“Make ready for them all that you can of force and of warhorses, so that by them you may strike terror in the enemy of Allah and your enemy…” (Qur’an 8:60)
“Iran violently clamps down on Christians amid reports of torture, fines and floggings,” by Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, March 3, 2024:
Iran claims to allow the country’s Christian minority to practice its faith in peace. The reality for many Iranian Christians, however, is plagued by whippings, arrests, imprisonment, surveillance and harassment, according to a February report from the religious freedom NGO Article 18.
One shocking finding of the Article 18 40-page study, titled “Faceless Victims: Rights Violations Against Christians in Iran,” states, “By the end of 2023, at least 17 of the Christians arrested during the summer had received prison sentences of between three months and five years, or non-custodial punishments such as fines, flogging, and in one case the community-service of digging graves.”
The report noted, “Despite a comparable number of Christians being arrested in 2023 as in previous years – 166 arrests were documented in 2023, compared to 134 in 2022 – fewer names and faces could be publicized.”…
A State Department spokesperson told Fox News Digital, “The persecution of Christians and other religious minorities in Iran is longstanding and well documented. The U.S. continues to condemn these actions and use all the tools at our disposal to address such egregious violations.”
The spokesperson added, “The Department’s most recent Report on International Religious Freedom in Iran notes, ‘Officials continued to disproportionately arrest, detain, harass, and surveil Christians, particularly evangelicals and other converts from Islam, according to Christian NGOs.’”
When Fox News Digital asked if the State Department will impose new human rights sanctions on Iran’s regime for the persecution of Christians, the spokesperson said, “While the Department does not preview sanctions, Iran has been designated as a ‘Country of Particular Concern’ and imposed Presidential Actions under the International Religious Freedom Act for having engaged in or tolerated particularly severe violations of religious freedom every year since 1999.”…
Walter Sieruk says
it’s well worth reiterating that reason why there is so much severe persecution and imprisonment and even torture of Christians of Iran further expose the intolerant brutal and murderous “mullah regime “ of Iran.
First, it would be naive not to the those mullahs and ayatollahs didn’t have a hand in having their stooges , who are Islamic state police, the Revolutionary Guard s arrest so many Christians because those in power in the Islamic tyranny are ruthless and cruel.
Second, this is further proof that Islam is such a weak and fragile religion that the arrest of those few Christians was felt necessary by the ayatollah, mullah and imams of Iran. For those Muslim clerics are afraid that if the Iranian people even have a chance to examine and thus compare and contrast the Bible and the Quran the people of Iran might discover that the Bible of the super of those two books.
Since the foundation for the tyrannical regime of the Islamic “Republic” of Iran is based on the Quran, which is also the entire foundation for of Islam, the Muslim clerics fear that their power base might collapse. So the arrests and sentencing to death of Christians reveals extreme fear those Muslim clerics have of the Bible, For this also show that those Muslim clerics in power in that “mullahs regime” of Iran will use .the Islamic state police and their tools to stop Christians and keep the Iranian people in in ignorance of the Bible and in the darkness of Islam.
Third, those mullahs and ayatollahs and imams of Iran with their falsehoods and deceptions of the many false doctrines of Islam in which they brainwash the Iranian people in believing is something that is both sad and tragic. Those ayatollahs and mullahs are, no doubt, just as deluded as the people who they thoroughly indoctrinate with false teachings of Islam. Of such demonic deception by false teachers who are also deluded such men a have been predicted in the Bible. For in the Bible it’s written that “Evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse deceiving and being deceived.” Second Timothy 3:13. [K.J.V.]
All those mullahs and ayatollahs are, according to the doctrines of the Bible, Isaiah 8:20. false religious teachers .Meaning false teachers who teach and indoctrinate the false doctrines of the false religion of Islam into the hearts and minds of others . Such false teachers are described in the Bible ,in Second Peter 2:1. “There were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privately shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.”
Walter Sieruk says
The message is so very important that is really should repeated and remembered ,
The message is that this malice-filled horrific persecution of Christians under that tyrannical Islamic regime of Iran is a reminded of the blatant lies and outright false statements by the Muslims who are the propagandist for Islam and keep on telling Westerners that “Muslims also believe in Jesus so the difference between Islam and Christianity isn’t really so vast and terrible.”
That type of statement is and outright falsehood of a statement and claim.
For example, if that claim is true to there would not be such severe and terrible and persecution of Christians by Muslims in Shite Iran or in Islamic Sunni counties as Pakistan.
Furthermore, many Muslims claim that they “Love Jesus, too.” Nevertheless, it’s very important for Christians to understand that “jesus” of Islam is not the Jesus of the Bible and Christianity. For the “jesus ” of Islam and the Qu ‘ran is not God.
By strong contrast the Jesus of Christianity and the Bible is God. Meaning God the Son of God the Father. Matthew 3:16. Hebrews 1:6-8.
That Jesus is God many be seen in John 1:1-3. 20:28 Romans 9:6. First John 5:20.
Furthermore by comparing John 5:22 with Romans 14:12. Reveals that Jesus is God.
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In addition, by comparing the Old Testament with the New Testament shows that Jesus is God. As in comparing Psalm 89:8,9 .with Matthew 8:23-27. Proves Jesus is God.
Likewise by comparing Isaiah 46:22,23. With Philippians 2::5-11 shows that Jesus is God. Also
Daniel 7:13,14. Compared with John 5:25, 26 clearly reveals Jesus to be God.
In conclusion, .the “jesus” that Muslims love is not the same Jesus Who Christians love.
Goofy says
Walter, your reflections supported with Scripture are highly appreciated.
The paradox is that the Qur’an makes reference to the Isa child who forms pigeons our of clay and blows life into them to the effect that they fly away!
One would suppose that the creation of life is God’s prerogative?
However, the Qur’an seems not to claim that the act of creation of life is the prorogative of its god Allah, who is referred to as “the greatest of creators”. Is that to make room for Isa and his playing with clay?
Islam apparently holds the virgin birth of Isa in high esteem without explaining why.
We know that Allah cannot have a son unless he is going to father the son with one of his own kind!
I thought that Allah were one and unique, but apparently there are women of his kind?
We must conclude that Allah cannot have sons but we know that he has got daughters! The procedure in my experience is exactly the same!
Still what is impossible for Allah was possible in connection with Mary’s virgin birth of Isa!
It was presumably the angel Gabriel who blew spirit into Mary’s womb! Does that mean that after all Gabriel is a greater creator than Allah?
I am here to learn, please inform me
Westman says
Where is Alexander The Great, now needed?
It seems that Persia again has a King usurping the power of diety for himself while uttering false self-proclamation to be its favorite. His own people groan under suppression by his entourage, with enhanced weight upon the fragile vessels yearning for value. He toys with the lives of those not in his own house and buries females in the sands of child marriage to old men, killing their dreams like the ancient babies, choking as sand suffocates them.
somehistory says
The dos spokeser says they ”are using all the tools at our disposal”….Evidently, they have disposed of some of the tools over the last few years.
Billions have been given to iran…out right and by allowing business to be conducted which funds the terror.
iran is a terror state. Terror states are supposed to be treated differently from non-terror states.
The regime of the decrepit does not care one iota what happens to Christians in iran. Just as they do not care about women who wish to go about with their hair uncovered, or school girls being poisoned by rabid mozlums wanting to keep women/girls from expressing any disagreement with the way they are treated by individual mozlum males and the government.
The regime of the decrepit does not even care that iran is behind the terror groups hamas, hezbollah, houthis, and others they support and fund.
The photo that accompanied the account of the floggings, cars being impounded, etc. should make everyone cringe . The photo above is a peaceful one, just as Christians are peaceful and wish to serve a Most Loving God, not the false god who demands rape, flogging, whipping, stoning, and death. But the false god cannot allow anyone to refuse to bow down.
When Jesus refused, that false god pursued Him until He was murdered. The demon then pursued Jesus’ disciples, having many murdered.
That same demon is busy in iran, nigeria, sudan, pakistan, and so very many other places…all places…on earth.
The report of this from iran is in the news. but, who will care? One can ask, “what tools” are being used to end this horrible abuse? A pen out of ink. A pencil with no lead. Tongues stilled by fear or disinterest; perhaps even hatred for the victims.
tim gallagher says
It is a vicious regime in Iran. When you look at the hatred for all non-Muslims, particularly for the Jews, which is so obvious these days, but also for Christians, Hindus and any people who don’t belong to the evil cult, islam, I imagine that Christians would be treated pretty badly in all Muslim countries. I suspect that Pakistan and Iran might be the worst countries to be a Christian, maybe not so bad in Malaysia or Indonesia. islam is completely intolerant. It would be an appalling life being a Christian in Muslim countries and yet we go on letting the completely intolerant Muslims into our western nations and treat them well. Islam’s followers don’t deserve to receive the pleasant treatment that they receive in our countries. Not until islam changes and develops a golden rule and treats non-Muslims well and that will never happen. The hatred at the heart of islam will ensure that that never happens.
Mick says
Very disappointing. I have been expecting Armenia to look to Iran to protect it against genocidal Shi’ite Azerbaijan and Sunni Turkey. I read there are 120,000 Armenians in Iran.
Rick Olsha says
Iran—-the devil itself….
AM ISRAEL CHAI !!!!!
OLD GUY says
Hey JOE send Iran another billion and they will be our friend and ally. IDIOT!