Shari’a Court Orders 3 Christian Pastors and Catholic Missionary Out of India's Kashmir
A “shari’a court” in Srinagar, capital of India’s Jammu and Kashmir state, has issued a decree expelling four pastors from the territory, after accusing them of using financial inducements to convert young Muslims to Christianity.
The controversy erupted after a video emerged last November showing a Protestant pastor in Srinagar, Chander Khanna, baptizing young Kashmiri men.
The shari’a court then “summoned” the pastor and accused him of luring Muslims to convert by offering them money. Khanna made his case to a room of Islamic scholars, but two days later police arrested him on charges of fomenting trouble between religious groups....