October 21, 2008
Claims of alleged proselytising are not new in Afghanistan
Tom Coghlan in Kabul
Christians in Afghanistan are a very small and beleaguered minority. Although SERVE Afghanistan, the aid agency Gayle Williams worked, is a Christian charity, its chairman, Mike Lyth, insisted that the organisation does not engage in missionary work.
“We definitely have a policy of no proselytisation, but acting out of the love of Christ for people. We have a policy of not (preaching Christianity), so she certainly wasn’t involved in that," he told The Times.
“She was only doing missionary work if that means living a Christian life and helping disabled people.”
However, claims of alleged proselytising have surfaced before in Afghanistan. In September 2001 eight foreign aid workers were arrested by the then Taliban government and charged with trying to convert Afghans to Christianity. Other Christian based aid agencies were closed at the time on Taliban orders, including SERVE Afghanistan.
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article4982250.ece
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