Posted on 08/13/2007 9:19:32 PM PDT by DogByte6RER
Iran authorities lash man for having bible in car - report
Mon. 13 Aug 2007
Iran Focus
Tehran, Iran, Aug. 13 – Iranian authorities in Tehran lashed a man on his back earlier this year for having a bible in his car, an Iranian Christian group said in a report on its website on Friday.
The man was only identified by the initials A. Sh.
On 5 May, the man, driving his vehicle, was involved in a road accident with a car belonging to security guards for a government official in Tehran.
A bible and a video of Jesus Christ were found in the man's possession upon inspection of his vehicle by the state security forces (SSF).
A. Sh. admitted to being Christian, prompting the security agents to beat him up, the report said. He was arrested and taken to a holding cell in Detention Centre 102.
During interrogation security agents accused the man of converting from Islam to Christianity, a practice banned under Iran's strict theocratic laws.
He was subsequently subjected to lashes on the back and underwent physical and psychological torture, the report added.
He was released two days later after his family made bail.
(Excerpt) Read more at iranfocus.com ...
paging CAIR
He is lucky to be alive
Of course, all that does is strengthen one’s resolve in Christianity and serve as a vivid validation of one’s choice of religion. Savage lashings aren’t exactly going to persuade a person that Islam is the superior faith. All it accomplishes is to drive outlawed faiths further underground. That is not the same as extinguishing those faiths. The Soviet Union saw this to be true.
Sharia - coming to a mall near you.
“Blessed are they who suffer persecution for My sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.”
Superior tag line.
Any negative comments about this proposal must first be processed through the official Iranian justice system.
That sounds awfully familiar. I wonder how that would look written in arabic?
Just wondering.
I bet not many over there say that they've stayed in a Holiday Inn Express.
Foolish are they who do not fight to prevent this persecution from happening. I am sure that Christ never taught that we should just let ourselves be led like lambs to the slaughter.
ping
>The Soviet Union saw this to be true.
Letters from a kid sent to “re-education camp”:
1) Dear mom, I’m praying every night before bed after the lights are turned off ...
2) Dear mom, My friends and I pray every night before bed after the lights are turned off...
3) Dear mom, everyone here prays every night before bed after the lights are turned off ...
I count over twenty lash marks on his back. The injuries look life threatening.
Just more proof Islam is built upon lies...”no compulsion in religion”, for instance.
thanks...it’s my Feminists for Life bumper sticker.
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