Refugee's Life Threatened After He Revealed Conversion to Christianity

Case information
Incident date
Country
Germany
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Islamist
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Insult or Incitement
Religious Freedom / Discrimination
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Freedom of Religion

A 19-year-old man told another refugee (18) that he was no longer a Muslim, but had become a Christian. The 18-year-old responded: "Then I will cut your throat. For this, I do not even need permission from IS. "

This threat was made on January 1, 2016 at a refugee camp in Schnelsen and the victim alerted the police. Officials arrested the perpetrator.

Reminder: In October, a young Iranian Christian convert was seriously injured by a Muslim refugee for discussing his conversion. Read that case here.

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