Iran admits that millions have left islam in the last 5 years........

[kellymaureen]

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=1.0.1988866222

Tehran, 19 March (AKI) - In its first session since last week's general elections, the new Iranian parliament is expected to discuss a law that will condemn to death anyone who decides to leave the Muslim faith and convert to other religions.

The parliament, also known as the Majlis, will debate the new law which has been presented by the government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Under the proposed law, anyone who is born to Muslim parents and decides to convert to another faith, will face the death penalty.

Currently converts, particularly those who have decided to leave the Muslim faith for Evangelical churches, are arrested and then released after some years of detention.

The new legislation, which has caused concern in Iran and abroad, was proposed mainly because of fears of proselytising activities by Evangelical churches particularly through the use of satellite channels.

There has also been concern over fact that many young people in Iran have abandoned Islam because they're tired of the many restrictions imposed by the faith.

According to unofficial sources, in the past five years, one million Iranians, particularly young people and women, have abandoned Islam and joined Evangelical churches.

This phenomenon has surprised even the missionaries who carry out their activities in secret in Iran.

An Evangelical priest and former Muslim in Iran told Adnkronos International (AKI) that the conversions were "interesting, enthusiastic but very dangerous".

"The high number of conversions is the reason that the government has decided to make the repression of Christians official with this new law," said the priest on condition of anonymity.

"Often we get to know about a new community that has been formed, after a lot of time, given that the people gather in homes to pray and often with rituals that they invent without any real spiritual guide," he told AKI.

"We find ourselves facing what is more than a conversion to the Christian faith," he said. "It's a mass exodus from Islam."
Since the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran, at least eight Christians have been killed for their faith.

Seven of them were found stabbed to death after they were kidnapped while only one, Seyyed Hossein Soudmand was condemned to death.

No compulsion in religion huh.....they must be getting really worried lol with all the young people and women leaving islam in droves.  Its actually very surprising that they are admitting this, normally we only hear about converts to islam, they always overinflate their numbers and this wont help their charade

[newman]

Such a wonderful religion.....................nobody ever leaves it.

It reminds me of the old days of communism. The Ruskies trying to convince us all that communism was so great while nobody was allowed to leave the country!Only leftists were retarded enough to believe it.

[Ari]

Wow, finally some good news.

[AriseSouthAfrica]

Fantastic news! This can only be seen as another victory against the evil and satanic Islam!

[דוד בן זאב אריה]

well we have The Hitler of our time to thank. Achmadimijad

[george_jtf]

That is great news! If anything, think of it as there are milion less suicide bombers and a milion more intelligent people.

As un-christian this might sound, how about if the entire world bans islam, and those who choose to stop believing this Satanic religion that they be allowed to convert to ANY religion they wish! It would show these Islamo-Idiots that the world is united finally and that unlike Islam, they are given an option of an alternate belief that doesn't support suicide bombers, raping of women, killing of Infidels,....too many to mention...

I would invite all of JTF-ers to read 2 books by Serge Trifkovic "Sword Of The Prophet" and "Defeating Jihad"....it is available on Amazon.com. The reason I mention these 2 books is because it talks a lot about this subject. Also, go to amazon.com and just look at the reviews that readers have given these 2 books. Once again, interesting that the only people who gave these 2 books 1 or 2 stars are those who just happen to have a islamic usernames.....what a coincidence! LOL!