The Ministry of Home Affairs in Nepal issued an order to the 77 district administration offices on April 7th, this year, to curb religious conversion. They said that all around the nation, a number of organizations and foreign nationals were hosting religious gatherings and conversion initiatives.
While “Every person who has faith in religion shall have the freedom to profess, practice, and protect his or her religion according to his or her conviction,” as stated in Article 26 of the Nepalese Constitution of 2015, this freedom is not without restrictions. “No person shall, in the exercise of the right conferred by this Article, do, or cause to be done, any act which may be contrary to public health, decency, and morality, or breach public peace, or convert