India poised to free a missionary's killer?
India's judiciary has a choice to make by August 19: free the leader of a mob that burned a missionary and his children alive, or reckon with the ideology that hasn't gone anywhere.
The viral silence: What happened when the RSS was asked about India’s Christians
Behind this whole charade is the RSS's long-standing ideological project to transform India into a Hindu Rashtra, a nation defined first and foremost by Hindu identity.
JD Vance, his Hindu wife and Christian conversion: Indian uproar
The contradiction is glaring: Hinduism can export, but Christianity must not import.
From Nairobi to Seoul: Charlie Kirk emboldened Christian youth
Similar memorials emerged in Nairobi's All Saints Cathedral and São Paulo's Evangelical churches.
Christians in the West must reject false choices of linear thinking
The habit in the West to debate theologically vexing topics, and posing either/or questions, is not the way forward for the majority Christian world.
Why Indian minorities are relieved after surprise election results
Indians who are committed to democracy — most of whom are Hindus — have breathed a sigh of great relief in light of this surprise result.
Israel-Hamas war is also about radical Islamism vs. democratic values
This is far bigger than Israel. It’s about the rest of us too. Democracies that respect the rule of law are worth fighting for.
India is marred by deep descent into communal hatred
Indians recently watched footage on social media of a school teacher in North India instigating students to punish and slap a Muslim boy. While the students violently assaulted the boy, the teacher engaged in hateful propaganda against Muslims. Similar incidents against Muslims and Dalits have occurred in northern India recently.
Why we must rethink our modern missions model
Take, for example, the lingo used by missions organizations. Many still use old language which triggers deep hostilities and violence against Christians. Terms like “conversion” or “unreached people groups” cause great trouble.
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