During the second week of August, the European Court of Human Rights refused to listen to Hassan’s case, meaning now he faces the threat of being deported to his home country, where he will likely face imprisonment or death.

The 44-year-old Iranian told the authorities: “My wife’s brother had become a different person by becoming a Christian. We wanted to see if we would get this feeling when we became Christians”.

He added: “I had had many problems in Iran…I had many questions, but I was not allowed to ask them. When I asked questions, I was beaten at school. This led me to want to know which God I was facing. One day my brother-in-law said to me and my wife that he had good news. There is a treasure, there is a living God, Jesus Christ, we are His children and not His slaves…He said there is a free salvation available”.

Eventually, he, his wife, and the whole family converted to Christianity but, once discovered, security authorities stormed their house and confiscated several things, such as books, including the Bible, the computer, and their passports. He and his family fled to Turkey and later to Germany.

There, Hassan said: “In Germany, I share the gospel, I organize prayer circles here in the accommodation. I want to be a good example, to win others to faith in Jesus Christ. My greatest goal would be for my children to be able to find Christ in freedom, and to do good”.

After Hassan’s asylum application was rejected, he appealed to the administrative court in Greifswald, which dismissed the case on the grounds that it was “not particularly likely that a Muslim would decide to become a Christian after his brother-in-law was tortured and killed and his wife mistreated”.

Source: adfinternational.org