The Hussain family claim they were driven from their Bradford home after converting religion.
Nissar and Kubra say they and their children have been subjected to a campaign of hate because of their new faith.
Mr Hussain, 49, had to give up his career in nursing because the stress of the ordeal wreaked havoc on his health.
Members of the family, who converted to Christianity in 1996, have been attacked in the street, had their car windows smashed and their property pelted with eggs by neighbours who see them as ‘blasphemers’.
Although they’ve called the police several times, only one successful prosecution has been made and authorities seem hesitant to pursue the offences as hate crimes.
This has left Mr Hussain feeling so let down that he’s lodged a complaint with the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
‘Our lives have been sabotaged and this shouldn’t happen in the United Kingdom.
‘We live in a free democratic society and what they are doing to us is abhorrent,’ Mr Hussein told the Mail Online.
Back in 2008 the family took part in a Channel 4 Dispatches documentary about the treatment of Muslim converts.
Previous to that, the Hussain family moved to a different part of Bradford in 2005, but the attacks against them have continued.
A spokesperson from West Yorkshire Police said: ‘We are aware of an ongoing matter regarding Mr Hussain and are working closely with partners to resolve this situation. All reports of crime are taken seriously and investigated thoroughly.’
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