Christians make up just 1% of the population of this Muslim country. They are viewed as a threat to the government and an alien sect that aims to destroy the current political system. Christians “are to be controlled, and, if necessary, eradicated.”
Christians face persecution from the police, secret services and local authorities who monitor religious activities by various means (bugging homes, tapping phones, infiltrating groups etc.) and attend church services. Christians in unregistered churches suffer repeatedly from police raids, threats, arrests and fines. In some areas Christians rarely meet in groups of more than three or four. And this is only number 18.