{"id":5501,"date":"2026-01-01T08:07:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T08:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/christian-convert-arrested-status-unknown\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T08:07:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T08:07:07","slug":"christian-convert-arrested-status-unknown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/christian-convert-arrested-status-unknown\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Convert Arrested, Status Unknown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The whereabouts of a Christian convert arrested in Iraq remain unknown. Kazim became a follower of Christ while living abroad. His Iranian wife and their children eventually came to live with him, and they too became Christians. However, the family was unable to establish residency outside Iraq and feared returning to southern Iraq as converts to Christianity. They also didn&rsquo;t want to move to Iran because Kazim&rsquo;s in-laws had threatened them after learning of their conversion. The family eventually moved to Iraqi Kurdistan, a safer part of Iraq for Christians. However, Kazim had to return to his hometown to update his children&rsquo;s identity cards and was quickly arrested there. Front-line workers are concerned about his condition. &ldquo;I pray for him every night,&rdquo; said a front-line worker. &ldquo;And I worry that he might be tortured or may have already been killed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/globalprayerguide\/iraq\/\">Click here<\/a> to find out about Christian persecution in Iraq and learn how to pray.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icommittopray.com\/request\/2924\/kazim\/\" target=\"_blank\">Post a prayer for Kazim on iCommitToPray.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The whereabouts of a Christian convert arrested in Iraq remain unknown. Kazim became a follower of Christ while living abroad. His Iranian wife and their children eventually came to live with him, and they too became Christians. However, the family was unable to establish residency outside Iraq and feared returning to southern Iraq as converts to Christianity. They also didn&#8217;t want to move to Iran because Kazim&#8217;s in-laws had threatened them after learning of their conversion. 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