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Born in Iran, Abedini is a former Shia Muslim who converted to Christianity in 2000. [2] [3] [4] While Christianity is recognized as a minority religion under the Iranian constitution, [5] Shiʿite converts to Christianity suffer discrimination at the hands of Iranian authorities. In particular, such converts are disallowed from worshiping with ...
It is under this law that converts from Islam to other religions are subject to capital punishment. In 1989, the Rev. Hossein Soodmand was executed for apostasy. [5] Although born a Muslim, by 1989 Hossein had been a Christian for 25 years. He was an evangelist and the pastor of the Assemblies of God (AOG) Church in Mashad.
Dibaj became a Christian as a young man and joined the Presbyterian church, but years later, he joined the church of Assembly of God, the Iranian branch of the Jama'at-e Rabbani Church. After the 1979 Iranian revolution he encountered difficulties. In 1983 he was arrested and imprisoned without trial in Sari and systematically tortured.
A Christian man was freed from an Egyptian prison last month after three years of detention over Facebook posts he shared among an online group of converts from Christianity to Islam.. Abdulbaqi ...
Ghorban Dordi Tourani (1952 – 22 November 2005), also called Ghorban Tori (قربان دردى تورانى in Persian), was an Iranian convert to Christianity and a lay minister. He lived and worked in Gonbad Kavous , Golestan , Iran .
Complicating the matter is the mixture of ethnic identity with religious affiliation, and the number of Muslim converts to Christianity, who as discussed above have a strong incentive to conceal themselves. [45] [46] Most informants often referred to "only a few thousand" in estimating the overall numbers of non-ethnic Christians in Iran ...
After surviving a brain tumour, he released a Christian rock album The Lou Gram Band (2009). [74] Lord Kenya — pioneer of Ghanaian Hiplife and multiple award-winning musician who in 2010 became a Christian after visiting a Church where he said he had an experience with the Holy Spirit and a warning of repentance.
The Rev Brian Elfick said Christian converts in his congregation have felt unwelcome and ‘fearful of coming to church’ in the wake of the bombing. Christian convert receives death threat ...