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In Iran, Covert Christian Converts Live With Secrecy and Fear

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At home with his family, he's a devout Christian...Publicly, though, Illyas is a devout Muslim...

US News & World Reports reports Leaving Islam for another religion, or apostasy, has long invited reprisals from the Iranian government, forcing the likes of Illyas and his family into absolute secrecy, practicing their new beliefs only in the privacy of their home. In Iran, Christians are prohibited from seeking Muslim converts, although there has been tolerance for those who are born into Christian families.

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