Yemeni Christians Pressured to Conform to Islamic Law: ‘We Were Forced to Wear the Hijab’

Yemeni Christians pressured to conform to Islamic law: ‘We were forced to wear the hijab’

View of the coastal part of the city of Aden, Yemen. / Credit: MarinaDa/Shutterstock ACI MENA, Sep 23, 2024 / 15:56 pm (CNA). Christians in southwestern Arabia, and specifically in Aden, a port city located in Yemen, have a deeply-rooted histor... [...]

Yemeni Christians pressured to conform to Islamic law

View of the coastal part of the city of Aden, Yemen. / Credit: MarinaDa/Shutterstock ACI MENA, Sep 23, 2024 / 15:56 pm (CNA). Christians in southwestern Arabia, and specifically in Aden, a port city located in Yemen, have a deeply-rooted history dating back to the fourth century. Despite persecution over the centuries, the Christian faith continued to flourish and expand, becoming the most widespread religion in Aden before the advent of Islam.…

Yemeni Christians Pressured to Conform to Islamic Law: ‘We Were Forced to Wear the Hijab’

SALEH AL-OBEIDI A view of the Church of St. Francis of Assisi, shown on Jan. 28, 2019, includes a defaced statue of Jesus, in the Tawahi district in Yemen's second city of Aden. A Yemeni Catholic woman, born in the 1980s and living in Aden, recently spoke about the plight of Christians, who were only recently recognized again as citizens.