The launch of a report by the organisation Open Doors on the persecution of Christians worldwide in parliament on 17 January 2019 is of some concern to DIPF. The launched report ranks India as being among the top 10 of countries where persecution of Christians rages. India has been steadily moving up in the previous editions of the Open Doors’ reports, but this is the first time it has assumed 10th place, pushing out Syria! We have addressed our concerns to members of both parties including Ministers such as the Foreign Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, who described the report as part of the “fantastic work” Open Doors was doing. The Open Doors report has been treated by parliamentarians as presenting a factual account of the countries it covers, including India, and not as the propaganda exercise which it demonstrably is. We argue that the report and its endorsement by a cross section of parliamentarians amounts to the tying of British foreign policy to the agenda of missionary organisations intent on promoting their proselytising activities which undermines the traditional culture of countries such as India.

 

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