Iranian court rules Christian evangelical activities amount to "Zionism"

From the Christian Post:

A Revolutionary Court in Tehran has sentenced an Iranian Christian convert to 10 years in prison for his Christian work, according to an Iranian Christian news agency.

Mohammad-Hadi Bordbar, who was arrested on Dec. 27, 2012, was sentenced by Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran, according to Mohabat News. The judgment was delivered by Judge Pir-Abassi, a judge notorious for his harsh sentences.

Bordbar, aka Mostafa, was given five years for his membership in an "anti-security organization" and an additional five-year term for being part of a gathering with alleged intent to "commit crimes against national security."

The verdict states that Christian evangelical activities amount to "Zionism," to fight the Islamic regime of Iran by establishing evangelical ministries and organizations and holding underground worship meetings.

The charges include apostasy, belief that evangelism is a duty, distributing 12,000 Gospel tracts, possession of Christian material, attendance in house churches run by a Korean lady, involvement with other house churches and translation of Christian films for dissemination.

But Iran is also on the lookout for the next big Zionist religion:

Extremist far-right groups have been trying to spread freemasonry and Zionist principles in order to remove Islam from Europe.

This is according to French university scholar and international affairs expert Pierre Dortiguier, who also told IQNA that by spreading Islamophobia, these groups seek to implement their plot to create a new religion based on freemasonry and Zionist principles and replace Islam with this new cult.

Elaborating on the France’s stance vis-à-vis religious symbols like Islamic Hijab, he said like other leftist governments, the French government is very much interested in removing all religious symbols. This is not about eliminating the Islamic culture only, because it was used against Christianity in the 19th century as well.

He said in the past years, as some Western philosophers say, Christianity is no longer in people’s mind and heart and the only religion that continues to live is Islam. “Therefore, in order to eliminate Islam from Europe and implement their plot to bring a new religion based on freemasonry and Zionist principles, they started to spread Islamophobia.”

The university scholar said the growth of Islamophobia in Europe is not a coincidence, but there are special foundations, methods and goals in play and different groups involved.

“In fact, Islamophobia is the second phase of a bigger plan to fight against the spread of Islam among Europeans. The first phase was presenting theories and writing books and articles to spread doubts about Islamic teachings.”