Posted on 07/09/2009 1:21:31 PM PDT by Lorianne
"Maryam and Marzieh – In danger of being forgotten in Iran," from Voice of the Martyrs
The two Iranian Christian women, Maryam Rustampoor (27) and Marzieh Amirizadeh (30) continue to be held in Evin prison in Iran because of their Christian faith, unfairly labeled as ‘anti-government activists’, because of the hostility of the government towards practising Christians. In the aftermath of the political turmoil in Iran, they are now in danger of being forgotten. One church leader from Iran said, “With so many hundreds of protestors now in the prison system, Maryam and Marzieh are likely to be forgotten.”
Arrested on March 5 , 2009, the two young women have now been in prison for four months. After being in solitary confinement for three weeks in May and early June, they were then put one small cell together for about two weeks. Then, following the arrests of thousands of protestors after the disputed presidential elections, Marzieh and Maryam were moved to a larger cell to make room for new prisoners. About 600 women were brought Evin prison during the days of the protests. There is still no clarity regarding their case. In one court session in June a judge told them that he would make sure they were both executed as ‘apostates’. Maryam and Marzieh have responded with courage, however, telling the judge to “expedite his sentence.”
“Maryam and Marzieh have demonstrated great courage and trust in God. They believe the promise of Jesus that they will be given the words to speak when they are taken before judges,” says Sam Yeghnazar, founder of Elam Ministries.
Please continue to pray for Maryam and Marzieh as they suffer in prison in Iran. Pray they will continue to experience the strengthening presence of God and that they will be a witness of the love and grace of Christ in Evin prison. We invite you to post a prayer on our Persecuted Church Prayer Wall.
Please also consider Maryam and Marzieh in prison at:
Evin Prison Saadat Abad Tehran Islamic Republic of Iran
Yes, you can write in English but if you wish to compose a letter in Farsi, our US sister mission has an online tool that can help you. Click here.
Please note When writing a letter, never mention the name of the source of your information or the name of any organization such as Voice of the Martyrs or Prisoner Alert. It is not dangerous for a prisoner to receive letters from individuals, but if an organization is mentioned they may be accused of links with ‘foreign organizations’ and receive harsher sentences. Also, please do not state anything negative about their government.
It is sad. People should have the right to practice their religion without getting arrested. However, there are some people on FR who want to throw women in jail for wearing a burkha.
Prayers for the Iranian underground Church... The millions of secret Iranian converts are living like the persecuted early Church in Rome.
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Thank you!!!
Will be praying.
For anyone who has yet to see Stoning Soraya, please do and
pray for the women of Iran!
And Christian countries continue to welcome them and invite them to stay a while. Christian charity is great, but not when it gets your head cut off.
Christians should always remember that most Muslims are very superstitious, and if necessary, this can be used against them.
For example, “Christian magic” could be very intimidating to Muslims. Like setting a “sacred boundary”, that if a Muslim crossed, he would “automatically” stop being a Muslim and become a Christian. To cross the boundary would mean he renounces Islam.
Of course the real purpose of such a boundary is to keep Muslims from physically attacking Christians on the other side of the boundary.
A related idea is to make Muslims afraid of physically touching Christians. This would take far more planning, but could save many lives.
And not a word from Obama. Not that I am surprised.
They’ll be in my prayers. I wonder if writing is more a help or a hindrance, given the current climate.
“We should invade their countries kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity” (Ann Coulter)
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Y’know even Ghengis Khan recognized the importance of freedom of religion. He viewed religious intolerance as a source of violence. Even one of the most brutal conquerors in history understood this. Yet Islam doesn’t. That’s how low Islam is.
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