On Monday (May 15), the US State Department launched a contentious report, decrying the supposed lack of religious freedom in India based totally on falsified and misleading data sourced from Christian evangelist groups and radical Islamist outfits. The 2022 Report on International Religious Freedom has been revealed by the Office of International Religious Freedom under the state dept.
According to Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) Twitter take care of, Disinfo Lab, the report positioned reliance on organisations such as a result of the Federation of Indian Christian Organization in North America (FIACONA), United Christian Forum, Open Doors USA, Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI), International Christian Concern and Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) to allege atrocities on religious minorities inside the nation.
The report depends on documentation of ‘atrocities on minorities’ by organizations – akin to IAMC (ouch!), Open Doors, ICC, and FIACONA. We gained’t waste breath on IAMC, so let’s have a look on the totally different players, starting with FIACONA.
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— DisInfo Lab (@DisinfoLab) May 16, 2023
FIACONA, certainly one of many organisations on the helm of fabricating data on atrocities on Indian Christians, depends inside the United States. Founded by one John Prabhudoss, the annual research by FIACONA have been cited in plenty of data articles to suggest the rising marginalisation of the Indian Christian group.
FIACONA has launched 2 research to date(2022 & 23). It claims to have one of many detailed documentation. How very important its data, could also be seen from indisputable fact that many Indian & worldwide media lined its tales on ‘increasing atrocities on Christians in India’ aside from #IRF
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— DisInfo Lab (@DisinfoLab) May 16, 2023
In an in depth Twitter thread, ‘Disinfo Lab’ recognized, “Data is full of duplication, fabrications, and in some cases outright imagination. FIACONA has THREE different data on atrocities on Christians in India in a single report! Talk of precision and records.”
It acknowledged how the Christian evangelist outfit used three utterly totally different figures within the similar report, even extrapolating supposed circumstances of violent atrocities in opposition to Indian Christians to a whopping 30 million (3 crores).
In its 2023 report alone the figures change as:
1198 + an entire bunch (on net web page 8 of FIACONA report)
1198 + lots of (net web page 9)
30 Million (net web page 19)
Lord forgive them, they really don’t know what they’re doing!
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— DisInfo Lab (@DisinfoLab) May 16, 2023
In a primary case of data manipulation, FIACONA relied on uncertain calculations, alternating references and sources related to totally different Christian evangelist groups.
“In FIACONA’s 2022 report about 53.6% of cases are based on 2 sources: EFI-RLC’s report (287) & witness-victims reports (120). But EFI in turn has no references. FIACONA also refers to Persecution.Org or International Christian Concern (ICC). But ICC’s reference is EFI!” the OSINT take care of acknowledged.
In FIACONA’s 2022 report about 53.6% of circumstances are based totally on 2 sources:EFI-RLC’s report (287) & witness-victims research (120).But EFI in flip has no references. FIACONA moreover refers to https://t.co/oiJzj24O2O or International Christian Concern (ICC). But ICC’s reference is EFI!
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— DisInfo Lab (@DisinfoLab) May 16, 2023
‘Disinfo Lab’ highlighted how the 4 Christian evangelist outfits, particularly, Evangelical Fellowship of India, International Christian Concern, Open Doors USA, and FIACONA saved referencing each other, which was shrewdly picked up by the US State Department for its report on religious freedom.
It found plenty of conditions of ‘data duplication’ to create a magnified sense of victimhood. “A cursory look at the data shows majority of ‘documented cases’ are duplicate entries. In Indian States, max duplication is done for UP & Chhattisgarh where single case is repeated 7-8x;~50 duplicate entries on UP alone!” it added.
Who will inform them that data isn’t matter of faith?!
A cursory take a look on the data reveals majority of ‘documented cases’ are duplicate entries. In Indian States, max duplication is completed for UP & Chhattisgarh the place single case is repeated 7-8x;~50 duplicate entries on UP alone!
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— DisInfo Lab (@DisinfoLab) May 16, 2023
According to the OSINT take care of, one incident is counted thrice (based totally on research by three utterly totally different newspapers). Cases of family disputes, crackdown of the State governments on predatory conversion practices and illegal encroachment by evangelist groups have been moreover counted as ‘atrocities.
“A pastor is jailed is an atrocity. But his release from jail has been counted as yet another atrocity by FIACONA! You can’t make this stuff,” Disinfo Lab uncovered the modus operation adopted by FIACONA to regulate data on ‘atrocities against Indian Christians.’
That’s not all.
A pastor is jailed is an atrocity. But his launch from jail has been counted as but another atrocity by FIACONA! You can’t make these items.
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— DisInfo Lab (@DisinfoLab) May 16, 2023
More than 50 circumstances are of family disputes, the place the family members object to the conversion of a person. However, that’s moreover recorded as targeted atrocity in opposition to Christianity. Below is a sample of the ‘nature’ of ‘atrocity’ documented by FIACONA!
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— DisInfo Lab (@DisinfoLab) May 16, 2023
Besides their obsession with ‘Hindu nationalists,’ the Christian evangelist organisations, which fed their data to the US State Department, moreover misled people by counting circumstances of child sexual abuse by pastors as atrocities on the group.
FIACONA had moreover launched pointers, whereby it made clear that any resistance to its correct to remodel others to Christianity shall be thought-about an atrocity.
In a nutshell: as per FIACONA and International Christian evangelists, following tips must be utilized whereas dealing with Christians if the Indian society has to steer clear of getting black-listed by USCIRF/ Open Doors, FIACONA et al.
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— DisInfo Lab (@DisinfoLab) May 16, 2023
“In a webinar held in 2020, FIACONA members boasted the success of ‘increasing conversion’ in India. Ironically, in the same webinar, they stated their agenda of getting India blacklisted!” the OSINT take care of underlined.
#FunFact
Even FIACONA members don’t think about their very personal story. In a webinar held in 2020, FIACONA members boasted the success of ‘increasing conversion’ in India. Ironically, within the similar webinar they acknowledged their agenda of getting India blacklisted!
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— DisInfo Lab (@DisinfoLab) May 16, 2023
It extra added, “Based on this report, FIOCONA Chair John Prabhudoss infers that the increasing atrocity on Christians is a grave threat to US National Security Interests!(sic) Will the fact of fabrication of atrocity data impact ‘security calculation’ of the US?”
Another organisation, which has been falsifying the knowledge on atrocities is ‘Open Doors.’ It has reportedly positioned India on a list of countries acknowledged for ‘extreme persecution’ of Christians. It works in shut coordination with Islamist outfits akin to Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC).
Opindia has reported that IAMC is a Jamat-e-Islami-backed lobbyist organisation claiming to be a rights advocacy group. In the earlier, it had collaborated with and even paid money to quite a few groups inside the USA to get India blacklisted by the USCIRF.
IAMC founder Shaik Ubaid and member Abdul Malik Mujahid have headed the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), the US entrance for Jamaat-e-Islami, Pakistan. According to DisInfo Lab, ICNA has established hyperlinks with Pakistan-based terror groups identical to the Lashkar-e-Taiba.
IRF makes use of 1 different org’s report, known as Open Doors, which generally is a Christian evangelical Organization. It releases World Watch List (WWL), score nations based totally on Christian survival drawback.#WWL enlists India amongst nations of ‘extreme persecution’ of Christians.
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Its data? Similar to FIACONA.
WWL claims ‘grassroot’ (sic) survey in 150 nations with 100 questionnaire. And then the knowledge it provides is ‘symbolic numbers’! We found many discrepancies,like:
-Wrong fig of Christian inhabitants
-Mismatch in score & violence charge
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— DisInfo Lab (@DisinfoLab) May 16, 2023
‘Disinfo Lab’ has unearthed that World Watch List (WWL), launched yearly by ‘Open Doors’, relied on uncertain data surrounding the Indian Christian inhabitants. Besides, it found a clear mismatch between the violence in opposition to Christians in India and score of the nation on the report.
“…The violence rate per WWL and their corresponding ranking does not tally. Several countries with a lower violence rate are ranked higher, while countries with much higher numbers are given better grading,” it recognized.
Rev. Vijayesh Lal, Gen Sec of Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI) initiated the ‘Ministry of ODI’ in India in 1999, serving as its ED till Dec’13. Not surprisingly, Open Doors report on India relies upon intently on EFI data for documenting ‘atrocities on Christians in India’.
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— DisInfo Lab (@DisinfoLab) May 16, 2023
Evangelical Fellowship of India is one different Christian outfit which helped propagate misleading details about atrocities on Christians in India.
“EFI ‘documents’ atrocities on Christians in India, but report is replete with stories having ZERO references. Most of the EFI inputs come from another organization: United Christian Forum (UCF) which uses a helpline no. to document cases!” well-known Disinfo Lab.
It added, “To recap, the basis of IRF Report is Open Door and FIACONA, which in turn rely on host of other documentation, which in a circular evidence refer to each other. The data is almost deliberately fabricated.”
To recap, the premise of IRF Report is Open Door and FIACONA, which in flip rely upon host of various documentation, which in a spherical proof refer to 1 one other. The data is almost deliberately fabricated.
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— DisInfo Lab (@DisinfoLab) May 16, 2023
“Worth noting that the Supreme Court quashed a PIL filed by these fronts accusing the ‘increasing atrocities’ on Christians in India. It is surprising why they were not reprimanded/ fined for such a frivolous PIL based on fabricated data,” the OSINT take care of highlighted.
Worth noting that the Supreme Court quashed a PIL filed by these fronts accusing the ‘increasing atrocities’ on Christians in India. It is surprising why they weren’t reprimanded/ fined for such a frivolous PIL based totally on fabricated data.
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‘Disinfo Lab’ tweeted, “US based Christian orgs and their Indian affiliates create fabricated data, which is lapped by media to build narrative of Christian atrocities – which is then used by US Govt religious watchdog to target India – from a US national security perspective!”
“But all these fabrications and faulty data must not interfere in the narrative building, where the mainstream media is happily following the lead. USCIRF has done its bit, let the pliant media follow. If only ‘journalists’ could read before write,” it concluded.
But all these fabrications and faulty data mustn’t intervene inside the narrative developing, the place the mainstream media is happily following the lead. USCIRF has carried out its bit, let the pliant media observe.
If solely ‘journalists’ would possibly be taught sooner than write.
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Similarly, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has moreover been on the helm of anti-India propaganda for plenty of years. It has cast aspersions on the integrity of Indian institutions and peddled hysteria about an impending genocide in India.
USCIRF, which was created in 1998 by the Clinton administration, has been reporting on religious freedom in India for the earlier 20 years. The US federal authorities charge has been interfering in India’s inside affairs and portraying a falsified image of India to the rest of the world.
