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Anti-Conversion Laws Leave No Room for Charity
By Kristin Butler
Submitted: 3/27/2009
Sri Lanka's first anti-conversion bill was introduced in Parliament just last month, and will likely become law sometime before February ends. The bill, titled “Bill for the Prohibition of Forcible Conversions,” criminalizes any attempt to convert a person from one religion to another by use of force, fraud, or allurement. Punishments for those convicted of forcibly converting another person include up to seven years in prison and/or a hefty fine of 500,000 rupees ($4,425 US) – equivalent to about 3 years worth of wages for the average Sri Lankan.
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