Right now we’re seeing scores of refugees from Afghanistan here in Athens: men, families, even unaccompanied minors (i.e. kids on their own, some as young as 12 years old). Although five million refugees have returned to Afghanistan since 2002, millions of Afghans still wander outside of their homeland (2.6 million in Pakistan and Iran alone). [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Nations’
February 18, 2009
Persecution
Farsi-speaking churches are under attack. We’ve been hearing reports of pastors in Iran being arrested or detained without charges. Some have been released, others given court dates (charged with apostasy from Islam – a capital offense), and the fate of others is still unknown. Although Christians are always under threat in Iran, there has been [...]
