Idiotic Iran is ignorant that ceremonial wine is sipped by Christians at their religious services

It's hard to believe that some of the best doctors and computer wizards are a product of this country. Maybe their full potential is achieved only when they migrate out of a country that's  become brain-dead because of their 24/7 headbanging to the cult of islam. Can this nation which is a shade less cavemen-like than their brother Sunni shitdoms, be actually trusted to use uranium only for peaceful purposes?  If they are ignorant of the simple norms that go with a peaceful religion like Christianity,  what else are they ignorant of? 

Perhaps they want to set an example by coming down hard on Christians because, if various reports are to be believed, thousands of  Iranians from the Shiite and Ahmadiyya communities in Iran and elsewhere are converting to Christianity.  Whether it is because it helps them to migrate out of their brain-dead countries or because they genuinely want to step away from the killer cult ... that's something left to them to taqiyyah about. 

One thing to be thankful for:  If a Sunni converts to Christianity, the unfortunate one is beheaded pronto in Sunni countries. However, to date we have not heard of  Iran condemning Muslims to death for converting to Christianity. Imprisonment... yes. Hundreds of converts to Christianity must be languishing in Iranian jails as their cavemen Constitution cites Apostasy as a major crime.



John Hall writing at Independent:
Four Christians sentenced to 80 lashes  in Iran for drinking ceremonial wine during communion service.

Four Iranian Christians have been sentenced to 80 lashes for drinking ceremonial wine during a communion service and possessing a satellite radio antenna.

The harsh punishment comes amid a government crackdown on Iran’s so-called “house churches” – where worshippers gather in unofficial buildings to conduct Christian ceremonies.

The four men, Behzad Taalipasand, Mehdi Reza Omidi, Mehdi Dadkakh and Amir Hatemi, were originally arrested in the middle of a service just before Christmas last year. They were finally sentenced for the crimes on October 6 and given ten days to launch an appeal.

Reacting to the punishments, Chief Executive of Christian Solidarity Worldwide Mervyn Thomas said: “The sentences handed down to these members of the Church of Iran effectively criminalise the Christian sacrament of sharing in the Lord’s Supper and constitute an unacceptable infringement on the right to practice faith freely and peaceably.”

He added: “We urge the Iranian authorities to ensure that the nation’s legal practices and procedures do not contradict its international obligation under the International Convent on Civil and Political Rights to guarantee the full enjoyment of freedom of religion or belief by all of its religious communities.”

It is estimated that 370,000 Christians live in Iran and, despite assurances from President Hasan Rouhani that the harsh treatment would be scaled back, a UN special report into Iranian human rights criticised the country for routinely punishing non-Muslims for violating Islamic theocratic laws.

Ahmed Shaheed, the man behind the UN report, wrote: “At least 20 Christians were in custody in July 2013. In addition, violations of the rights of Christians, particularly those belonging to evangelical Protestant groups, many of whom are converts, who proselytize to and serve Iranian Christians of Muslim background, continue to be reported”......