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Interfaith leaders unite against religious nationalism at UN Plaza in New York
As world leaders descended upon Manhattan for the annual United Nations General Assembly, a different kind of summit had convened on Friday, 20 September 2024, at 777 United Nations Plaza. Religious leaders, activists, and representatives of civil society converged in an interfaith press conference titled “The Scourge of Religious Nationalisms.” Voices from across different faith traditions came together to condemn gross distortions of religion by use of governments and other political actors to advance supremacist and nationalist agendas worldwide.
The conference was sponsored by the Religious Nationalisms Project, Federation of Indian American Christian Organizations of North America, New York State Council of Churches, Indian American Muslim Council, Hindus for Human Rights and the Dalit Solidarity Forum among others to address how religious nationalisms-from Hindu nationalism in India to Christian nationalism in the U.S….
FIACONA is a Washington, D.C.-based voluntary, charitable organization that advocates on behalf of the one million-strong Indian American Christians from all 50 states and Canada. It is a coalition of Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox, Evangelical, Pentecostal, and independent church and civic organizations, primarily comprising Indian Americans. FIACONA serves as a bridge builder for ecumenical advocacy, focusing on reducing violence against Christians in India. Our mission is to preserve the socio-political space of the Christian church from encroachment by nationalist radical groups acting in the name of Hinduism, as well as their representatives in the Indian government.
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Religious freedom conditions worsened considerably in India this year—particularly in the months prior to and immediately following a national election.
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom offered that assessment in an October update on India that provided an overview of
Assam schools are now directed to allow students to wear religious symbols, ensuring respect for cultural identities. The order follows an NCPCR advisory and aims to prevent discrimination.
The Assam government, in a recent order directed schools in the state to
Indigenous Christians in India’s strife-torn Manipur say they are worried over the state government’s move to deny power, water, and welfare schemes to "unregistered" villages in the hilly northeastern state.
Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh on Oct. 8 instructed the
We seek your help defend the persecuted Christians in India. Although, India is a constitutional democracy that guarantees right to practice one’s faith, recent political developments there are threatening such guarantees. Hence, it is up to us to tell our story of this unprecedented attacks on Christians to the world. FIACONA needs your help. Together we can make a difference.
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"SCOURGE OF RELIGIOUS NATIONALISMS" – OUR INTERFAITH WITNESS
FIACONA joined two interfaith press conferences on religious nationalisms on the eve of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s arrival in the United Nations in New York City, NY
New York, NY—September 20, 2024
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“That India under Modi would have the audacity to think that they can strip away our legal constitutional rights to freedom of expression here, not in India, but here in America,” I told @RNS.
No longer, then, does opposing Modi merely mean taking a righteous humanitarian stand against his regime’s Mephistophelian designs on India’s religious minorities. No. Today, opposing Modi has become the duty of every true American patriot as it now means defending the sacrosanct…
More than 13,000 people gathered in Long Island yesterday to see and hear Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speak. But outside the venue, anti-Modi protests of about 300 faith-led activists converged.
Indian diaspora protesting against Modi in New York- The Modi regime is not only demolishing mosques and lynching Muslims, it is burning down churches and killing Christians in India. In Manipur alone, 400 churches have been burned down!
Militants with the Hindu nationalist RSS paramilitary invade a Christian church and beat up the pastor and congregants in eastern India. Will the American Church take note and speak out against this?
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