As Iran is an Islamic republic, it considers conversion away from Islam to be an act of rebellion against the state, and prosecutes the people who dare to convert accordingly. “Iran targets minorities one year after Mahsa Amini’s death, 69 Christians arrested,” AsiaNews, August 11, 2023 (thanks to Tom): Tehran (AsiaNews) – Iran arrested scores […]
Islamic Republic of Iran destroys six Bahá’í homes and confiscates 20 hectares of Bahá’í land
What crime have the Bahá’ís committed? The crime of not being Twelver Shia. “Update: 6 Bahá’í homes destroyed and 20 hectares of land confiscated by Iranian government agents,” Bahá’í World News Service, August 3, 2022: BIC GENEVA — Some 200 Iranian government agents destroyed six homes and confiscated over 20 hectares of land belonging to […]
Impoverished Iran Confiscates Bahai Property
The Baha’is believe in the essential worth of all religions and in the unity of all people. The faith began in Iran in the 19th century, the country where its believers have faced monstrous persecution since the religion’s inception. The Bahais are estimated to have over five million adherents, spread across the globe. 350,000 Bahais […]
Islamic Republic of Iran: Muslim clerics tell Baha’is to convert to Islam or leave their village
Only if the roles were reversed, which they would not be and should not be, would this get any publicity. As it is, Biden’s handlers will keep on pushing for rapprochement with this brutal regime. “‘Either Islam or Leave:’ Baháʼís are Forced to Abandon their Hometown,” by Afra Amid, InsideSources.com, February 28, 2021: Recently, the […]
Islamic Republic of Iran raids and ransacks homes of Baha’is all over the country
The mullahs know that the severe threat to their regime that Donald Trump posed will soon be over. The Iranian nuclear deal that enables Iran’s nuclear program and opens the door for it to receive billions from a thoughtless, imprudent, and willfully ignorant West will soon be back on. So now is the time to […]
Islamic Republic of Iran regularly imprisons, tortures, kills religious minorities
While Iran points the finger at the U.S. for injustice. “State Department: Iran Imprisoning, Torturing, Killing Religious Minorities,” by Penny Starr, Breitbart, June 13, 2020: Non-Muslims in Iran suffer persecution at the hands of the government, including imprisonment, torture, and execution, according to the U.S. State Department’s 2019 Report on International Religious Freedom. The State Department […]
Yemen: Amid coronavirus crisis, Islamic court sentences Baha’i to death for being Baha’i
“The Baha’i faith was founded in the 19th century by an Iranian, the Baha’u’llah. Believers consider him a prophet, a sharp contrast with the orthodox Islamic view that Mohammed was God’s final messenger.” The mainstream Islamic view is that Muhammad was the last prophet, an idea that is based on this Qur’an verse: “Muhammad is […]
Humanness Trumps Muslimness
There is no question in my mind that Islam is religious fascism. Both the beliefs and practices of Islam amply prove my assertion. To start with, see what their invocation of their god is: Allahu akbar (“Allah is the greater,” and not “God is great,” as it is marketed in English). Then there is a […]
Yemen: Bahai sentenced to death for “insulting Islam” and “apostasy”
The death penalty for apostasy is part of Islamic law. It’s based on the Qur’an: “They wish you would disbelieve as they disbelieved so you would be alike. So do not take from among them allies until they emigrate for the cause of Allah. But if they turn away, then seize them and kill them […]
Iran: Muslims kill Baha’i, say Qur’an sanctions killing “apostates”
“The suspects have confessed that they killed Amiri because he was an ‘apostate,’ and they wanted to go to heaven. They said the Quran has sanctioned killing apostates, and that’s what they did.” Amiri was not an apostate from Islam, unless the killers think all Baha’is are apostates from Islam, but the death penalty for […]