A UK employment court has ruled against an occupational therapist who was suspended for nine months after her Muslim co-worker claimed that she was trying to convert her to Christianity.
Victoria Wasteney had developed a friendship with her colleague Enya Nawaz as they worked at the St. John Howard Center in London.
The two had discussed Islam and Christianity, and Wasteney had talked to Nawaz about her church’s efforts to fight human trafficking.
“The whole basis of our conversations around faith started with her telling me that she’d had an encounter with God, that she felt she had been brought to London for a particular reason,” said Wasteney.
Wasteney explains that they both become interested in what the other was involved in. “It was part of the normal process of building a relationship with someone, to talk about primarily things we were interested in outside of work,” she said.
In 2013, after Nawaz told Wasteney about her personal health concerns on a lunch break, Wasteney offered to pray for her. Nawaz gave her permission. Wasteney laid her hands on her and prayed that God would give her “peace and healing.”
Wasteney also invited Nawaz to church and gave her a copy of the book “I Dared to Call Him Father,” which is about a Muslim woman who converted to Christianity.
Wasteney said she never read the book, but it was recommended to her by a friend.
“Because we had had these conversations, it did not seem abnormal,” she explained.
Nawaz filed a complaint with her employer shortly after that, alleging that Wasteney was trying to convert her.
Wasteney was suspended for nine months with pay while an investigation began.
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SOURCE: CBN News
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