SHYMKENT, Kazakhstan — A court in South Kazakhstan has declared that a Christian woman who showed another person how to download the Bible on a smartphone is “not guilty” of illegal missionary activity.
The court acquitted Dilobarkhon Sultanova of the charge in March, according to Radio Free Europe. The charge against her was illegally propagating Christianity after she told a woman she met in December how to download the Bible on her mobile phone. The woman filed a police complaint, saying she was being encouraged to convert. A source told The Christian Post that the complainant is suspected of being a police plant “because she begged for help downloading a Bible” and later reported Sultanova.
Kazakhstan requires all religious groups to register with the government, claiming that such measures are needed to deal with the threat of terrorism. The population of Kazakhstan is 70 percent Muslim, and the country ranks 28th on Christian support organization Open Doors’ 2018 World Watch List of the countries where it is most difficult to be a Christian. (TAB)
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