Indian researchers also confirmed that the queen was indeed strangulated to death under Shah Abbas, something Iran tries to deny.
Testimonies Global
Russia: Muslims Detained As Members of a Non-Existing Movement
Authorities continued to prosecuted those believing to have joined Nurdzhular. There is only one problem, Nurdzhular does not exist.
Guatemala: Constitutional Court OKs Moving Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem
President Morales, an Evangelical, was accused of having taken the decision for theological reasons, thus violating religious freedom of non-Evangelicals.
Sister Mainetti and Father Govoni: When Tall Tales About Satanism Kill
The nun has been beatified, 21 years after three wannabe Satanists killed her. A TV series celebrates the priest who died of a heart attack after a false accusation of Satanic ritual abuse.
Pakistan: Women’s Rights Activists Accused of Blasphemy
The ubiquitous anti-blasphemy laws are used to threaten women activists with the death penalty, using fabricated evidence.
Andorra’s Archbishop: Persecution of Christians Is a “Humanitarian Emergency”
In a pastoral letter, Mgr. Vives calls for Roman Catholics to denounce the “hidden” persecution against Christians, and defend religious freedom for all faiths.
Operation North: When Stalin Deported the Jehovah’s Witnesses
Seventy years ago, 9,793 believers were taken from their homes in Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and sent to Siberia.
Tweets Calling Evangelical Politicians “Repulsive” Should Be Removed, Court Says
In Chile, judges intervened against comments regarded as offensive to a whole religion—allegedly based on “shunning” practiced by Evangelicals
Converts to Islam Still Discriminated in Cuba
The regime likes to advertise the religious freedom enjoyed by foreign Muslim students. Cuban converts tell a different story.
French Anti-Extremism Law: Rebelle(s) Interview with Massimo Introvigne
While the French Parliament continues its discussion of the draft bill, on February 6 the magazine interviewed Bitter Winter’s editor-in-chief.