Wow. Can this be true? Sounds like something only God could do. https://www.foxnews.com/faith-values/worlds-fastest-growing-church-women-documentary-film
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/98153...-hijab-in-protest-against-strict-iranian-law/ Hard to believe that "fastest growing" is taking place in a country where a woman is sentenced to 24 years in prison for taking off her hijab.
Can fox news be true? Hmm..that's a puzzle. I'll quote your article a little. Okay. Like I said, a real puzzle.
Every religion who get too much close of the government power end to disappear. My country France is a good example of that and was known to be "the eldest daughter of the catholic church". The catholic church was too much a close ally of the king, and not enough of the poor. Now, we're radical secular, and there is a global hostility to religions in the country. Honnestly, I met on a very few occasions white christian people less than 30. Most christian I met were some african christian. Ethnic french fled religion.
Its Fox News.. I doubt this is true.. Fox never noticed that there were 50 Christian churches in Baghdad before Bush's invasion. Iran used to have a huge Jewish population.. Some 250,000.. but that number has diminished over the past 20 years. In my experience Iran has always had religious minorities .. including Christians.. but I just don't believe its a sea change.
It's hard to know. Effectively, Fox News isn't extremly neutral, but I can say that for every source of information. Furthermore, as far as I know, apostasy is still illegal in Iran, so it would be harsh to ask people "did you renounced to Islam, you just may be sentenced to death". I wouldn't be surprized, when religion and government overlapse, you can't revolt against the government without getting revolted against religion. The very few Iranian I met were saying that there were a lot of agnostic/atheist in Iranian cities, in the countryside, it's something else.
I know lots of Iranians.. Most of those I know these days are Christians, but I spent a lot of time in Iran in the 1950s and 1960s.. The problem is their leadership. The leadership is nuts with a huge chip on their shoulder.. Can you imagine where we would be if Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell came to political power?
As per the chart in the link below - the number of Christians in Iran dropped from 0.500% in 1976 to 0.157% in 2011. That is a little more than 1 in 1000. Not exactly a "Christian Spring"
http://commanetwork.com/fatah-rejecting-hijab-dooms-woman-to-24-years-in-prison/ "Kord-Ashrafi is just one of many courageous Iranian Muslim women who have defied the country’s mullahs and their female enforcers by observing what is now known as ‘White Wednesdays’ when girls and women take off their hijabs and bare their hair in public."
I watched thirty minutes of this documentary a few days ago....... their courage and concern for their Muslim neighbours is pretty amazing!
She broke Islamic law - no doubt about it. Nor is there doubt that this is just another show off. She won't sit that long. Iran likes to make you sweat.
Christian Churches in Iran Vank Cathedral. The Cathedral of Christ the Savior or Vank is considered the largest... Surb Sargis Church. The main Armenian church on the territory of Iran is located in Tehran. Church of Dzorzor. In Western Azerbaijan, there is another Armenian church Dzorzor. The monastery of Saint Thaddeus. The monastery is considered... Christian Churches in Iran iranianholiday.com/christian-churches-in-iran/
List of Armenian churches in Iran - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Armenian_churches_in_Iran 16 rows · Church Location Date Surp Amenaprkich Cathedral (All Saviour's Cathedral) and Armenian … CHURCH LOCATION DATE Surp Asdvadzadzin Church Naderi Ave., North Qavam St. 1945 Surp Gevork Church Shahpur Ave. 1795 Surp Minas Church Vanak 1854 Surp Vartanants Church Sardarabad (Heshmatieh) 1986 See all 16 rows on en.wikipedia.org
What's the source/logic behind this statement? What sort of evidence would support the idea that Islam is "dying"? And what evidence is used to back it up?