Myanmar passes anti-conversion law

August 27, 2015

The parliament of Myanmar (Burma) has passed a law that makes religious conversion more difficult.

“Under the religious conversion bill, individuals choosing to adopt another faith confront special bureaucratic hurdles – including requiring applicants to provide extensive and intrusive personal information, to receive ‘approval,’ thereby creating a system that effectively would discourage and reject conversions,” the US Commission on International Religious Freedom said in a statement.

The Southeast Asian nation of 53.3 million is 89% Buddhist, 4% Muslim, 3% Protestant, and 1% Catholic.

 

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Further information:

• BURMA: USCIRF Condemns Passage of Religious Conversion Bill (USCIRF)
• Myanmar passes polygamy and conversion laws that please Buddhist extremists (AsiaNews.it)