An Iranian man seeking refuge in the UK has had his claim refused by the Home Office who wrote to say that his decision to convert to what he described as ‘peaceful’ Christianity and to leave Islam because ‘there is violence, rage and revenge’ was inconsistent. The letter quotes verses from Exodus, Matthew and Revelation as examples ‘inconsistent with a peaceful religion’. Recently an Iranian woman was rejected because the assessor believed her ‘faith was half-hearted' and did not think she was a true believer. She was mocked for admitting Jesus could not protect her from the country's tyrannical regime. The Bishop of Durham asked how a government official can arbitrarily pick bits out of a holy book and use them to trash someone's heartfelt reason for coming to a personal decision to follow another faith. See https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6844623/ANOTHER-Christian-asylum-claim-rejected-official-questioned-faith.html
Two Christian Iranians refused asylum
Written by David Fletcher 28 Mar 2019Additional Info
- Pray: for the Bishop of Durham, who is calling for an overhaul of the ethos of the Home Office, and for the asylum-seekers to have their applications reconsidered. (1 Kings 3:28b)
- More: barnabasfund.org/en/news/biblically-illiterate-home-office-slammed-as-official-claims-christianity-not-peaceful-religion
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