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Amid prospects of revival of an anti-conversion law passed in 1978, Christian leaders of Arunachal Pradesh state in northeast India expressed little concern over the development.
“We are the major religious community in the state and we do not expect the government to bring in harsh clauses to trouble us while implementing the court order,” Miri Stephen Thar, the Catholic president of the ecumenical Arunachal Christian Forum, told CNA on Jan. 14.
The revival of the dormant law, passed by the state legislature, has been brought about by the Guwahati High Court, which ordered the state government in September to “frame rules” within six months to implement the law.
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“We are the major religious community in the state and we do not expect the government to bring in harsh clauses to trouble us while implementing the court order,” Miri Stephen Thar, the Catholic president of the ecumenical Arunachal Christian Forum, told CNA on Jan. 14.
The revival of the dormant law, passed by the state legislature, has been brought about by the Guwahati High Court, which ordered the state government in September to “frame rules” within six months to implement the law.
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Christians in northeast India unfazed by anti-conversion law bid
The revival of the dormant law has been brought about by the Guwahati High Court, which ordered the state government to “frame rules” to implement the law.
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