Indian State Moves Toward Anti-Conversion Law as Mob Violence Against Christians Escalates Across the Country

The government of Bihar — one of India's most populous states — has announced plans to review anti-conversion legislation from other states and potentially implement its own, in a move that would expand the legal architecture used to harass, arrest, and prosecute Christians across the Hindu-majority nation. The announcement came during a State Legislative Assembly debate as 18 legislators called attention to what they described as the growing threat of religious conversions. Meanwhile, International Christian Concern reports that a Christian family in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district was brutally attacked by a mob of Hindu nationalists after refusing to deny Christ — losing their home and all their belongings and being forced onto the streets. The dual developments — one legislative, one violent — illustrate the pincer movement facing India's estimated 30 million Christians: state governments passing laws that criminalize sharing the gospel, while vigilante mobs enforce those sentiments with impunity on the ground. India now ranks among the top ten most dangerous countries for Christians, and the escalation arrives as global attention remains consumed by the Iran war — leaving persecuted believers in South Asia largely invisible to the world.