In this Worthy News article, several Syrian converts to Christianity reportedly faced threats and intimidation inside a Dutch asylum center after publicly professing their faith through baptism.
- The report says the incidents occurred at an asylum seekers’ center in Vlissingen, Netherlands, after Syrian men converted from Islam to Christianity.
- Four Syrian men from the center were among fourteen mainly Arab believers who publicly professed faith in Jesus Christ during a May 17 worship gathering.
- Thirteen people were baptized at the service, which was connected to the Reformed church De Levensbron and the ministry Huis van Vrede.
- Dutch Christian Union lawmaker Lizo Koppejan said threats against the converts intensified after the baptisms.
- One convert reportedly felt so unsafe that he spent a night outside the asylum center, including time at the Vlissingen railway station.
- The article reports that one Syrian convert allegedly had an iron rod pushed against his throat.
- Arabic-speaking pastor Sarmad Al-Anbary said he had seen and heard threatening messages, including language suggesting the converts should be killed as apostates.
- The Dutch Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers acknowledged “tensions between several residents” and said religion played a role.
- Dutch MP Don Ceder condemned the threats, saying Christian refugees who fled persecution must be safe in the Netherlands.
- The case underscores a grim reality: fleeing to the West does not always mean Christian converts are free from the same religious intimidation they tried to escape.
Read the full story: https://www.worthynews.com/114551-syrians-who-converted-to-christian-faith-threatened-in-dutch-asylum-center-after-baptism
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