Christian Educational Institutions in India Face Mounting Pressure
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Elite Christian educational institutions in the Indian state of West Bengal are the latest targets of religious extremism in what seems to be a systematic dismantling of intellectual strongholds. While government officials have begun to conduct surprise visits to Christian colleges, Hindu extremists have started to use social media to stoke rhetoric about illegal conversions, creating false and baseless narratives against the minority colleges in the state. St. Xavier’s College in Kolkata, India. Last week, state officials visited two educational institutions: St. Xavier’s College, run by the Roman Catholic Church, and the prestigious Serampore College, one of India’s oldest colleges.
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