Iran: Suppression of religious freedom and persecution of religious minorities

Authors

  • Thomas Schirrmacher

Keywords:

Iran, Shia, Sunni, Baha’i, Protestants, Evangelicals

Abstract

The article explores the situation of non-Shiite Muslims, non-Christian religions like Baha’i, and the different Christian confessions in Iran. It particularly examines their legal situation, asks for the ideological position of the Iranian leadership concerning other religions and then describes the actual problems, as the government rarely uses legal means against other religions, but uses allegations of espionage against them.

Author Biography

Thomas Schirrmacher

Prof. Dr. theol. Dr. phil. Thomas Paul Schirrmacher, PhD, DD, (born 1960) is President of the International Council of the International Society for Human Rights and President of the International Institute for Religious Freedom (Bonn, Cape Town, Colombo, Brasilia). He teaches as as extraordinary professor of the sociology of religion at the state University of the West in Timisoara (Romania) and human rights and religious freedom at Oxford University (Regent’s Park College). In his religious role he is Bishop and Secretary General of the World Evangelical Alliance, which represents churches with 600 million Protestant Christians.

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Published

2023-01-11

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2009): Volume 2, Issue 1

Section

Articles

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Copyright (c) 2009 Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

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