India Releases Controversial Anti-Christian Short Film

A short film has been issued by the state government of Gujarat, a western province of India, which warns against religious change.

The short film concerns a law – not yet in place - intended to make it increasingly difficult to convert to another religion.

Samson Christian of the All-Indian Christian Council criticised the film as being misleading and illegal.

The film comes at a time when numerous Christian groups and congregations in the country are facing massive pressure from the Indian Government to conform to the Hindu system.

Both Christians and Muslims are facing increasing persecution in this region of India.

The militant Hindu Narendra Modi, head of government for Gujarat wants to launch a massive investment programme to boost the Dang district infrastructure. According to German Christian news site Livenet, the programme is in partnership with radical Hindu organisation RSS, which intends to force all converts to Christianity, the majority of whom live in the Dang district, back to Hinduism.

According to Livenet, the leader of the RSS, the Rashtria Swamsevak Sangh or National Voulnteer Movemant, K.S. Sudarshan likened the threat of Christianity and conversion to Christiantiy as a threat comparable to Muslim terrorists.

Sudarshan was accused the succession of western Christian popes and leaders of wanting to destroy the Hindu religion. He said: “The Hindu community must now win enough power so that they never dare to attack again.”

Earlier in the month the Catholic Bishop Conference of India (CBCI) released an appeal to India’s central and state government to take action against Hindu extremists responsible for church attacks throughout June.