Thursday, March 28, 2013

Iranian Christians Denied Asylum Even Though Arrest, Torture and Death Await Back in Iran

This shall ever be known as the shame of Sweden. 

Sweden, a country which accepts the most radical, violent Muslims with open arms.  A country awash with Muslim crime and rapes of it citizens and yet denies the facts is sending Christian converts from Islam back to Iran to certain torture and death.  Shame shame shame.  The very lives and fates of these people are the sole responsibility of the Swedish government.  But then, this is the same country that claimed "neutrality" during WW II with a wink and nod to the Nazis. 

If anything, Sweden and the rest of the Western world should be throwing open their doors to all non-Muslim minorities seeking refuge from the Islamic hells they were born into.  The West should at the same time close immigration by all Muslims until such time as the Muslim street learns to co-exist in a civilized world.  Any Muslims not yet granted citizenship should be deported immediately.  Those Muslims who have been granted citizenship must be monitored closely to ensure they do not "Go Jihad" or in any manner support Muslim terrorism anywhere in the world.


FROM PERSECUTION.ORG:


Iranian Christians Denied Asylum Even Though Arrest, Torture and Death Await Back in Iran

ICC Note:

Iranian Christian applying for asylum in Sweden have been denied their request for asylum even though authorities know these Christians face arrest, torture and death if they were to be forced to return. The immigration authorities of Sweden doubt whether these people's conversion to Christianity is true. Why would they believe this if these people know they would face such severe persecution for lying about their religious identity?       

3/27/2013 Iran (Christian Post) - A number of Iranian Christians facing persecution for their faith back home have reportedly been denied asylum in Sweden, despite authorities being aware of the hardships awaiting them if they are returned to their homeland.

"The history books will say something pretty nasty about Sweden's policy in this matter in the future," Swedish immigration lawyer Gabriel Donner told CBN News.

A number of Iranian families are seeking protection in Sweden, which has been described as one of the most progressive countries in the world. However, the Swedish Immigration Board is rejecting their request despite knowing that the converts face arrest, torture and even death back home, reports have said.

"Islam teaches that every man who leaves Islam must be killed because that man is an apostate," said Reza Jabbari, one of the Iranian Christians seeking asylum.

"I thought, this should be a piece of cake. This man [Reza] has brought other Muslims to the Christian faith," expressed Cai Berger, his pastor.

Mohabat News described the stories of other Iranian Christians in a similar situation, such as Majid and Hamid Khosravi, who both converted to Christianity 10 years ago, but had to leave recently when they felt their safety was in danger.

The Immigration Board has apparently questioned the validity of the converts' Christian faith, accusing them of trying to scheme their way to asylum. But the senior pastor of the Iranian church in Stockholm has testified that the believers have served on the worship team at the church and contributed to Iranian Christian TV networks and websites

"When you apply for asylum you have to present your case," Donner explained. "If you claim to be a convert you need to show some evidence of having converted: certificate of baptism, membership in a congregation, or something else of that sort."

The lawyer said that because of the evidence required to prove that one is a convert, some asylum seekers are in danger of being denied protection.

"We have told our families in Iran that we are Christian now, and they have disowned us. So we don't have a family to return to. Our blood is now halal; it is holy for Muslims to kill us," said Ali Roshan and Mahtab Shafadi, who were denied asylum to Sweden with their young daughter.

Sweden is seen as one of the most secular countries in Europe - a 2012 Eurobarometer Poll found that 43 percent of the people consider themselves either agnostic or atheist, though the Lutheran Church still claims the most members, nominally at least.