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AHMEDABAD, INDIA, April 18, 2003: The Rt. Rev. Vinodkumar Malaviya, a Protestant bishop in western India, is accustomed to providing food, cattle fodder, clothes and medical care to anyone in need. But the new Gujarat law establishes prison sentences of up to four years, along with fines, for converting someone by force, fraud or allurement. Christians say it also sets up such broad definitions of what constitutes “force” and “allurement” that their mission to serve the poor and sick is threatened. For instance, the law says “any gift” or “material benefit” is an allurement to convert. “So from now on you can’t help a person?” asks Malaviya. “I don’t know how to deal with it.” Sermons may also be affected. The law says that warning someone about “divine displeasure” — telling them that God hates sin — is a threat, and therefore an illegal use of force. HPI adds: Much of this New York Times article is anti-Hindu and pro-Christian.

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