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Two Iranian women share about their conversion from Islam to Christianity. After studying the Quran left them feeling empty, friends introduced them to the God of Christianity and the women began sharing this newfound hope with others. They were soon arrested and interrogated for 9 month. These women now use their experience with persecution to inspire others in the hope and triumph they have found through their conversion.

3/21/2017 Iran (Daily News Journal) – For 259 days, Maryam Rostampour and Marziyeh Amirizadeh were imprisoned for spreading Christianity. After gaining freedom, the two women wrote a chronicle of their journey, “Captive in Iran: A Remarkable True Story of Hope and Triumph amid the Horror of Tehran’s Brutal Evin Prison.”

At 7 p.m. Monday, Rostampour and Amirizadeh will share their story at the School of Christian Thought at North Boulevard Church of Christ, 1112 N. Rutherford Blvd.

Although both women didn’t meet until their 20s, Rostampour and Amirizadeh were raised Muslim. While their family members weren’t devout Muslims, the women tried to study the Quran and follow its teachings.

But something was missing, said Amirizadeh.

“As a child, I had many questions about God. I always asked many questions and I couldn’t get the right answer because in Iran, we only had access to Quran and Islamic books,” Amirizadeh said, explaining that she was unable to do research on other religions. “Why did we have to pray five times a day? Why did we have to cover ourselves? Why did we have to speak to God in Arabic? Could God not understand our native language, which is Farsi?”

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