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- Churches in the city of Dhamtari have displayed notices warning that church premises are intended only for Christians.
- The Dhamtari District Christian Forum has encouraged church members across the region to post identical directives.
- These signs inform non-Christians that they enter the property at their own risk.
- The action highlights increasing tensions regarding access to religious institutions in the area.
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Diamond Filus
general secretary of the Dhamtari District Christian Forum
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“As per the rules of the church management, entry into the church building for worship is only for Christians. Others, if they enter voluntarily, will (themselves) be responsible for it.”
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…asked community members to display similar directives outside churches and prayer meeting halls elsewhere in the district. One such notice displayed at the 116-year-old Sunderganj Mennonite Church in Dhamtari reads: “ As per the rules of the church management, entry into the church building for worship is only for Christians. Others, if they enter voluntarily, will (themselves) be responsible for it. ” The notices have been put up for the security of members of the Christian community, Dr Diamond Filus, general secretary of the Dhamtari District Christian Forum, told PTI over the phone on Thursday. The decision to…
“We decided to put up the banners for our safety. If a non-Christian wants to enter, they can do so at their own responsibility, so that we can avoid legal complications if any issue arises,”
In the article
…incidents in the past in which right-wing activists allegedly created disturbances during prayer meetings over allegations of religious conversion had prompted the Christian community to take precautionary measures. “ We decided to put up the banners for our safety. If a non-Christian wants to enter, they can do so at their own responsibility, so that we can avoid legal complications if any issue arises, ” he said. The Christian Forum said the September 15 meeting was held after more than 1,000 people submitted self-declaration forms under the state’s new anti-conversion law at the district Collectorate, stating that…
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Named India · Sunderganj Mennonite Church · Chhattisgarh · Dhamtari · Dhamtari District Christian Forum · Diamond Filus · Indira Singh Dehari · Sarva Adivasi Samaj
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