Christmas 2025: Is Being a Christian Becoming a Crime in India?
Christmas 2025 is emerging as a dark chapter in India’s democratic history—one in which the Christian community experienced not celebration, but fear, humiliation, and violence. The question is no longer whether these incidents occurred. The real question is: Why has the state remained silent despite such widespread, organized, and public acts of violence?When churches are attacked, nuns are surrounded at railway stations, children are beaten for singing carols, and even the dead are denied burial, this is not merely a failure of “law and order.” It represents a collapse of constitutional morality.
Mob Rule vs the Constitution
India’s Constitution guarantees freedom of religion to every citizen. Yet the reality on the ground tells a different story—one where the Constitution has been replaced by the dictates of the mob.False accusations of “forced religious conversion” have become a convenient weapon: used to detain nuns, assault priests, and intimidate Christian families—often while the police stand by as silent spectators.When law-enforcement agencies fear the mob, one must ask:Does the state exist to protect its citizens, or to appease extremist groups?
Jharkhand: The Greatest Betrayal of Adivasi Christians
Jharkhand’s political discourse has long claimed to stand for tribal identity and minority rights. Yet today, the same state is becoming one of the most unsafe places for Adivasi Christians.Attacks on churches in Simdega and West Singhbhum, threats over burial grounds, and the absence of firm government action reveal a troubling truth: official silence increasingly resembles consent.Are Adivasis worthy of dignity only when they conform to the ruling narrative?
When Even the Dead Are Not Safe: What Civilization Is This?
A society that denies its dead the right to burial forfeits any claim to morality or culture. Threats to exhume bodies from graves are not merely attacks on Christians—they are assaults on human dignity itself.Governments must understand that such acts of religious persecution severely damage India’s image on the global stage.
Chhattisgarh’s “Pre-Christmas Shutdown”: State-Sanctioned Silence?
The statewide shutdown called on December 24 in Chhattisgarh was not spontaneous. It was a deliberate political message—that minority festivals now require majority approval.
The vandalism of churches and the destruction of Christmas decorations in malls were not acts of mere property damage. They sent a chilling message: fear has become the new law.
706 Incidents—and Still ‘Everything Is Fine’?
By November 2025, more than 706 incidents of violence against Christians had been reported nationwide. Yet authorities continue to dismiss them as “isolated cases.”Women, children, and nuns have all been targeted.And those who dare to speak out are branded “anti-national.”
Why International Scrutiny Is Now Unavoidable
When domestic institutions fall silent, international platforms become the last resort. The involvement of the United Nations, global Christian organizations, and international media is no longer “interference”—it is a moral necessity.India’s greatness has always rested on its pluralism.If that pluralism is destroyed, it will not be Christians alone who suffer—India’s democracy itself will be the ultimate casualty.
The Final Question
Is India becoming a nation
where faith is treated as a crime,
minority identity as a liability,
and silence as official policy?
If voices are not raised today,
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