christians jailed in iran. one pastor could pay for his faith with his life. hello everyone i am wendy griffith. george thomas is on aassignmt. arack dn against christians in iran, targeting house church pastors and leaders. hundreds have been imprisoned since the beginning of the year. gary lane has more. reporter: crackdown has led to 285 believers in 35 cities arrested in iran in the past 6 months. according to elam ministries, an organization that serves christians in that country. many have spent weeks and months in prison, long stretches in solitary confinement and endured interrogations and psychological abuse. iranian pastor hormoz shariat is with antioch ministries and hosts a talk show. >> most don't tell their family if they can't have a lawyer, even a formal charge, sometimes they get killed without a formal charge. >> when he became president in 1985, mahmoud ahmadenijad launched a crackdown, david yeghnazar says the government's efforts are intensifying. >> in particular, the last year has been very, the persecution has gained momentum. that is be

arguably one of the biggest football rivalries some substantial backing has been thrown behind christiane iran although as world cup holder cassius says he writes israel madrid team mate has been barcelona's fee for player of the atlanta let's say the ray allen spain goalkeeper is in beijing for emotional and charity reasons he will donate items for the action for holding a football clinic in the chinese capital of israel prepare for too much to the asian nation next month because he is likely to retain a captain suit for that trip and he owns up to his bathroom as coach joe's a marine i was planning to strip him of the role. for now though which probably comes as no surprise. that choosing between messi and cristiano ronaldo i would say i will go for christian not a few not only my teammate but also a friend i have to admit that they currently have both the best footballers in the world and they're both very ambitious and given all their effort to play football for themselves and for their respective teams but anyway among the two best players i would choose chris cherno. is. petersburg have

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encourage them to stand with israel and all their voting on the final day of the summit christians united for israel iran to settles and makes appointments for all of its attendees to visit their representatives in congress ensuring a strong voice for pro israel positions year after year healin for an artsy washington d.c. . now one journalist filmed the christians united for israel summit a few years ago but was kicked out before it was over but not before pulling the curtain back on some pretty illustrative beliefs held by people at the summit here to talk about what role those play in policy and politics is max blumenthal he's a fellow at the nation is an author of this book republican gomorra he's here to talk about it thanks so much for being with us today i know you joined us from quite a long distance there in lebanon now you did attend this and you covered it and i think it's pretty fair to say that you've taken a critical stance i'm curious just on a personal note you're jewish i saw in some of your videos you know people at this event asked you you know do you believe in jesus christ is that ac

. >> to become a government similar to the islamic public of iran says congressman frank wolf. egypt's coptic christians that would not be good for them. it would not be good for united states, for the western civilization. >> i think the coptic christians would be in a difficult spot. much more difficult than if the muslim brotherhood than with hosni mubarak. >> in the first few days of hosni mubarak, they faysed more than 60 attacks. >> christians are waiting for a thorough investigation and prosecution of those responsible for the bombing last new year's day, 23 people killed, 97 injuried. congressman wolf says it is time the united states become an advocate for them. >> there should be pressure on the administration to stand out with the persecuted and coptic christians are the leading point of the spear. if egypt trends the other way, the impact it will have. >> middle east expert wallid fairs -->> secretary of state announced they would begin arguing with the muslim brotherhood. >> they should be the partners of the west knowing very well their final goal is to establish an islamic state like iran

right now, 93 percent of the globe gets christian radio and so even many mecca, we know people here, radio programs, television breaks through. in iran, they get people to throw away satellite dishes. they forbid them. then it ends up, a couple of weeks later, the people rehook them up and watching television again. there is a fear of the gospel getting in there. it is getting through electronically. >> what is the best way to share the gospel with a muslim 1 on 1? >> put away all of your preconceived notions and prejudices. they are not all terrorists. just by the very fact they left the middle east to come here shows they are dissatisfied with something. they are open to the gospel. respect, love, honor to them. not arguing, not talking about politics. that will get you off to a really nice start. we saw muslims and because of how they were treated in america, it drew them back into their family and faith and went back to the middle east and became more radical. >> i know august is the month of prayer for ramadan. they go to mecca to have an experience with god. each year we get reports of muslims throwing stones tat devil and havi

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the balance of my time, what is going on in egypt and the abuses being experienced by christians and people in iran and elsewhere, we need to do much more than we have done to combat this, to speak out, to do good chronicling but also once you get the information to ensure that it is actionable and that you take it to those governments. we have not done that. a special envoy would be uniquely equipped to take the cause of the beleaguered, suffering religious minorities in the middle east and to fight and to fight every day of the week for those people. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. berman: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in strong support of this bill and yield myself as much time as i may consume. this bipartisan legislation creates a special envoy to promote religious freedom of religious minorities in the near east and south central asia. the state department, the special envoy would be responsible for monitoring and combating acts of religious intolerance, engaging with foreign govern

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congratulating christiane i see where in kiev where all put on leaders from russia ukraine and the rest the side. of worship. iran's nuclear program has passed a point of no return according to its foreign minister in about twenty minutes he explains exclusively why the country called atomic plans. iran has reached a point in its nuclear research where it is impossible to stop it or go back over the nuclear technologies or develop into a domestic industry becoming a fact of life for many iranians now that we have educated and trained thousands of nuclear scientists who can the wish for the entire world stop us from enriching uranium so as for how the situation is going to do that there is no limit discussion dialogue and negotiation we see it as a test for ourselves for our patients and and throughout our history of minor sort of prove to the world to do run for does not give up in the face of suppression and to still if we are ready to put any price and withstand anything there is no point in being in reserve the right the more these threaten and pushes the more determined we become to move out of school and. find

christian-based terror is a way to do that. the primary threat to this world comes from islamic terrorism. iran is a major problem.f the country gets nuclear weapons and it's desperately frying to. does anyone doubt those weapons would be used. a muslim in pakistan exported nuclear technology to north korea. and muslim suicide bombers below innocent people up almost every day. yet, once again the liberal media wants you to fear christian terrorists going forward when jihad is mentioned, you know breivik and mcvey will enter the conversation. sometimes i think the world is going mad. this breivik guy is a luann, mass murderers who acted out of rank hatred. no government supported him. no self-proclaimed terror group like al qaeda paid his bills. by murdering innocent people. there is no equivalency to jihad. no worldwide breivik movement. just another violent pathetic legacy stemming back to cain. in a moment, we will discuss why the left-wing media continues to report on terrorism in this manner because islam is anything liberal. the mayor of chicago it going off on a reporter in a very personal way. coming right

iran. well if you look at the koran there's a command from almost through mohammad slay the idolaters wherever you find them so if you masturbate that's the first commandment in christianity if you ask a christian what command jesus were you following when you bomb this abortion clinic you will get dead silence there is no command of jesus to take out the infidels but there's a lot of this that i can i come not to bring peace i come with a sword that's the quote that's most of all i think people who are who are bombing abortion clinics or who are blowing up people in the name of jesus and you know that the first commandment of the commander but is that if somebody is an idolater they should be put to death well it's time now you're talking about the old testament you can bring out a jewish theologian to debate that's not fair to your boss and is a christian does it if a christian does it what command of jesus christ is he obeying if the muslim does it i can find you one hundred nine commands in the koran tells them to take out the infidels and again this you know these are both archaic religions brian the there are in modern day people are not modern day christians are no

floats the law, but i talk to the christian women's attorney, stephen j.teig, he remembers ksm bursting through the office and translator to lecture him about the iran/iraq war and why america is wrong about israel. israel seems to be a point in the radicalization. more so than i would have thought. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> what are you leading this summer? booktv wants to know. >> well, i've got a whole long list of books. but some are unfinished, some are new. the first book i'm working on is "monsoon" which is a book by robert kaplan about the whole issue of central asia. where i think most of the politics of the most 25 years are going to occur. and i have read chapters of it when i've traveled to various parts like indonesia, but i want to read the whole book. i haven't finished it. i started it in february. another book was given to me by a fellow in my office from the american academy of mechanical engineers. who worked with me on the whole question of water. and i said to him, tell me what problems with water are going to be over the next 20 or 30 years. and this book he's gave me and he said i want y

other groups like the christian asyrians in iraq, the suffering of the prisoners in iran and the millions of others proseek to practice their religion -- who seek to practice their religion in peace looks to us for hope. this bill answers that call. h.r. 440 will create a powerful diplomatic tool for the promotion of religious freedom and for human rights in the volatile regions of the near east and south central asia. i thank the gentleman for his bill and i urge support for this meaningful legislation and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. berman: yes, i'm pleased to yield three minutes to the gentleman from michigan, mr. peters. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan is recognized for three minutes. mr. peters: mr. speaker, i'm pleased today to rise in support of h.r. 440, a bill to establish a special envoy to promote religious freedom -- freedom of religious minorities in the near east and south central asia. as a co-sponsor of this bipartisan leg