Religious conversion Current Affairs, GK & News
Gujarat Governor gives assent to Bill Penalising Fraudulent Conversion by Marriage
Governor of Gujarat, Acharya Devvrat, has given his assent to Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Bill, 2021 along with 7 other bills. These bills were passed in March 2021 during the budget session of the state assembly. Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Bill, 2021 This bill is being also called as “anti-love jihad” Bill. It ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Topics: Governor of Gujarat • Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Bill 2021 • Love Jihad • Religious conversion
Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Bill Introduced in MP Assembly
The BJP government in Madhya Pradesh has introduced the “Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Bill, 2021” in the assembly. This bill has replaced the ordinance that the government had brought to check the religious conversions through any fraudulent means. Highlights The new bill has replaced the ordinance which the government cleared in December 2020 and ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2021
Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs • States Current Affairs
Topics: anti-conversion law • Freedom of Religion Bill in MP • Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Bill 2021 • Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Ordinance • Religious conversion
Himachal Pradesh anti-conversion law: Key Facts
The recent murder in Faridabad’s Ballabhgarh has again ignited discussions over the forced religious conversions. In the last few years, it is a topic of major debate that girls of a particular community are forced to convert their religion and there is a need to curb it. After the murder of a girl in broad ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs • Legal & Constitution Current Affairs • States Current Affairs
Topics: anti-conversion law • Freedom of religion • Himachal Pradesh • Religious conversion • Religious law
Pakistan to send report on forceful conversion of 2 kidnapped Hindu girls
Sushma Swaraj, External Affairs minister has asked Indian High Commissioner in Pakistan to send a report on incident where 2 minority Hindu girls were kidnapped on Holi in Sindh province. The 2 girls, 13 year-old Raveena and 15-year old Reena were allegedly kidnapped and forcibly converted to Islam in Ghotki district. This incident has led the ..
Topics: Christianization • Cricket • Forced conversion • Ghotki • Holi • Imran Khan • Islamization • Pakistan • Religious conversion • Sindh
Jharkhand Governor gives assent to Religious Freedom Bill, 2017
Jharkhand Governor Draupadi Murmu gave her assent to the Jharkhand Religious Freedom Bill, 2017. The state government will now issue notification on the Religious Freedom Bill, after which it will become an Act. With this Jharkhand, become seventh state in the country to have anti-conversion law. Other six states with similar law are Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2017
Topics: Chhattisgarh • Jharkhand • National • Odisha • Religious conversion • Religious Freedom Bill • States