Published by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) on Thursday, it warns of an “especially serious decline” in China and India because of government interventions.
Speaking of India, the document said: “Report after report has highlighted egregious acts of violence, each with a clearly established motive involving religious hatred.
“Hard-line Hindu nationalist groups are routinely held responsible for the attacks…
“Concerns have repeatedly been raised with regard to Indian security forces’ complicity in the violence, or at the very least their failure to act.”
The founder of China Aid, Bob Fu told Premier earlier this year that Christianity is considered “foreign infiltration” in China and persecution against believers has never been worse.
Today is the launch of Religious Freedom Report 2018! We will be at House of Lords presenting the report to MPs. @tariqahmadbt @Rehman_Chishti @ukcatholicpress @_ChurchCatholic pic.twitter.com/Z4XsTsoUSc
— Aid to the Church (@acn_uk) November 22, 2018
In composing, ‘Religious Freedom in the World’, ACN monitored freedoms experienced by minority faith groups across 38 countries between June 2016 and June this year.
The Catholic charity blamed a rise in “religious ultra-nationalism” since 2016 for a worsening situation in Russia – where, ACN warns, anti-terrorism laws have impeded religious expression.
In contrast, its report also…
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