Sudan: Christian Convert Forced Into Hiding by Muslim Family, “Remember Us in Your Prayers Because of These Challenges We Are Facing”

by Karen Faulkner, Worthy News Correspondent

(Worthy News) – A Christian convert in Sudan’s West Darfur state has been made to divorce his Muslim wife and has been shunned by his Muslim family on account of his new faith in Christ, Morning Star News (MSN) reports. Devastated by ongoing civil war, Muslim-majority Sudan ranks 5 on the Open Doors World Watch List 2025 of the top 50 countries where Christians are persecuted.

A resident of El Geneina, West Darfur, the young Christian man put his faith in Jesus exactly one year ago, MSN reports. While his name has been withheld for security reasons, the Christian was ordered to renounce his faith or face the consequences by extremist Muslim and local teacher Sheikh Amaar, a source told MSN.

When the Christian refused to renounce Christ, the Sheikh incited his family against him. “You are no longer a member of our family, because you have changed your religion,” his relatives said, forcing him to leave home on October 9, MSN reports. He has taken refuge with other former Muslim converts to Christ who have also gone into hiding from their communities.

“Remember us in your prayers because of these challenges we are facing,” one of the Christians in hiding told MSN.

In a website report about the situation facing Sudanese Christians from Muslim backgrounds, the Open Doors international Christian advocacy organization states: “Christians from Muslim backgrounds face violence, imprisonment, being shunned by their families, and may be forced to flee their homes. In the parts of Sudan where intense fighting is ongoing, all Christians are vulnerable to being targeted and persecuted.”

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