“America, Wake Up”: A UK Convert’s Alarm Over Political Islam

By Jan Jekielek | X | Feb 6, 2026

One British Christian Convert’s Warning to the West

At the recent IRF Summit, Nissar Hussain delivered a stark account of what he says happened to him and his family after he converted from Islam to Christianity in the United Kingdom. His message was blunt: religious freedom in law means little if authorities are too intimidated to enforce it in practice.

According to Hussain, the backlash began immediately. He says his family was excommunicated and publicly branded with slurs such as “kafir,” “infidel,” and “unbeliever.” He described routine street harassment—men confronting him, spitting at him, and cursing him in front of his children.

The intimidation, he said, escalated into repeated property attacks and violence. One night, he recalled waking at 3:00 a.m. to see what he described as “seven-foot flames” coming from his car. He said his vehicle was vandalized and rammed so frequently that insurers eventually refused coverage. In his words, it felt as if “all hell broke loose…I was dead and buried.”

Hussain also described repeated nighttime attacks on his home, including bricks and other missiles thrown at the house. In 2015, he said, he was ambushed outside his residence and suffered a fractured kneecap and a broken hand. He reports that he spent 11 days in the hospital and later developed PTSD.

He characterizes those years as “acts of terrorism on a daily basis.”

After years of threats and physical attacks, Hussain says he and his family were relocated under heavy armed police escort. He reports that they have lived in hiding under police protection for nearly a decade.

His criticism is not only directed at his attackers. Hussain argues that British authorities have become hesitant to confront religiously motivated intimidation. As he puts it, police are afraid of backlash and of being labeled “Islamophobic.”

Whether one agrees with every aspect of his interpretation or not, his testimony raises a serious democratic question: can a society defend pluralism if citizens fear punishment for changing their faith?

Hussain’s warning to Americans is urgent and direct: “America, wake up—and don’t end up like England.” He argues that once religious intimidation enters mainstream politics, rolling it back becomes far harder than stopping it early.

At minimum, his story underscores one point that should unite people across political lines: no one in a free country should have to live in hiding because of their religion.