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June 25, 2021

Why Iranians Are Embracing Christianity

A rejection of theocratic totalitarianism?

Except perhaps for the Gaza Strip, the Islamic Republic of Iran is the only country in the world governed by an explicitly Islamist regime. Yet it also has one of the world’s fastest-growing Christian populations—despite the risk of severe persecution for Muslims who abandon their religion. Daniel Pipes writes:

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June 25, 2021

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