Posted on 12/01/2018 8:38:37 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
This is absolutely outrageous.
How is this happening right here at home without more backlash? Every single American who values the First Amendment, whether they’re religious or not, should be horrified to hear that a man was arrested in a mall simply for privately sharing his faith with fellow shoppers.
What’s worse, of course, is that the man is himself a religious refugee who came to the US to seek refuge from persecution.
“I came to the U.S. as a political and religious — as a Christian — refugee. They oppressed me for my faith in Iran. I was stabbed in Iran,” Pastor Ramin Parsa told PJ Media in September.
“These things might happen in other countries, oppressive dictatorships, but not in America,” he explained.
Parsa is now a pastor in Los Angeles but had been visiting Minnesota for a few days in August.
During a visit to the Mall of America, he engaged in a private conversation with two Somali-American women.
“Our conversation was casual. At first, we were not talking about the gospel,” Parsa explained. “They asked me, ‘Are you a Muslim?’ I said, ‘No, I used to be a Muslim and I’m a Christian now.’ I was telling them the story of how I converted.”
When another shopper overheard the conversation, however, this is when the trouble began.
The rest is stunning:
(Excerpt) Read more at activistmommy.com ...
“. . . Doesn’t look to me like the typical Islamic America-hater.”
The reason is that he is not Islamic. He is a Christian. The spirit is completely different.
The spirit of Islam is death. The Spirit of Jesus Christ is life, and peace.
This results in a completely countenance.
Thank you for posting this. I have printed it out to show others.
Seems a bit overreaching....Especially if it were a ‘private converation’.
One thing if he were on a soap box in the middle of an aisle but.....
Am sure the reaction would be ‘positive’ if a ‘Flash Mob’ formed and started singing “God Bless American” or the “Star Spangled Banner”.....
Probably break out the riot police and Bull Connor firehoses and cattle prods....
And ‘WE’ (collectively) sit back and let this happen...
If ‘WE’ never resist, ‘THEY’ will just keep pouring on until it is far too late......
What this pastor will find comforting from John chapter 15:
19 If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of it, the world hates you.
At the Mall of America...the irony.
[ I predict that either Minnesota or Michigan will be the first state to adopt Sharia law. ]
The number of states that “Traditional Americans” can flee to is getting smaller and smaller...
Not a far stretch to imagine Minnestan would be intolerant of his sharing the Gospel. Remember, Minnestan’s voters have foisted yet more radical muslim Congress critters onto the nation and just elected domestic abuser Keith Ellison as Attorney General.
Of course, they’d persecute Christians.
just what in the world did he get arrested for? What is the crime? Mentioning the name of Christ in public?
[[“After the police took the pastor’s mugshot and fingerprints, they charged him with criminal trespassing.]]
Seriously? In a public mall? Why? Was he banned from the mall or something?
But no American Christian should go to Mall of America. Boycott them for persecuting this Christian.
I’m not sure what the laws are in Minnesota regarding Criminal Trespass, but:
in Georgia you have to be given the chance to leave.
mall security cannot detain you for police for 4 hours .... false imprisonment
mall security better have something on tape of what they guy was doing ... eavesdropping
I really hope this guy can get a good lawyer and sue the pants off of everyone involved....the cops, the mall, the security company
He has no right to free speech on private property, which the mall is.
He has no right to harress shoppers, I doubt he was just speaking with other like minded people.
well to a Christian if one does not spread the only true path to Heaven in Christ then souls are lost..to hell with the gangstamint full speed ahead
We live in a small town in Kentucky, I get to do outreach for our church in front of Food Giant, speaking the Gospel of Matthew with a wireless speaker (memorized), just loud enough to hear but not blaring, I’ve had a few from the LGBT crowd tell us they were offended, we are not pushy, just handing out invitation flyers, they usually say they are offended because they have to hear it, it’s funny how the blaring radios booming filth doesn’t offend them, just the Word of God offends them, I think I have read about this somewhere. :)
Minnesotastan.
I was street preaching many years ago in Ft Myers, in the 70’s.. I began discussing the aspect about this world has never seen life and at this point is dead before God in it’s sin.. as we discussed this others joined in until there were about 50 folks in the conversation, all was going well but the street was getting crowded, and a policeman grabbed me and said he was arresting me, I said ok, and got in the car, the poor cop had no idea what to do as half the crowd was angry he arrested me. and were opening the car door to let me out while the cop was busy, I stayed in the car knowing he would just run me down.. So I went to city jail with no charges, spent the weekend, got in front of the judge and asked why I was arrested, what are the charges, I told him the cop told me if there were no laws against what I was doing he would make one.. I told the cop at that time God should be His concern not what he thought I should be doing.. he was not receptive..The judge looked at me and asked I heard you were telling people the world is dead and to seek life in Christ, I said that is correct, he said, I have been a Christian for 40 years and I have never heard such things, I told Him it’s because everyone was to wussy to find the truth, the bords of the field don’t sow or reap for food why do you oh men of little faith, I said does this sound like the world ? he shook his head and said stop street preaching, I said no, it is not against the law, It may rub your canned religion wrong, but look in my eyes I am here to tell you about God, I don’t care if you have had faith for eternity, grow up..
He shook His head and said get out of my court room..I told Him what just happened is a sign that the law is a joke and he is part of it..he was steaming and I left..to hell with the BS..dying world.seek life..now it must be much worse
Here’s the problem ... he was preaching Christ to Muslims. They are quickly becoming quite protected in this country and if anyone speaks out against them THEY are the ones that get in trouble. Madness, I say.
I didn’t know that private security could detain him. Did he ask if he could leave at any point?
They didn’t charge him with “evangelizing”, but criminal trespassing. Was he ever told to leave by security (that would be the usual course of action)? And in what way was he was trespassing? Did he have a previous complaint there?
I would think he has a case here. In addition to his bible, he needs to carry a pocket constution and any other info on applicable laws.
Ve haf ruls!!!
Read the article in post 18.
He was told to leave and declined
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