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Cyrus Shahmiri
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Topic: Iran: Police raid church, arrest at least 80 leaders Posted: 14-Sep-2004 at 08:05 |
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=40411
At least 80 Christian leaders attending the general conference of the Iranian Assemblies of God, being held near Tehran, were arrested and questioned following a police raid three days ago. Ten pastors taken into custody are still being held, and their families are not being allowed to communicate with them. According to Compass Direct News Service, authorities surrounded the denomination's headquarters in Karaj, 20 miles from the capital, on the conference's first day and burst in suddenly, arresting all those present. "The police came from everywhere," one Iranian Christian told Compass Direct, "and there were a lot of them."
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Yiannis
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Posted: 14-Sep-2004 at 08:13 |
I thought that practice of other religions was tolerated in Iran, no?
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The basis of a democratic state is liberty. Aristotle, Politics
Those that can give up essential liberty to obtain a temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin
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Cyrus Shahmiri
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Posted: 14-Sep-2004 at 08:24 |
There is no freedom for any of us in Iran!
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demon
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Posted: 14-Sep-2004 at 09:16 |
I have a question for you, Cyrus. Didn't the secret police in Iran suspect you for taking all these pictures in Iran....?
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Grrr..
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Tobodai
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Posted: 14-Sep-2004 at 11:13 |
yeah and dotn they spy on people who post things online that are anti-mullah?
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Cyrus Shahmiri
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Posted: 14-Sep-2004 at 11:56 |
Didn't the secret police in Iran suspect you for taking all these pictures in Iran....? |
now I think Iranian Christians should suspect me for talking photos of their churches!
yeah and dotn they spy on people who post things online that are anti-mullah? |
It is a historical website in English, I can make a list of one hundred anti-Mullahs websites in Persian language, for example this forum: http://www.goftman.com/forums/ has more than 41,000 Iranian members, it is interesting that one of the rules of this forum is not to post pro-mullahs things!
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John Doe
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Posted: 14-Sep-2004 at 16:27 |
heh
Rules for avoiding the gaze of mullahs
1) be smaller than other anti-mullahs (Cyrus)
2) try not to live in iran (the rest of us)
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JanusRook
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Posted: 14-Sep-2004 at 20:14 |
You forgot
3) be a mullah yourself
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ArmenianSurvival
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Posted: 14-Sep-2004 at 20:31 |
Cyrus, from what you see and hear in your everyday life, how threatened do you think the Christian community in Iran feels? After this i would imagine they are very cautious. But, are there certain communities that are more firm that show less fear, or are all of them in more or less the same fearful state? Any information you can give from your personal knowledge is appreciated.
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Tobodai
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Posted: 14-Sep-2004 at 20:52 |
People liek the mullahs should have thier own special "camps" of which they should reside....
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Cyrus Shahmiri
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Posted: 15-Sep-2004 at 06:22 |
I don't see any difference between Christian and non-Christian peoples in Iran, everyone who lives here, is afraid of these Mullahs and if he says that he doesn't fear, be sure that he has certainly lied, in recent two years they have killed more than twenty of their PMs and Minsters what about ordinary people!
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