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Iran gives Christians 80 lashes for communion wine as UN blasts human rights record

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By Benjamin Weinthal Four Iranian Christians were reportedly sentenced to 80 lashes for drinking wine for communion, a shocking punishment meted out even as a new United Nations report blasted the Islamic republic for its systematic persecution of non-Muslims. The four men were sentenced Oct. 6 after being arrested in a house church last December…

Saudi Arabia sentences men to prison, lashings for role in woman's conversion to Christianity

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By International Christian Concern International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that two men accused of helping a young woman flee Saudi Arabia after her conversion to Christianity were sentenced to prison terms and lashes with a whip by a Saudi court on Sunday. The case comes weeks after an independent U.S. government advisory body listed…

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