Barriers to entry: For Iranian converts claiming religious persecution, European courts require proof of faith
HANNA VIOQUE, of Religion News Service, reports how judges across Europe are having a tough time deciding whether asylum-seekers claiming religious persecution are ‘genuine’ Christians…
Holy Communion celebrated in Farsi for first time in Church of England cathedral
A Holy Communion service was conducted in Farsi for the first time in a Church of England cathedral last weekend. Wakefield Cathedral in Yorkshire hosted hundreds of Iranians at the service on Saturday which was presided over by Guli Francis-Dehqani, the Bishop of Loughborough. The bishop was just a teenager when her family fled Iran […]
‘Thousands’ of Iranians claiming asylum in Europe as converts to Christianity
World Watch Monitor Thousands of Iranian asylum-seekers across Europe are turning to Christianity, though observers are not convinced that all claims of conversion are genuine. A BBC documentary, Our World: Praying for Asylum, tells the story of a number of Iranian asylum-seekers in the Netherlands who say they have become Christians and would be exposed to persecution […]