Christianity facing threat of being rendered illegal under Nepal’s new constitution
Christians may soon be prohibited from participating in church services and other religious activities in Nepal after the predominantly Hindu nation adopted a new Constitution on Monday.
In an effort to stabilise a country that was wracked by civil war in 2006, killing some 17,000 people, the Nepalese government crafted the country’s first post-monarchy constitution, which contains provisions that could eventually render all Christian activity in the country illegal.
In its report published on Aug. 7, World Watch Monitor said Nepal’s amended charter actually contains provisions to address secularism, which can pave the way for an “anti-conversion clause” to be written in the penal code.
“Article 31(3) states that ‘any act to convert another person from one religion to another, or any act or behaviour to undermine or jeopardise the religion of another [will be] punishable by law,'” World Watch Monitor reported.
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