December 07, 2007

British Imam's Daughter Converts to Christianity, Receives Death Threats

Via Times Online:

A British imam's daughter is living in fear of her life under police protection after she received death threats from her family for converting to Christianity.

The young woman, aged 32, whose father is a Muslim imam in the north of England, has moved house 45 times to escape detection by her family since she became a Christian 15 years ago.

Hannah, who uses a pseudonym to hide her identity, told The Times how she became a Christian after she ran away from home at 16 to escape an arranged marriage.

The threats against her became more serious a month ago, prompting police to offer her protection in case of an attempt on her life.

Now this wouldn't be much of a surprise if it were taking place in Sudan or Saudi Arabia, but we're talking about Britain here. And one of the people threatening to kill her is her own brother. This is not surprising, considering the rise in honor killings in Britain and Europe. Yet no arrests have been made. If British authorities are reluctant to touch this case on religious grounds, I would think that domestic violence laws might be applicable.

Cross posted by gracious permission of Vicki at Not Ready for My Burqua. Read the rest here.

By Howie at 04:57 PM | |