BBC Radio Programme Highlights Suffering of Converts From Islam

Tonight (22nd April) at 8.00pm (repeated Sunday 27th April at 5.00pm) BBC Radio 4 will be broadcasting a programme entitled “Could I stop being a Muslim?” According to Patrick Sookhdeo of the Barnabas Fund it

highlights the stories of Muslims who have left their faith and suffered huge pressure and rejection from their families – all such a normal experience for those who convert from Islam. It also mentions converts who have been murdered or officially sentenced to death, and looks at the theological basis in Islam for the death penalty for apostasy.

This issue is one that is, thankfully, receiving increased attention in the secular press (see for example here) and one that we at Contact for Christ follow with interest and concern. A detailed paper on Apostasy from Islam can be read here.

For those who miss the broadcast it will be available on the BBC's "Listen again" service for around 7 days after the last broadcast.