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[h=3]Mexico's Christians face beatings, forced conversions at hands of hybrid faiths[/h]
Evangelical Christians in Mexico are facing increasing persecution at the hands of rural followers of a hybrid faith who demand submission, say advocates, who are calling on the government to protect religious freedom. An alarming number of incidents over the past year have seen Christians in a handful of states in southern Mexico attacked, beaten and even banished from their villages, according to the charity group International Christian Concern (ICC). The perpetrators are allegedly synchretists, who consider themselves Christian but practice a blend of mythologies, faiths and traditions. “They will try to force them to convert, and if they refuse, they are banned from their villages, unable ...Read more
[h=3]Mexico's Christians face beatings, forced conversions at hands of hybrid faiths[/h]
Evangelical Christians in Mexico are facing increasing persecution at the hands of rural followers of a hybrid faith who demand submission, say advocates, who are calling on the government to protect religious freedom. An alarming number of incidents over the past year have seen Christians in a handful of states in southern Mexico attacked, beaten and even banished from their villages, according to the charity group International Christian Concern (ICC). The perpetrators are allegedly synchretists, who consider themselves Christian but practice a blend of mythologies, faiths and traditions. “They will try to force them to convert, and if they refuse, they are banned from their villages, unable ...Read more