A Rwandan pastor reportedly forced all members of his congregation to convert to Islam.

A Facebook user, Salim Mikdad who shared the pictures and news online, the pastor and his 480 congregants converted to Islam on Tuesday, August 25th 2015.

He also converted his church into a mosque.

One of the church members revealed that they all turned up for a church service only to be forced to convert to Islam by their pastor.

It was reported that an Islamic cleric had preached to the pastor and succeeded in converting him to Islam. Rwanda is a predominantly Christian country but of late, has seen a gradual rise in its Muslim population.