COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Christian belief and practice is dangerously close to being outlawed in Sri Lanka. According to a recent report from the National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka, support for anti-conversion legislation is gaining ground within the ranks of nationalist Buddhist groups. Supporters of the legislation said it was necessary to curb the religious conversion of the poor to Christian groups. Buddhist nationals described two Christian groups trying to register for incorporation as “fundamentalist cults” who enticed people to convert by offering them medical care and food. In another blow to religious freedom, the Religious Liberty Commission of the World Evangelical Alliance stated that Sri Lanka’s supreme court recently ruled that Buddhism is the state religion of the nation and that Christians who wish to participate in evangelism must first be incorporated according to government regulations. The court also ruled that Christians do not have constitutional rights to own property. About one percent of Sri Lanka’s population identifies itself as Christian.