About 80% of India\u2019s population is Hindu,while just over 2% is Christian.Many Hindus and Hindu nationalist groups consider Hinduism central to being \u201cIndian,\u201d and a recent Deutsche Welle profile says this worldview has coincided with increased persecution of Christians, including alleged mob attacks.<\/p>\n

deutsche Welle reports that human rights groups<\/a> have documented nearly 900 incidents of anti-Christian violence in 2025 alone-often occurring at a rate of roughly two to three attacks per day. The article describes cases where Hindu nationalist mobs accused pastors and churchgoers of forced religious conversion, while police reportedly detained Christians instead of stopping the attackers. One pastor in Uttar Pradesh, Jaynendra, said detainees included his family members and that he was later arrested under anti-conversion laws<\/a>.Another believer in Madhya Pradesh, Vinay Patil, recounted a mob assault in which people were beaten and police again detained the Christians rather than the attackers.<\/p>\n

The piece also cites Open Doors ranking India among the countries with significant anti-Christian persecution and argues that social media may worsen the problem by spreading accusations and misinformation that go viral. It concludes that evangelism is thus described as \u201cextremely risky.\u201d <\/p>\n