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{{cquote|This law is extremely intrusive and entirely at odds with India’s avowed respect for human rights, including the right to freedom of religion.  It allows for substantial interference into the private process of an individual’s conversion by a state government known for its extremist Hindu nationalist credentials.  The requirement to explain the reasons for conversion to potential hostile officials is a significant block to religious freedom, and the authority given to District Magistrates to deny permission for a conversion ‘ceremony’ is completely unacceptable.  It is also a nonsense to demand the ‘time and date’ of a person’s conversion, which is a matter of their private conscience.  We call upon the government of Gujarat to immediately repeal this law, and we call upon the international community to condemn what is India’s worst anti-conversion law yet.}}

{{cquote|This law is extremely intrusive and entirely at odds with India’s avowed respect for human rights, including the right to freedom of religion.  It allows for substantial interference into the private process of an individual’s conversion by a state government known for its extremist Hindu nationalist credentials.  The requirement to explain the reasons for conversion to potential hostile officials is a significant block to religious freedom, and the authority given to District Magistrates to deny permission for a conversion ‘ceremony’ is completely unacceptable.  It is also a nonsense to demand the ‘time and date’ of a person’s conversion, which is a matter of their private conscience.  We call upon the government of Gujarat to immediately repeal this law, and we call upon the international community to condemn what is India’s worst anti-conversion law yet.}}

Within May 2008, five states in India enacted anti-conversion laws. These are:<ref name=IACLTEFS/>

The multitude of religions have co-existed in Idia for millenia. It is a littel know fact that Christianity arrived in India hundreds of years before it arrived in Rome. Off late, however, aggressive western evangelization and rampant conversion activity raised an alarm and has forced the hand of many Indian states and within May 2008, five states in India enacted anti-conversion laws to try and keep secular tranquility which had been upset by missionary activity. These are:<ref name=IACLTEFS/>

*[[Gujarat]]

*[[Gujarat]]