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Written by Australian Prayer Network
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Saturday, 20 December 2008 07:00 |
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According to Ziya Meral, it's the converts from Islam to Christianity who are some of the most forsaken on Earth. The police don't help them; their families hate them; and their friends want to kill them. "Egypt is one of the worst countries in terms of torture," Mr. Meral said. "Once you are detained the security services can keep you without charges for six, seven months, and then renew those charges." 70 percent of all Islamic converts to Christianity give up their adopted faith in two years. "Your society, your family, everyone is against you and you are completely alone," Mr. Meral said.
Of the world's 2 billion Christians, 200 million are persecuted in some way. Many of them are in Islamic countries or in rabidly anti-religious regimes such as North Korea. These countries ignore the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which grants people freedom to choose their religion. The persecution from Muslims is so intense once their switch to another faith is made known, converts first lose their jobs. Angry parents will seek to have their children taken away from them. Others are told their marriages are no longer valid.
Jeje Baki was a nomad from Chad who converted to Christianity. His father-in-law took custody of Mr. Baki's wife and children and when the convert tried visiting his family, the father-in-law killed Mr. Baki's oldest son to teach the father a lesson. Or Nissar Hussein, a British citizen living in a majority-Pakistani community in Britain who converted to Christianity along with his wife. When groups of Asian men began smashing the windows of their home, throwing garbage at their front door and driving a car into Mr. Hussein's parked automobile, the police refused to protect them.
Source: Washington Times
Used by permission of the Australian Prayer Network www.ausprayernet.org
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Last Updated on Saturday, 20 December 2008 09:33 |
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