Tag: Converts

Ethiopian wife killed for Christian conversion

June 26, 2014 Ethiopia Boreda, Converts, Ethiopia, Islamic extremism

Maria Yusuf, from Boreda, Ethiopia, was killed after her husband beat her for her refusal to recant her Christian faith on 22 June. Yusuf was a Muslim when she married but became a Christian two years ago – converts from Islam are often placed under tremendous pressure to return. A . . . Read More

Nepal Christians arrested for “forced conversions”

June 24, 2014 Nepal Converts, Hindu nationalism, India, Nepal

More than 40 Protestant Christian leaders have been arrested for allegedly “forcing the conversions of Hindus.” Nepalese Hindu leaders filed the complaint and the arrest occurred on June 13. A few hours after the arrest, however, most of the detainees were released, though eight leaders remained in custody until June . . . Read More

Buddhist monks seek to monitor Myanmar’s converts

June 2, 2014 Myanmar Buddhist nationalism, Converts, Myanmar

Myanmar is seeking public approval for a new religious-conversion law that would require anyone who wants to change religions to obtain legal permission. The proposed law, put forward by Buddhist monks, would require any Burmese citizen who plans to change religion to wait at least 90 days and seek permission from . . . Read More

Exile

April 18, 2014 Mexico Catholics, Chiapas, Converts, Exile, Mexico, Protestants

The document is signed. All parties have agreed that Fidencio Jiménez, his wife, Petrona Díaz, and their children can return to their home. The couple expects a cool welcome. Just the same, they said they will return to Santa Rosalía, and resume living the way that provoked neighbours to chase . . . Read More

Iran: Pastor’s wife released early

January 30, 2014 Iran Ahwaz, Assemblies of God, Converts, Iran, Khuzestan, Proselytism

The wife of an Iranian pastor has been released from prison three months before the end of her sentence. Shahnaz Jayzan, wife of Farhad Sabokrouh, was released on Tuesday (Jan. 28) after serving nine months in jail. She has been released on the condition that neither she nor her husband . . . Read More

Iranian converts arrested

December 30, 2013 Iran Behnam Irani, Christmas, Converts, Iran, Karaj, Tehran

Five Iranian converts to Christianity were arrested while celebrating Christmas together in Tehran, reports Mohabat News. Ahmad Bazyar, Fagheh Nasrollahi, Mastaneh Rastegari, Amir-Hossein Ne’matollahi and another man with the surname of Hosseini were arrested on Christmas Eve at Mr. Hosseini’s house and taken to an unknown location. Meanwhile Mohabat News . . . Read More

Iranians released two weeks early

December 9, 2013 Iran Ahwaz, Apostasy, Converts, Iran, Proselytism

Two Iranian Christians have been released from jail two weeks before the end of their sentences. Farhad Sabokrouh, pastor of the Assemblies of God Church in Ahwaz, and Naser Zamen-Dezfuli, were released on December 4, seven months after their incarceration for converting from Islam to Christianity, proselytising Muslims, and propagating . . . Read More

Vigilante group formed in Bangladesh to stop Christian activities

November 29, 2013 Bangladesh Awami League, Bangladesh, Churches, Converts, Elections, Islamic extremism, Minorities, Sunni, Tangail

A vigilante committee has been formed in central Bangladesh to stop Christian activities in the local community, two months after the construction of a local church was halted. The committee is made up of political leaders, Muslim elders and an elected local government official. In September, the government official ordered . . . Read More

Bajrang Dal pressure villagers to leave Christianity

October 16, 2013 India Bajrang Dal, Converts, Hindu nationalism, Vishva Hindu Parishad

For much of the year, Christians in the central India village of Taragaon have been enduring pressure to abandon their religion. In April, elements of Bajrang Dal demolished the church in Taragaon, a small town in the farming- and forestry-dominated region of southern Chhattisgarh state. View Larger Map Bajrang Dal . . . Read More

Bangladeshi Christians told to close church, convert to Islam

October 3, 2013 Bangladesh Apostasy, Awami League, Churches, Converts, Islamic extremism, Sheikh Hasina, Tangail

Construction of Tangail Evangelical Holiness Church, in Bilbathuagani village, was halted by local officials.World Watch Monitor A local government official in central Bangladesh has halted the construction of a church, forced Christians to worship at a mosque and threatened them with eviction from their village unless they renounce their . . . Read More

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