Hundreds of Bibles Being Burned by Iranian Government

A Farsi  Bible, similar to the hundreds that have been burned in Iran

Inspite of the brutal persecution of Christians in Iran, there is a thriving and vibrant New Testament Church growing in leaps and bounds everyday. Because of the persecution and ban on building Christian churches, Iranian Christians are meeting in similar fashion as the early New Testament Church-- in homes At the same time, it is now being reported from ASSIST News Service, hundreds of bibles are being burned by the Iranian government security forces being sent to Iran.  This is shameful and Iran needs to be held accountable.

A spokesperson for FCNN told the ASSIST News Service (ANS), “This action [of burning the Bibles], which has been confirmed by informed sources, was aired on a site belonging to the Pasdaran paramilitary organization, is nothing less than shameful and the persons responsible must be identified and exposed to the whole world.”

“These officials shamefully label the Holy Scriptures of the Christians ‘contraband’ without realizing the over two billion people around the world and at least five hundred thousand people in Iran revere and consider holy. This action is no different than what the government has wrongfully accused many Christians of insulting the sacred beliefs of Islam.

“The question remains as to how long the Christian community outside of Iran can tolerate such persecutions and atrocities? Moreover, and not withstanding the fact that Iranian Christians do not have the right to publish their holy scriptures, those Christians from around the world who donate Bibles to their brothers and sisters inside Iran are insulted by labeling their donated Bibles as contraband and burned by the security agents.

The Quran states that the Torah and the Gospels are Holy Scriptures as well. Nevertheless, the Islamic leaders claim that the Bibles used by Christians and Jews are not the authentic scriptures but have been changed by the church. Considering the fact that the Quran also states that no man can destroy the word of God, the question remains that if the currently used Bible is, as the Islamic leaders so claim, a changed and untrustworthy document where is the real Torah and the Gospels?

Heaven and earth shall pass away;but my words shall not pass away.  Mark 13:31

If the Quranic claim that the word of God can never be perverted and changed, then there must be a copy of the real Torah and the Gospels somewhere. To this question Muslims have not credible answers. There is no such difference or variance between today's Scriptures and the original writings. Our modern Bibles go back to the very ancient copies of the scriptures that in some cases date back to only 50 years from Christ Himself. There are even copies of the Old Testament that date several hundred years before Christ. Read More



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