The sect accuses the Guatemalan authorities of religious persecution.

The country's new rulers have fundamentalist religious roots and have been implicated in violence and persecution against gay people.

An atheist, he ran a website that aimed to help other former Muslims flee persecution in their Gulf homelands.

He ran a website that aimed to help other former Muslims flee persecution in their Gulf homelands.

“To those fleeing persecution, terror and war, Canadians will welcome you, regardless of your faith,” he wrote on the social media platform now known as X. “Diversity is our strength.”