MPs question church leaders over Christianity in asylum claims
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Summary
The Home Affairs committee is considering how the asylum system deals with migrants who have converted to Christianity
It comes after it emerged that a man who is believed to have carried out an attack in Clapham, south London, was granted asylum after converting from Islam
Abdul Shokoor Ezedi is alleged to have poured a alkali on his ex-partner, injuring her and her two young children, before going on the run - he drowned in the Thames
Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman and a former priest have claimed the Church is overseeing a “conveyor belt” of asylum-seeker conversions
The Church of England has rejected the claims that it is complicit in “fake conversions”
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