<p>Signatories of this petition seek a change in the training of UK Home Office asylum decision makers, and the tools they use to elucidate the genuine nature of apostates (converts) from Islam to Christianity seeking safe refuge in Britain.</p><p>We believe the change is necessary to ensure the safety of these refugees and Asylum seekers and to prevent fraudulent applications based on learnt trivia as opposed to a true understanding of precepts of the Christian faith. </p><p>Asylum claims from converts to Christianity are being unfairly rejected because officials are making basic mistakes about the faith and what followers should know, such as</p><ul><li>Individuals unable to detail the various books and chapters of the New Testament</li><li>Interpreters confused by some Christian concepts</li><li>Case workers who didn't understand the various branches of the Anglican church</li></ul><p>One asylum seeker from India was rejected after proving to be ignorant of the Catholic rule of abstinence on Fridays, despite expert evidence from a priest that the practice was far from common among similar converts because of other cultural reasons.</p><p>The case of another rejected applicant from Iran partly turned on the fact that when he was asked to name the last book of the Bible, Revelation, his correct answer in Farsi was misunderstood.</p><p>The APPG warned that such a focus on Bible trivia and practice, rather than deep interpretation of faith, meant bogus converts could win their cases just by recalling a list of facts.</p><p> </p>
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