( SRN NEWS ) International Christian Concern reports that the gospel is spreading in Iran despite some of the worst persecution in the world. ICC President Jeff King says “Conservative estimates suggest more than one million Iranians have converted to Christianity, transforming from a few hundred believers before 1979 to a movement that now dwarfs […]
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( SRN NEWS ) International Christian Concern reports that the gospel is spreading in Iran despite some of the worst persecution in the world. ICC President Jeff King says “Conservative estimates suggest more than one million Iranians have converted to Christianity, transforming from a few hundred believers before 1979 to a movement that now dwarfs the regime’s own support.” ICC also reports that tens-of-thousands of mosques in Iran have closed their doors for lack of parishioners as young people turn away from Islam. That religion is associated with the Iranian regime which has brought poverty and war to much of the country.
( ) Anti-Semitism rears its head in Greece. A kosher restaurant in Athens has been defaced by vandals who wrote “No Zionist is safe here” on the building. Local authorities are investigating the incident at the eatery which had only been open six weeks. Anti-Semitism has spiked all around the globe since Hamas launched its devastating attack on Israel in October of 2023. Restaurants have been a favorite target of pro-Palestinian protesters. Since 2023 they have attacked eateries in New York, Philadelphia, Melbourne, Australia and other places around the world. The restaurant in Athens is not far from the city’s Holocaust memorial.
( ) Authorities are looking into another angle in the weekend shooting at a church in Kentucky. The gunman, 47-year-old Guy House, was apparently seeking his estranged wife when he opened fire inside the Richmond Road Baptist Church in Lexington. But now the New York Post reports that social media posts have come to light in which House is seen posing wearing a Palestinian headdress similar to that worn by terrorists. He died in a shootout with police after killing two people at the church and wounding several others. His wife was not at the church at the time that House arrived on Sunday morning.
( ) A New York county clerk has again refused to file a more than 100,000 dollar civil judgment from Texas against a doctor accused of prescribing abortion pills. Ulster County clerk Taylor Bruck cites New York’s shield law, which protects abortion providers serving patients from states with abortion bans. The Texas attorney general’s office claims the filing is required under New York law. New York is one of eight states with telemedicine shield laws. This case could end up testing the legality of such measures and some legal analysts say it could wind up making it all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court one day.