The central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh (map), where the wedding took place, is 91% Hindu, 7% Muslim, and 0.3% Christian.

“There has been a rise in attacks on Christians since the state amended a more than three-decades-old anti-conversion law in January.,” said Father Maria Stephen, spokesman for Madhya Pradesh’s bishops. “The new anti-conversion law has given unbridled power to destructive elements so that now they can accuse anyone of religious conversion without even providing one iota of proof.”