For Iranian Converts Claiming Religious Persecution, European Courts Require Proof of Faith
Judges across Europe are having a tough time deciding whether asylum-seekers claiming religious persecution are ‘genuine’ Christians.
Well-Intentioned Patriarchs Are Still Patriarchs
Liz Cooledge Jenkins unpacks the hypocrisy in voicing support for Iranian women who protest oppressive patriarchy in their context while remaining strangely silent about oppressive patriarchy — and even hostile to those who speak up against it — in our own U.S. context. People in
Iran Releases a Third of Christian Prisoners Due to Coronavirus Concerns
Forced by the new coronavirus, Iran took the tiniest of steps to placate global advocacy for religious freedom. Seven Christians were set free, some on bail, as part of a temporary release of about 85,000 prisoners.
Globe Braces for Long Battle Against Virus as Cases Spread
Crews scrubbed everything from money to buses, military bases were on high alert and quarantines were enforced Wednesday from a beachfront resort in the Atlantic to an uninhabited island in the Pacific as the world fought the spread of a new virus.
Iran-Iraq Earthquake Called 2017’s Deadliest Yet
NASHVILLE (BP) -- The death toll continues to rise after the deadliest earthquake of 2017 shook the Iran-Iraq border late Sunday (Nov. 12).
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