Christianity in Brunei
[2] Contact with Christians in other countries, the import of Bibles and public celebration of Christmas are banned by decree.[5] Brunei is the latest Muslim country to enact a law that makes apostasy a crime punishable with death.Section 112(1) of the new law states that a Muslim who declares himself non-Muslim commits a crime punishable with death, or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding thirty years, depending on evidence.[6] Under the required wait period between notification of law and its validity under Brunei’s constitution, its new apostasy law and corporal punishment were to be applied starting October 2014, and capital punishment was to be imposed starting October 2015.The cardinal Cornelius Sim was the first bishop and the Vicar Apostolic of Brunei until his death in May 2021.
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