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Beating Iranian Christians
In extolling the virtues of his country last month, the dwarfish leader of Iran failed to mention that they flog Christians for being . . . Christians.
Christian couple flogged for attending “secret sermon” in Iran
Sun. 14 Oct 2007
Iran FocusLondon, Oct. 14 - A Christian couple were flogged in Iran for participating in an “underground Church”, an Iranian Christian group said in a report on its website earlier this week.
The unnamed couple were arrested on September 21, 2005, the report said, adding that a Revolutionary Court reviewed their case in July 2007.
Even though the couple had decided to marry seven years ago, the country’s marriage laws - which prohibit the union of ex-Muslims and members of other religious minorities – prevented them from obtaining a certificate of marriage.
The report said that the woman was born a Christian in an Assyrian-Iranian family and the man was a convert to Christianity prior to getting married. The court ruled that both the man and the woman were Mortad, a description of someone who has committed apostasy by leaving Islam.
Remember the hue and cry a few years ago over the “caning” of Michael Fay in Singapore? Where is the outrage over the torture of Christians in coutries like Iran?
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