{"id":158,"count":2,"description":"NOTE! The campaign has ended as Bakhrom Kholmatov was released on December 19, 2019. Many thanks to everyone who wrote to him and prayed for him.\r\n\r\nTajik Christian pastor Bakhrom Kholmatov was sentenced to three years in prison in July 2017 for \"singing extremist songs in church and thereby inciting religious hatred\". Pastor Kholmatov, who was found not guilty, is the father of three children and married to Gulnora. He is being held in Yavan prison in southern Tajikistan, which is approximately 360 km from his home.\r\n\r\nOn April 10, 2017, Bakhrom was arrested by Tajikistan's secret police KNB. During the incident, several church members were harassed and beaten. Among other things, the police seized the pastor's computer and the book \"More than a Carpenter\" by Josh McDowell, which was published in Danish by Lohse Forlag in 1991. Imams working at KNB claim that the book is extremist.\r\n\r\nThe Tajik authorities claim that Pastor Kholmatov's church, Sunmin Sunbogym in Khujand, is illegal as it is not registered. However, the church was officially registered in 1993 by the Committee for Religious Affairs of Tajikistan and re-registered in 2009 due to a change in the law.\r\n\r\nPeople close to Bakhrom believe he was arrested because of a dispute over a building owned by the church that the authorities want to get their hands on. At a meeting he was asked to sign a document handing over the building, but he refused to do so.\r\n\r\nPastor Kholmatov's family and church members are threatened with reprisals if they reveal details about the case or Kholmatov's condition. Bakhrom has been allowed visits from his family and is allowed to keep his Bible in his prison cell, according to a source close to Bakhrom who chose to remain anonymous to avoid reprisals.\r\n\r\nA letter would be a great encouragement to Bakhrom. He is serving his sentence simply because he boldly confesses his faith in Jesus and puts it into practice.\r\n\r\n1. <a href=\"http:\/\/forfulgtekristne.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/pdf\/kaere-broder-bakhrom-russisk.pdf\">Click here to download the letter.<\/a>\r\n\r\n2. Write a small personal greeting to him in English. It must not be critical of Tajikistan.\r\n\r\n3. Sign the letter.\r\n\r\n4. Send it to Danish European Mission, Drejervej 15, 2400 Copenhagen NV or by email: info@forfulgtekristne.dk. We will then forward it to the prison.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/forfulgtekristne.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/pdf\/kaere-broder-bakhrom-dansk.pdf\">Click here to read the letter in Danish.<\/a>","link":"https:\/\/forfulgtekristne.dk\/en\/emne\/skriv-til-bakhrom-kholmatov\/","name":"Write to Bakhrom Kholmatov","slug":"write-to-bakhrom-kholmatov","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Skriv til Bakhrom Kholmatov Arkiv | Dansk Europamission<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/forfulgtekristne.dk\/en\/topic\/write-to-bakhrom-kholmatov\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Skriv til Bakhrom Kholmatov Arkiv | Dansk Europamission\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"NB! Kampagnen er afsluttet, da Bakhrom Kholmatov blev l\u00f8sladt den 19. december 2019. Hjertelig tak til alle der har skrevet til ham og bedt for ham. Den kristne tadsjikiske pastor Bakhrom Kholmatov blev id\u00f8mt tre \u00e5rs f\u00e6ngsel i juli 2017 for at \u201dsynge ekstremistiske sange i kirken og derved anspore til religi\u00f8st had\u201d. Pastor Kholmatov, der er uskyldig d\u00f8mt, er far til tre b\u00f8rn og gift med Gulnora. Han sidder f\u00e6ngslet i Yavan-f\u00e6ngslet i det sydlige Tadsjikistan, som ligger cirka 360 km fra hans hjem. Den 10. april 2017 blev Bakhrom anholdt af Tadsjikistans hemmelige politi KNB. Under h\u00e6ndelsen blev flere kirkemedlemmer chikaneret og pryglet. Politiet beslaglagde bl.a. pr\u00e6stens computer og bogen \u201dMere end en t\u00f8mrer\u201d af Josh McDowell, som i \u00f8vrigt er udgivet p\u00e5 dansk af Lohse Forlag i 1991. Imamer, der arbejder ved KNB, p\u00e5st\u00e5r, at bogen er ekstremistisk. De tadsjikiske myndigheder h\u00e6vder, at pastor Kholmatovs kirke, Sunmin Sunbogym i Khujand, er ulovlig, da den ikke er registreret. Men kirken blev officielt registreret i 1993 ved Komit\u00e9en for Religi\u00f8se Anliggender i Tadsjikistan og genregistreret i 2009 foranlediget af en lov\u00e6ndring. Personer, der er t\u00e6t p\u00e5 Bakhrom, mener, at han er blevet arresteret p\u00e5 grund af en konflikt vedr\u00f8rende en bygning, som kirken ejer, og som myndighederne vil have fingrene i. P\u00e5 et m\u00f8de var han blevet bedt om at underskrive et dokument, hvor han skulle overdrage bygningen, men det n\u00e6gtede han. Pastor Kholmatovs familie og kirkemedlemmer trues med repressalier, hvis de afsl\u00f8rer detaljer om sagen eller om Kholmatovs tilstand. Bakhrom har f\u00e5et tilladelse til at f\u00e5 bes\u00f8g af sin familie, og han m\u00e5 beholde sin bibel i f\u00e6ngselscellen, fort\u00e6ller en kilde t\u00e6t p\u00e5 Bakhrom, der v\u00e6lger at v\u00e6re anonym for at undg\u00e5 repressalier. Et brev vil v\u00e6re til stor opmuntring for Bakhrom. Han afsoner dommen, blot fordi han frimodigt bekender sin tro p\u00e5 Jesus og lever den ud i praksis. 1. Klik her for at downloade brevet. 2. Skriv evt. en lille personlig hilsen til ham p\u00e5 engelsk. Den m\u00e5 ikke v\u00e6re kritisk over for Tadsjikistan. 3. Underskriv brevet. 4. Send det til Dansk Europamission, Drejervej 15, 2400 K\u00f8benhavn NV eller p\u00e5 mail: info@forfulgtekristne.dk. S\u00e5 videresender vi det til f\u00e6ngslet. 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