Jul 21, 2006
The federal government in India has embraced religious pluralism, protecting the freedom to preach, practice, and propagate her religion in the federal Constitution.
However, at least five states in India have ironically named "Freedom of Religion" legislation that restricts the activities of religious minorities that seek to spread their faith, and gives a blank check to extremists to persecute those minorities by vigilante enforcement.
Most recently, four sisters from Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity were arrested after offering to pray for AIDs patients in hospitals they had visited weekly for 20 years. How could this happen?
Angela Wu, The Becket Fund's Director of International Advocacy, testified on a panel of experts regarding anti-conversion laws in India at a briefing of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus on Friday, July 21, at the Rayburn House Office Building. The full text of her testimony is available at the link below.