{India} West Bengal Christians tighten safeguards amid attacks, conversion row

Church bodies introduce written applications and affidavits for converts as attacks on prayer meetings and funerals raise fears of intimidation and calls for an anti-conversion law Christian organizations in west bengal are tightening safeguards, with a written application and affidavit set to become mandatory for those seeking to embrace Christianity. The measures are part of a slew of protective steps adopted by Christian bodies to counter what they call an "ill-motivated narrative" against the community that has allegedly fueled several attacks on prayer services and even the removal of a woman's body from a grave after it had been lowered....