TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria, May 2, 2019 (Morning Star News) – A convert from Islam in Algeria whose Muslim wife charged him with inciting her to change her religion won a final court battle in April – after losing her to divorce in March.
A court on April 17 upheld Rachid Ouali’s acquittal following a final appeal of the Dec. 25 verdict. The woman who had filed the charges against him divorced him on March 3.
“I’m sorry we got to this point, but my wife is under the influence of her brothers – they manipulate her,” Ouali told Morning Star News. “On several occasions she told me that she would like to come back, but she always says, ‘I cannot…’”
It is fortunate they did not have children, he said.
“I never wanted her to leave,” he said. “It is she who provoked this entire situation. On my side, I forgive her. And I am even now ready to welcome her if she decides to return. I do not think she’s even aware of what she’s doing. One day she will wake up, perhaps, and then she will become aware. We need your prayers.”
Ouali and four other Christians had been charged with inciting a Muslim to change her religion after his wife became upset when they sang a Christian song and talked about Jesus at a lunch at his friend Ali Laarchi’s house. She left for her parents’ home, where she told relatives, including two brothers, about the…
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