₦airaland Forum

kokomilala:
@MyVILLAGEpeople, there's this news doing the rounds that Abba Kyari is dead.I also saw a press release signed by Boss Mustapha, the SGF that Babagana Kingibe has been.appointed as the new Chief of Staff to the President.

Source?

rusher14:
No, but I can understand why he would do so.

Only a hypocrite would deny there are certain section of the country either for political or simply bigoted reasons might want to kill him.

In fact, many have celebrated his "death" over and over again only to realise he's well and truly alive.

However, this doesn't change the fact that our hospitals need urgent attention.

Yet again, I would look at the issue and ask if we can afford a lot of things the country requires?

Nigerians can dodge the issues as much as they like but [/b]the truth is that the country is poor[b].

In saying that, our priorities need to be addressed and amongst them should be healthcare and education.

However, I get the feeling many Nigerians aren't really interested in growth. That's why you see people say "shut the country down" and once it's done they say "you want to kill us"?

The country is poor. Very poor. I know that we were told that Nigeria is a rich country with abundant resources and bad leaders. But the truth is that we're a poor nation.
What we find annoying is that our leaders, instead of leveraging on our limited resources to improve our lot, behave like irresponsible fathers squandering family funds on alcohol

Confirmedzombie:
Who cares, you will die one day too. Only the foolish IPOBS will rejoice over ones death.

Madam you are very stupid, useless frustrated like the ipobs pigs and idiots.

Useless shameless dirty broke frustrated ipob olosho
Idiot

Easy naa
Why so angry?
What if it's not true? What will you do with all these abuses?

*Modified* I didn't know that I was replying a Confirmed Zombie

excanny:
A lot of people don't sleep with their cousins, only insane people do.

Don't make incest look Ok.


Inbreeding results to low quality offsprings, in the Muslim world where this is practiced, they have the lowest IQ and close to stupid reasoning individuals. Read ur Biology textbook, Genetics.

True that! Cousin marriage breeds low IQ babies

oyatz:
Offsprings from incest marriages are prone to genetic diseases but not necessarily low intelligence if the parents are intelligent.


The main drawbacks of incest is that the offsprings have limited pools of genes to chose from, unlike offsprings of couples that aren't related, as a result of this factors, health risks/weakness present in both parents become magnified in the children.

Consanguinity. That's the type of marriage

They've found another doppelganger!

Drabeey:
This is serious
Oh creator of this universe

Oh creator, most Nigerians are really sorry. Our forefathers taught us this way. We no dey hear word for here. Stay one place we no go sit.
Close border, our leaders no gree

Na one beer parlour me sef dey now, infact one guy is saying
"coronavirus no dey Nigeria"
"One is saying corona no fit catch am" like he's immune to it

Eenh, you sef hear am creator...
Na our way!
We juz dey do anyhow for here, but the whole world is in this together.

Make i ask Boss, se no be say you wan do us like soddom&gommorah so?

You just need to help us here, we dey hear how other countries wey no even get reach wetin Naija get sef dey do na!

Boss abeg, you see if we go about the way religious books take talk am, nobody go enter heaven, not even those preaching it sef (holier than thou)
You See am so?
We dey eveb think say na Naija be the hell you promised, but what of Somalia and Afghanistan? We are humble sir!

You too create universe in a way we never even explore 0.02%. Abeg no kill us now, you'll need us there. Especially we wey be Nigerians.
Just help us carry this coroguy commot, the guy too dey vex. Send us some kiss, with bliss please and we promise never to diss you again.

Amen! You're creative

*I have no enemies to fight*
Thanks GEJ

MelesZenawi:
Enugu?


This is twisted by daily trust..

It is a blantant lie

Their parents are living in Enugu as herdsmen. It doesn't mean that Enugu is their state of origin

I'm bookmarking this thread

ensamy:
We just realized that only South East has been marginalised in this COVID one nine, none of Thier politicians has tested positive just like they are marginalised in this regime . COVID one nine ije oma .... njem na ga ije ije na ga na ga njem nke nde isreal.

God please let this be for real! Amen!!

Ogaga87:
I fear for the queen

You feel for a great grandma who has lived in opulence all her life?

His people put mosquito nets over their beds and sleep outside the beds. They expect the mosquitoes to crawl into their 'house'.
So I'm not surprised.

This is getting serious and frightening.

Onisokuso1:
Check your torchlight phones or phones with button . The corresponding numbers to those letters are the numbers you replace them with

C = 2
O = 6
R = 7
O = 6
N = 6
A = 2

08000CORONA = 08000267662

Thanks for this. Just learning this

nurex01:
They should share every individual in this Country because of this Pandemic.

*NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT SWINGS INTO ACTION!*

*All* Nigrian Citizens are Entitled to 8500 per week *to stay* *at* *Home* in a bid to control the spreed of COVID 19.

*. The government grant is available to everyone starting From Monday 23 March 2020.*

CLICK TO APPLY ==> https:///GOVT_COVID_19_GRANT

This hoax is already trending on WhatsApp

PRESS STATEMENT

NO ANY MEMBER OF STAFF AT THE FIRS HEADQUARTERS, ABUJA TESTED POSITIVE TO COVID-19

The attention of the Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr. Muhammad Nami and the Management of the Service has been drawn to the fake news making the rounds on Social Media that a member of staff at the FIRS has tested positive to COVID-19.
The Service hereby states unequivocally that no member of staff at the FIRS has tested positive to COVID-19 as being peddled on Social Media.
The Service can confirm that a member of staff who went to pick his wife from the airport following her return from a trip abroad is currently and voluntarily observing the Federal Government advisory of self-isolation alongside his spouse at the couple’s home since Monday.
Both husband and wife have not visited any FIRS offices or events since the wife retuned to Nigeria last Sunday.
More importantly, both husband and wife have only been in self-isolation for five days and have NOT tested positive to Covid-19.
Before now, all FIRS offices have taken necessary precautions to protect both Staff and our esteemed taxpayers from Covid-19 through such safety measures as social distancing, temperature testing, disabling of the biometric sign in, and provision of hand sanitizers for staff and visitors to our offices nationwide as advised by the Federal Ministry of Health.
Members of the public are therefore advised to discountenance the claim that an FIRS official has tested positive to Covid-19.
For emphasis sake, it is a FAKE NEWS. Fake news kills. Do not spread fake news.
SIGNED
Abdullahi Ismaila Ahmad Director,
Communications and Liaison Department
Federal Inland Revenue Service
March 21, 2020
END

Sunnycliff:
Chaiii, many weddings will be affected terribly. I pray the virus is tamed so that my wedding coming up in May will be a great success.

*Sincerely speaking the best time to marry is now. No reception, no invitation, just you and your spouse, parents and siblings. The bachelors hurry up before the corona marriage promotion is over*������‍♂

agbari1:
What this means is that dollar was exchanged BY CBN for importer AT N357 and N307 for exporter. This means you you pay more Naira to get dollar if you are importing. This goes for payment of school fees abroad and other goods and services. Black market operators also get dollar from CBN at 357 to 1 dollars. That is why at black markets the exchange rate hovers around 358 to 362 to one dollar during the period. Government receives dollar from the sales of her oil which is kept by CBN. Projected budget of government for 2020 is based on oil benchmark price of 57 dollar per barrel. The price of oil has fallen in the global market to below $30. This means that government revenue has fallen substantially as oil accounts for about 90% of export earnings. In order to get more Naira to pay for internal spendings in the country such as payment of salaries and contractors, government must get more Naira. In doing so, quantity of Naira to be exchanged for dollar must be increased. Government doesn’t want to use the term “devaluation” hence it used exchange rate equalization. This means that no more 307, 357 Naira exchange to the dollar anymore but N380 for all multiple exchanges to a dollar. So our official rate to one dollar is now N380. Black market operators will be selling at amount higher than this may be N400 to one dollar depending on the availability of dollar in the market. Remember that over 50 oil cargo of Nigeria is on the see without willing buyers ad the demand for oil has reduced in the international market. The price is on the free fall because of Saudi and Russia price and output war. If the price of oil falls further to say $20 per barrel, Naira nearly collapse. Government may ban importation of less essential goods. It may go and borrow money from from international financial institutions such as IMF with stringent measures. It may devalue the currency further. Those with fixed income will be worse off. Prices of goods and services will go up. Demand for goods and services will fall. It will affect company revenue and lead to job loses.

Economics 101. Thanks

Leezah:
HOW TO GET A DIVORCE IN NIGERIA

This article is for people who have decided that they want to get a divorce. Simple. This article is not meant to give advice on whether or not you should try to make your marriage work, or go to marriage counselling. No. The point of the article is to state as clearly as possible what you need to consider when you have made the decision to get a divorce.

Under Nigerian law, a marriage can only be ended in 2 ways – by the death of one of the partners, or by an order of the court.

The divorce process is the process to follow in order to get a court order to dissolve a marriage. Unlike in some countries where a divorce can be a relatively quick process, it would appear that the law in Nigeria has been made unduly cumbersome (rightly so in some people’s opinion), to ensure that marriage contracts and divorces are not entered into willy-nilly.

The first thing you should know is that you will need the services of a lawyer to get a divorce. Under Nigerian divorce law, a lawyer has to represent you in court in order to bring your case for divorce. Now, we could end this article at this point, and say, if you need a divorce, then go out and get a lawyer. However, that would be defeating the purpose of this article, what we want to do is explain in some more detail what the divorce process entails, so you know what to expect.


PREPARATION
Step 1- you need to understand what type of marriage you have. The divorce process depends to a large extent on how the marriage was solemnised. In present day Nigeria, most of the marriages are registered (i.e. you and your partner have a Marriage licence from a Marriage Registry), these sorts of marriages are referred to as marriages under the Act, and we shall focus on this type of marriage in this article.

Step 2 – you need to understand why you want a divorce, what is the reason for the divorce. Under the Matrimonial Causes Act (the law which governs the divorce process in Nigeria), there are certain stated grounds which can be used to dissolve a marriage. They include things like adultery, living apart for a period of time, habitual drunkenness, criminal acts etc. You need to ensure that your reason for divorce can fit into one of the grounds to prove divorce. You can read more about the grounds of divorce here. However, don’t worry too much about this now, once you speak to a lawyer he/she will listen to your case and advise you properly on which ground of divorce your reason may be able to fit under.

Step 3 – You need to begin to think about what you want out of the divorce. This will largely depend on the specific situations of your marriage. Things you should begin to consider are:

Who will have custody of children?
Will your spouse pay for maintenance of the children?
If you are unemployed, do you want maintenance from your spouse? (you will need to prove why the court should grant this)
How will the property be shared? Do you believe you are 100% entitled to certain property because you paid for them? Etc.
These are some of the things you need to be thinking about, but again, don’t worry about it too much, a good lawyer will be able to elicit this information from you and ensure all the bases are covered and you are adequately protected and you get what you deserve.


THE DIVORCE PROCESS
Step 1 – The divorce process officially commences when your lawyer files what is known as a petition for divorce in the High Court. This bundle of documents basically states your case- who you are married to, where you got married, how long you have been married for, why you want a divorce, what you want from the divorce, and any evidence to back this up. This is where the lawyer begins to earn their fee. They will draft and file all the necessary court processes and ensure you have put forward your petition in a logical and professional manner. If you are the person who filed the petition you are referred to as the petitioner, and your spouse is the respondent.

Step 2– Once the document is filed in the court, it will be given a file number in the court system (the Family court division), and then the contents of your petition will be served on (delivered to) your spouse (and his lawyer). Your spouse will be given a certain number of days (it varies based on which State your petition is filed) to respond to your petition. The content of the response will depend on if your spouse also wants a divorce.

Step 3 – Once your spouse has replied to your petition, the courts will then hear the case in open court. If there are any witnesses that need to be called to corroborate any evidence, they will appear in court.

Step 4 – If the judge is satisfied that a divorce should be granted, then it grants what is known as a ‘decree nisi’, basically that the marriage should be dissolved. However, the decree nisi does not mean that it has been dissolved, you will have to wait for another 3 months, and then the decree nisi will become a ‘decree absolute’.

Step 5 – the judge has the power to grant custody of any children to either spouse, and can make orders for the payment of maintenance (for the spouse and children), and also make orders for the settlement of any property of the marriage.


The above is a very general overview of the divorce process. As each marriage will have its own specific set of facts, the process will vary, and that is why it is important to seek the advice and counsel of a qualified lawyer before embarking on a divorce. Source-LawPadi
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You can start a divorce process in two ways: mutual consent divorce or contested divorce.

A divorce by mutual consent is a kind of divorce whereby both the husband and wife mutually agree to end their marriage and decide the terms and conditions of their divorce amicably. Mutual consent divorce is also called an uncontested divorce as the husband and wife file a joint divorce petition without the need to contest it in the court.

There are basically 3 conditions which can be fulfilled to get a mutual consent divorce These grounds are:

-Both the parties to the marriage have been living separately for a period of one year or more
-They have not been able to live together
-They have now mutually agreed for the dissolution of the marriage

Documents Required
*Address proof of husband
*Address proof of wife
*Marriage certificate
*Four passport size photographs of the marriage of husband and wife
*Evidence proving spouses are living separately for more than a year.
*Evidence relating to the failed attempts of reconciliation
*Further when the case proceeds in the Courts; there are certain other documents which have to be presented to get a Divorce Decree:

Income Tax Returns (3 years)
Details of present income
Birth and family details
The details of the assets
Competent Court and Jurisdiction

There are various courts that can try a Divorce case, but eventually, only the competent court must be approached to get a Regular Valid Decree. The petition for mutual divorce can be filled in these competent courts:

1. The court having jurisdiction over the area where couple seeking divorce last lived together
2. The court having jurisdiction over the area where the marriage was solemnized
3. The court having jurisdiction over the area where the wife is residing as of present
4. Procedure To Obtain Mutual Consent Divorce

The process of getting the divorce might seem a little hectic, yet it the ideal process to follow the same. The procedure being:

-Petition to be filed under Marriage Act,
-Both the parties need to file this petition together seeking the divorce before the District Court.
-The parties intending to dissolve a marriage can file for divorce after at least one year from the date of marriage.
-Both the parties need to file the petition together seeking the divorce before the District Court.
-Parties are required to show that they have been living separately for a period of one year or more before the presentation of the petition for divorce.
-Jurisdiction is with the Family Court of the city/ district where the parties last resided together (matrimonial home).
-The divorce petition is filed in the form of affidavit thereby stating that the divorce is by mutual consent and containing the agreed clauses by the parties. (First Motion)
-Recording of statements of both parties by the court.
-Six months of cooling period (not more than eighteen months in any case) granted by the court in a case to the parties wish to consider any reconciliation.
-During the period of six months, any of the party is fully entitled to withdraw the mutual consent by filing an application before the court.
-After six months, parties present themselves in front of the court.
-Parties confirm the mutual consent filed earlier. (Second Motion).
-Decree of Divorce granted by the court.

Contested Divorce
Contested divorce is where one party does not want to dissolve the marriage for whatever reasons. One-sided divorce takes place when one spouse has the grounds for separation and wishes to end the marriage. As the name suggests, the husband and wife contest each other to get the most out of a divorce proceeding and hire a divorce lawyer in India to represent their interest.

To contest a divorce in courts, the following procedure is laid down:

Filing a divorce petition- After recognising the court of appropriate jurisdiction, the contested divorce petition must be drafted by an experienced divorce attorney and must contain the issues and problems that have arisen out of the marriage and mention the grounds on which the petitioner wants to file a divorce. Once the divorce petition is filed, the court will issue summons to the other spouse notifying him/her that a divorce case has been filed by their spouse.

Reply by the opposite party- Once the summons has been sent, the opposite party is required to write his/her reply to such petition explaining their side. However, if the opposite party choose not to show up at the hearing date, the court may proceed to give a decision after hearing the side of one party only.

Interim decision- At the initial stage, the court might suggest that the divorcing spouses take up the process of mediation to settle their disputes before getting a divorce. Mediation will involve a third neutral party who will help in mediating communication between the spouses.

Filing of evidence- If the mediation does not give a positive result, normal proceedings resume and the evidence is submitted by divorce lawyers of both the spouses. Examination and cross-examination take place- evidence from the petitioner is taken into record first and then from the opposite party.

Final arguments- Once the evidence is filed, final arguments between the parties take place. Final arguments are the primary deciding factors on which the court finalises dissolution of marriage.

Divorce decree- At the conclusion of arguments, the court gives out its final judgment and passes a divorce decree.

Long story! Marriage is for life

Nik77:
Source: https://www.sunnewsonline.com/sheikh-gumi-blasts-northern-leaders-youre-hypocrites/

I agree with everything this man said. Sanusi's hypocrisy is sickening.
Bandits have already commenced the disbanding of Nigeria

Monkeyprick:
For real?
You people just come online and write rubbish.
What has this got to-do with sickle cell?
If their genotype fits, they'll give birth to healthy children.
Wait a minute self, how many Sanusi children be SS?
Guy, you fall my hand with this post i swear

I'm afraid that you're the ignorant one here.
Consanguinity and inbreeding brings out deformed and retarded children. Read up about it.
I'm sorry to tell you that they're more physically and mentally challenged people in the North than in other parts of Nigeria because of this.

obembet:
Almost 95% of married men are into this nonsense. To marry they scare me self

Where do you people get your statistics?
This mindset reinforces cheating by making it seem normal. The truth is that a very large number of men don't cheat because
They fear God
They respect their bodies
They honour their wives and children
They are andropausal
They direct their energies to productive activities.

Please change your social circle. Be decent and move with decent people. Not low-lives and crack heads.

SammieRexx:
Fact: this actually happened yesterday in ngbo ohaukwu LGA
Fact: this is not the handiwork of fulani herdsmen but communal clash between this village and their neighbour from Benue state.
Don't ask me how I got my facts

How did you get your facts? Why may I not ask you if you're sure?

mvem:
https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2017/05/24/the-noose-around-emir-sanusi/

https://www.nigerianbulletin.com/threads/emir-sanusi-a-hounded-saint-with-a-dark-past.238962/

https://www.cknnigeria.com/2014/02/lamido-sanusi-fingered-in-beheading-of.html?m=1


https://www.economist.com › comm...
The emir of Kano - The Economist

It is well known he was implicated as an accomplice in the killing of a trader that sparked religious riots in kano in '95. He was then arrested by the Abacha regime but later released

This is serious

Solorrman3310:
The south has nothing to emulate than filth and immorality. It's only in the south u would see a couple living for years,having children but gotten them without marriage something that even the Americans never do. It's in the south u will find no almajiri or disabled who begs why ? Because they are either killed and hurried or eaten as pepper soup delicacy. It's in the south where u will see a brother beheads his father or mother for rituals,it's in the south where u will get a father,a brother having sex with the blood family,it's in the south where u will see even older women wearing a skimpy skirt that u can without much effort see their underwear and that include seeing by their children it's hard to get some one that could not describe the colours of his mothers and sisters underwears,it is in the south where u will get many area boys who came in to the world without knowing their fathers of which almost about half of them are fathered by northerners who went their for trade or as heavy duty trucks conductors and in the process fvck the women who were all hardly not prostitute,when the northerner finished his stay he usually runs to north leaving the mother and the child to stay together. It's only in the south where almost all of them eats any living creature that moves and recent death carcass ones,u eat disgusting beings ranging from maggots,dogs,pigs,donkeys,lizards,snails,hyena,monkeys of all type,apes,humans,tortoise,snakes,and death animals the combination of such animals renders most of u smell a unique southern smell as we named it,it's a fish like particular smell that can not be wash away by any bath,soap or lotion,u can not sense it but we do lastly u have professors,doctors,scientist and many big men but the most pathetic of all is worship somebody other than God ,this is the worst way of life that we pray to God to never be like u not in only 100 years that u talked about but forever and ever and ever and ever ever,u do worship a guy that does nothing without the command of God,he was a prophet and a good prophet as we respect him as Muslim because it's even a must to us since disliking him means becoming non Muslim,he was the messiah,he raises the death and he was very honest but had characters that disqualified him to be a God. Jesus had anus and penix which he uses up untill he depart,real God do not in any way get degraded and shamefully having a disgusting creation on to himself,God never goes to toilet to urinate and shitt as Jesus did,God never cried,never got beaten ,prophets and we people are the ones that have such features because God is above all u know and has no time going to toilet,in short emulating south by the north means doom,the north ofcourse suffers hunger as stated by one body organisation but as u can see it's because we eat less animals not as u who eat every living things. We better all die in hunger 80 times than become u who only knows how to dance and sing in the name of worship ping God. U think dancing can serve as a direct ticket to paradise,u think God is like gudluck or obasanjo right ? Even obasanjo can sue u if u chooses to be only dancing and singing in serving him let alone God almighty.Lastly know this ,i shall never read ur comment even if u send it for me it's a waste because i quit reading critic and commendable comments on nairaland since 2013 sorry

Go to school, they won't agree.
See the blunders you typed.
You can remain in your poverty and disease. Continue marrying your cousins and keep producing imbeciles.

Arrewa:
must you always tag my moniker in any northern issue that doesn't concern you??

So no single Igbo beggar among them?
You used to post pictures of begging in the South. Do you now know that those beggars came from the North?

NextD18:
I hate to say this but I have to.

As a woman, if you have zero tolerance for a cheating man, you'll hardly cope or have a successful marriage.

Trust me; this is the bitter truth.

99.583% of women who their marriage has lasted successfully, once tolerated and forgave their husband for being unfaithful.

You and those who like your post can continue living in your self deception.
There are many, I mean, many men and women who don't cheat because they fear God, respect their bodies and honour their spouses and CHILDREN.
It's people like you with zero ambition whose thoughts are focused on cheating and contracting STD. Enjoy your self validated statistics. I hope you're among the thousands taking anti retroviral drugs in Osun.

[quote author=statusquoante post=87126155][/quote]Two virgin boys led the way into the bandits’ den.

So virginity has spiritual powers

CodeTemplar:
You don't need others to agree with you before preaching about what you believe. That's commonsense. By the way, why are muslims concerned about a supposedly harmless name? The Name of Jesus should be meaningless and harmless to them now.

Hmm.
Interesting perspective.
I think their concerns aren't just religious but political. Islam, I think, is more of a political and racial ideology than a religion

Built2last:
They have mosques in many western countries and no one harasses them but when a church springs up in their country, they arrest and kill or summon to explain why you converted. Islamabad is a capital of a country

Part of their reason for converting. How can you preach peace when you don't even agree with yourselves

Iran’s intelligence minister, Mahmoud Mahmoud Alavi, openly expressed concern last weekend about the spread of Christianity in the Islamic republic and said that some converts to Christianity were “summoned” to explain why they have converted.

The 65-year-old Alavi gave a speech before Shia clerics on Saturday, the day before the beginning of Ramadan.

According to the International Shia News Association, Alavi blamed “evangelical propaganda” as being complicit to the increase in Iranian Muslims converting to Christianity in certain areas of the country.


Despite Christianity being criminalized in a country where the government is entangled with hardline Islam, the nation is experiencing one of the fastest evolving underground church movements in the world.

According to Radio Farda, Alavi told the clerics that the Intelligence Ministry and Qom Seminary, the country’s largest Islamic seminary, have dispatched individuals and institutions that are active in "countering the advocates of Christianity" to areas where Muslims are being converted.

"People tend to become Christians who are ordinary people of the community, for example, their sandwich shops and the like, and they became a Christian family,” he was quoted as saying.

Alavi also said that in a city like Hamadan province in northwestern Iran, the government was given no choice but to summon Muslim converts to Christianity to ask why they have embraced the religion over Islam.

“Some of them said that ‘we were seeking a religion that would calm us and establish ourselves with us and brotherhood,’” Alavi was quoted as saying. “We told them that ‘Islam is a religion of brotherhood.’ They said that ‘we see that the scholars of Islam and those who talk behind the podium talk continuously against each other, if Islam is a religion of [peace], then first of all, one must create [peace] between his scholars.’”

The intelligence minister reportedly said that although the agency is not responsible for finding the root cause of the mass religious conversion to Christianity in Iran, it is “happening right before our eyes.”

Radio Farda, the Iranian affiliate of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, surmises that the converts who spoke with the intelligence ministry must have been referring to ongoing disputes between Iran’s ruling clerics.

Underground house churches continue to spring up across Iran, although they must do so in secrecy because they risk torture and imprisonment in the Islamic republic.

Believers can be arrested for preaching the Gospel or having a copy of the Bible translated into Farsi.

Although it's hard to get an accurate read on how many Christians are in Iran, estimates have ranged from 800,000 to over 1 million.

Open Doors USA, an organization that operates in dozens of countries to help the persecuted church, reports that converts to Christianity “bear the brunt” of the Christian persecution in Iran — by the government or their own family members.

“The government sees them as an attempt by Western countries to undermine Islam and the Islamic regime of Iran,” an Open Doors fact sheet reads. “Many Christians (especially converts) have been prosecuted and sentenced to long terms in jail. Others are still awaiting trial. During this time, their families face public humiliation.”


Open Doors notes that several house churches were razed during the 2019 World Watch List reporting period, including instances in which entire congregations have been arrested.

“Most are no longer functioning as house churches,” Open Doors explains.

Iran is designated by the U.S. State Department as a “country of particular concern” for “systematic, ongoing, [and] egregious violations of religious freedom.”

Open Doors ranks Iran as the 9th worst country in the world when it comes to the persecution of Christians on its 2019 World Watch List.


https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.foxnews.com/faith-values/worlds-fastest-growing-church-women-documentary-film.amp