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Christian Newswire | June 8, 2026

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Save the Persecuted Christians
June 8, 2026

WASHINGTON, June 8, 2026 /Christian Newswire/ — Dede Laugesen, President & CEO of Save the Persecuted Christians, will host Nissar Hussain and Neil Petrie, co-founders of the U.K. Legalise Apostasy Campaign, for a briefing with members of the House GOP Sharia Free America Caucus.

The briefing is scheduled for Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. ET in Canon House Office Building, Room 240. Members who attend will receive a copy of “The Law of Apostasy in Islam: Answering the Question Why There Are So Few Moslem Converts, and Giving Examples of Their Moral Courage and Martyrdom,” by Samuel M. Zwemer.

Nissar Hussain, born in the U.K. in 1965 to Pakistani immigrant parents, chose Christ in 1996. For over 20 years, he endured violent abuse, harassment, and attacks for his apostasy. In 2015, he was nearly beaten to death. In 2016, UK police forced him and his family into hiding, where they remain. Hussain has highlighted the neglect by public officials, police, and church leaders who failed to protect him.

Together with Neil Petrie, a former British Army Intelligence Corps officer with experience in U.S. intelligence and security operations across Central Asia and the Middle East, Hussain co-founded the Legalise Apostasy Campaign. The campaign seeks to build a formal legal case under the Genocide Convention against the 11 nations that impose the death penalty for apostasy from Islam.

“More than 380 million Christians face extreme violence and persecution worldwide, often intersecting with brutal enforcement of apostasy laws that punish freedom of belief,” said Dede Laugesen. “Nissar’s story exposes the human cost of Sharia-based systems that treat conversion as a capital crime. This briefing with the Sharia Free America Caucus will underscore the urgent need for accountability and action to protect religious freedom.”

The briefing aligns with Save the Persecuted Christians’ mission to expose perpetrators of religious persecution, support victims, and engage U.S. policymakers to uphold constitutional and universal rights to religious freedom. It builds on ongoing efforts including advocacy for Nigeria’s persecuted Christians and the Legalise Apostasy initiative (legaliseapostasy.com).

Save the Persecuted Christians is a U.S.-based, multifaith, bipartisan nonprofit founded in 2018 dedicated to raising awareness of Christian persecution and advancing accountability for crimes against humanity. For more information, visit: savethepersecutedchristians.org

SOURCE Save the Persecuted Christians

CONTACT: Dede Laugesen, 719-659-3121, [email protected], [email protected]

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