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Canadian government may deport ex-Muslim family who converted to Christianity and faces death upon return

Sep 25, 2019 3:00 pm By Christine Douglass-Williams

An update on a Christian family in Canada facing deportation back to Nigeria to face the danger of jihadist persecution. Jihad Watch reported in mid-July:

Canada has implemented a generous open-door immigration policy toward Muslim migrants, but it is turning its back on a Christian family seeking refuge from real danger, a family that has had no problems in integrating and has been living peaceably with neighbors and the wider Welland community. Canada’s general stance toward immigration is as follows: the country’s Immigration minister Ahmed Hussen promised to lead the charge on the global UN refugee plan, aka The UN Migration Pact. Hussen also defended a bill reinstating the citizenship of convicted terrorists in 2017. Last month, Hussen announced Canada’s plans to “massively ramp up” refugee intake to include economic migrants.

Earlier this month, a rally was held in front of Hussen’s office. A message was widely distributed by David Cooke, a leader of a Christian-based community activist group in Canada, CitizenGo, which organized the rally:

I was joined by around 50 concerned Canadians….in front of Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen’s office in Toronto, where we voiced our support for the Ogunkoya family. This Christian family is being deported to Nigeria, where they will once again face persecution and suffering for their faith in Jesus Christ.

People travelled from all over Ontario to express their concerns to Minister Hussen.

The rally was covered here.

Support for the family has crossed party lines. “Niagara Centre NDP MPP Jeff Burch is rallying behind Morufat and her family by sending a letter to federal Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen saying they deserve a chance to stay in Canada”; while “Niagara Centre Liberal MP Vance Badawey said Morufat and her family have been “an integral part of the community,” citing her volunteer hours at the Hope Centre, Holy Trinity Anglican Church and St. Vincent de Paul.”

Yet it remains glaring that the Liberal Government’s Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen is advocating for open-door immigration to Canada, and that Justin Trudeau has defended the right of Islamic State fighters to return to Canada, but this Christian family — who have endeared themselves to their community — is facing deportation to jihad-infested Nigeria.

A spokeswoman for the Ogunkoga family told LifeSiteNews about a dire warning that came from Morufat’s own mother. The spokeswoman stated:

They ran because her mother wrote her a letter saying that she is very disappointed that (Morufat) is a Christian, but she must run because her father wants to kill (her) to become higher in the organization….She added that Morufat’s mother has since died.

“Canadian govt may deport refugee Muslim family who converted to Christianity and faces death upon return,” by Dorothy Cummings McLean, Lifesite News, September 18, 2019:

WELLAND, Ontario, September 18, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) ― A Christian family, who converted from Islam and are now illegal refugees in Canada, is in danger of being deported back to their native country of Nigeria where they say they face certain death for abandoning Islam for faith in Jesus Christ.

“They face a ‘fatwa’ (a pronouncement of death) against them for converting to Christianity from Islam,” Randy Lorenz of Canadian Aid to Persecuted Christians told LifeSiteNews. “They believe they face certain death if they are returned to Nigeria. They are quite fearful.”

Morufat Ogunkoga and her children Viktor, 16, Hephzibah, 14, and Rejoice, 10, are due in immigration court in Mississauga, Ontario, tomorrow afternoon. LifeSiteNews has been credibly informed that they might be taken into custody during the hearing.

Ironically, both Hephzibah and Rejoice were featured in a CBC News photograph with Canada’s Prime Minister Trudeau, with an accompanying caption saying they were his supporters. In reality, they and a spokesperson for the family had delivered a plea to Trudeau in person when he appeared in Niagara-on-the-Lake last month.

The Ogunkoga family has lived in Ontario’s city of Welland, near Niagara Falls, since 2018. The family members are converts to Christianity from Islam and allegedly fled Nigeria after a warning that Morufat’s father, a leader in an Islamist extremist group, wanted to harm them.

A spokeswoman for the Ogunkoga family told LifeSiteNews that the warning had come from Morufat’s own mother.

“They ran because her mother wrote her a letter saying that she is very disappointed that (Morufat) is a Christian, but she must run because her father wants to kill (her) to become higher in the organization,” Sonya Wierenga told LifeSiteNews.

She added that Morufat’s mother has since died.

Wierenga is the executive director of Rose City Kids, a charity for which Viktor Ogunkoga is a volunteer. Wierenga explained that she acts as a go-between, facilitating communications between the Ogunkoga family and their immigration lawyer, Peter Solano.

Wierenga alleged that Morufat’s father had harmed both Morufat and her son Victor before leaving Nigeria. The mother of three was burned with an iron, and Victor was cut with a knife. She also alleged that someone in the extended family had arranged a Muslim marriage for Hephzibah before their flight.

Christian groups and activists have called for other Christians to support the Ogunkoga family in their bid to stay in the country. Lorenz told LifeSiteNews that he believes the government is not taking the appropriate time to establish the family’s humanitarian status or to do a proper risk assessment….

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Filed Under: Canada, immigration, Muslim persecution of Christians, Nigeria Tagged With: Ahmed Hussen, CitizenGo, Morufat Ogunkoga, Welland


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  1. somehistory says

    Sep 25, 2019 at 3:34 pm

    Have they appealed to any other country…such as the U.s….to take them in? Canada has shown that it is no longer interested in anyone not moslim.

  2. Fred Dawes says

    Sep 25, 2019 at 3:38 pm

    This is total evil and total madness Is the Canada boys all Islamic and want to behead people for the ideals of Islam and the hate of Christianity/Jesus Christ word of love all people?

  3. Alarmed Pig Farmer says

    Sep 25, 2019 at 4:09 pm

    Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen’s office in Toronto

    Whoa, looks like the Moslems have Canada as wired as they do America. Ahmed Hussen, I suspect, has a harsh opinion of ex-Moslems.

    • Giacomo Latta says

      Sep 26, 2019 at 9:03 am

      You just breathed the magic words: Ahmed Hussen. Ayaan Hirsi Ali knows better than to visit Canada without a private militia because she knows an enemy when she smells one, and Hussen reeks.

  4. Infidel says

    Sep 25, 2019 at 4:52 pm

    I’m really hoping that Trudeau gets voted out, and replaced not by conservatives but by Max Bernier’s People’s Party. That’s the only thing that can reverse this Islamization of Canada.

    I also hope Trudeau retires from politics, dons a salwar-kameez and moves to Pakistan. He can manage their main Sikh gurudwara at Nankana Sahib and be in the constant company of his Khalistani pals. That, and he can translate the Adi Granth to French

    • kv says

      Sep 26, 2019 at 4:34 am

      muslims are taught in the koran to hate the jews. educate yourself about maxime bernier;

      even many so called christians don’t support israel or the jews

      https://www.bnaibrith.ca/maxime_bernier_owes_canadians_some_honest_answers

      https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/bnaibrithcanada/pages/2848/attachments/original/1568658473/Party_Questions.pdf?1568658473

      scheer is catholic. don’t waste your vote on bernier. it will make sure the embarrassment that is turdope wins again, even tho he only got in on the weed ticket.

      https://capforcanada.com/justin-trudeau-informs-minister-religious-christians-worst-part-of-society/

      educate yourself

      Psalm 9:17-20 King James Version (KJV)
      17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

      • Giacomo Latta says

        Sep 26, 2019 at 3:00 pm

        Your bnaibrith.ca item states that Max Bernier has called Michael Mostyn a Conservative activist. The latter’s flunky states that this is absolutely untrue. Mostyn once ran as a Conservative candidate. Thus, his flunky is at best disingenuous but in my opinion a liar, to the same degree that Mostyn is a sleazebag. Stick to the truth; it is unbecoming for a Jew to lie.

  5. James Lincoln says

    Sep 25, 2019 at 4:58 pm

    I’m not clear on something:

    If this ex-Muslim family had NOT converted to Christianity would they still face deportation from Canada?

    • ao says

      Sep 25, 2019 at 5:48 pm

      Exactly. We in Germany have a bunch of these very convenient conversions.

    • Eugene Moreau says

      Sep 26, 2019 at 8:25 am

      I was wondering about that too. Surely one doesn’t get deported for changing religions. Many do without prejudice. What is the official reason for their deportation from Turdeau? Anybody know?

    • Andy says

      Sep 26, 2019 at 3:18 pm

      That’s what I am wondering. The article doesn’t say why they are being deported. That’s pretty important to the story one way or another.

  6. Angemon says

    Sep 25, 2019 at 5:42 pm

    They should try going south, into Trump’s America…

    • aDhimmiSaysWhat? says

      Sep 25, 2019 at 6:44 pm

      They should appeal directly to Trump. This is outrageous. I can’t stress enough how f*****g pissed off this makes me. Trudeau is an evil, racist little c**t! Islam ruins everything…

  7. Dan says

    Sep 25, 2019 at 6:47 pm

    The family even LOOKS happy in the photo.

    • aDhimmiSaysWhat? says

      Sep 25, 2019 at 6:54 pm

      I pointed out the exact same thing when this story was first posted here on JW. These are good people who are in a lot of trouble. But apparently, they pray to the wrong God. And Trudeau and his little lackey Achmed Hussen have decided that they must die. Dammit, this is making me cry. F**k Islam straight in its filthy, disease infested cornhole!

      • aDhimmiSaysWhat? says

        Sep 25, 2019 at 6:56 pm

        No offense to anyone with a filthy, disease infested cornhole.

    • gravenimage says

      Sep 25, 2019 at 8:09 pm

      Yes, they look decent and happy–unlike Muslim families.

  8. gravenimage says

    Sep 25, 2019 at 8:10 pm

    Canadian government may deport ex-Muslim family who converted to Christianity and faces death upon return
    ………………..

    This is hideous. I hope all good Canadians protest this injustice.

  9. Paul says

    Sep 26, 2019 at 1:53 am

    Errrrr theres plenty of christians in Nigeria. why should they go back to their cornhole to be discriminated against and be in fear of their lives when they can go somewhere in Nigeria christian oriented.

    Lets have some common sense and real world knowledge here guys. Not PR.

    Paul

    • Westman says

      Sep 26, 2019 at 8:03 am

      You’re not very familiar with the culture of tribes? What tribe are you from? Not a typical question in the US or EU, yet, of significance in Nigeria.

      • Paul says

        Sep 26, 2019 at 8:38 am

        I am well aware of tribalism in Africa. And how it works in the UK.

        I am of the tribe Fuckingwhitebastard as I have been reliably informed on many occasions.
        Now I live in Thailand as Thai’s take no crap about race or religion. They just want your money.

        Paul

        • gravenimage says

          Sep 26, 2019 at 10:16 pm

          Your idea that there is no Jihad in Thailand is mistaken–or something worse.

          https://www.jihadwatch.org/category/thailand

    • gravenimage says

      Sep 26, 2019 at 10:14 pm

      There is ongoing genocide of Christians in Nigeria.

  10. Elaine says

    Sep 26, 2019 at 2:24 am

    It becomes more clear every day that neither Mr Trudeau, nor Mr. Scheer know anything about Islam and the fate of an apostate. Neither does it seem that they want to know, might cost them votes. Hypocrites.

  11. R Russell says

    Sep 26, 2019 at 4:19 am

    They need to ask Hungary for asylum.

  12. FYI says

    Sep 26, 2019 at 9:58 am

    well done to anyone who manages to leave the cult of islam:of course it isn’t easy given that it has an appaling death penalty for apostasy..

    I suggest if you have converted to islam ,you leave:if you laugh at that,you are already lost!

    If you have any human decency,any moral compass and a modicum of intelligence you will see that ..

    1}There is something wrong with a god who teaches his muslims NOT to “Love thy neighbor”{thus violating God’s Second Chief commandment}

    2}There is something wrong with a religion that has no Golden rule,a Doctrine of Hate{al wl walaa wal baraa}and is hostile to Jews,Christians,Hindus,Buddhists etc and is eternally violent.

    3}There is something wrong with a ‘holy’ scripture claiming to be from God but which
    PERMITS the violation of God’s Exodus 20 Laws:the koran is ok with murder k2;191,adultery with enslaved women k4;24,lying to promote islam etc.

    4}There is something wrong with a “prophet” who actually proved he was a false prophet,was immoral,a child rapist,a mass-murderer{Abu dawud 4390} and a self-confessed liar{al tabari 6:111}:you cannot possibly follow his sunnah and be a morally good person.

    If you are a former Christian who converted to islam,you cannot expect salvation as by converting to islam you will die in the state of antichrist.God help you because allah{“The BEST of deceivers” k3:54} won’t.

    If you were born a muslim but have managed to escape it:that is awesome,no matter what you choose to do.You obviously have figured out how false islam is and must have some pretty good moral compass to see how wrong islamic teachings are.

    I have no sympathy for those who knowingly choose to follow the path of their own spiritual destruction by converting to islam.

    The reason WHY they do so and their fate is explained in 2 Thessalonians 2 v 10-12

  13. Tim Kochan says

    Sep 26, 2019 at 11:10 am

    This story only prove to me that the Canadian government was sanctioning invasion not helping refugees. This Christian family are the true refugees by definition.

  14. ET says

    Sep 26, 2019 at 12:24 pm

    You can go and stand on your head in front of Ahmed Hussen’s Office,call his office, call as many politicians as you can, you can send letters, send emails, sign petitions and scream at the top of your lungs. Immigration Minister Hussein, spoke with Nigerians at a restaurant a while ago telling some seedy individuals how to help bring Nigerians into Canada. How did we end up with so many members of “Black Axe” in Canada?

    Canadians MUST vote this feckless fool out of office, before he can cause any more destruction to our country. The man from Mogadishu needs to go back and help his Muslim countrymen, we UnCanadian, divisive, xenophobic, race baitors, racists can no longer tolerate his negative lectures—Deport Ahmed Hussein.

    Amazing how Justine Trudeau/Mr. Dressup, has invited everyone and anyone to just walk into Canada but this women and her children are slated to be deported. If you are tired of the Shari’ah supporting Liberals vote them out. In the meantime do what you can to speak up and save this family.

  15. Omar says

    Sep 26, 2019 at 1:21 pm

    Because Canadians live off of the tit of American military they go about in this “better than you” world. They have sold out to islum and now swim with the mooslum turds. bring this family to the U.S. and let them live in freedom from tyranny of sharia. FM

  16. ET says

    Sep 26, 2019 at 3:55 pm

    Off Topic but I worry about the sky falling. Wow tomorrow Greta will be in Montreal for Feckless, Fools Friday. Oooops I mean Friday’s for Future.

    • gravenimage says

      Sep 26, 2019 at 10:19 pm

      Yes–this is pretty ridiculous stuff.

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