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The turning point of the Middle East may very well center around the Iranian people. Iran’s population is about 85,000,000, of whom 58,000,000 (almost 70%) are below the age of 42 years who have not known any rule except the tyrannical theocracy of Islamic Sharia. Christianity is flourishing, and the implications are potentially very profound and world-shattering. Today, what is happening in Iran is an incredible repeat performance of how Christianity spread under Roman Pagan rule by a clandestine marvel, using the practice of what is sometimes called Muslim Background Believers.
The consequences for the world will be enormous because the collapse of Khomeini’s regime would not only fundamentally alter the balance of power in the Middle East; it would also terminate the Islamist surge that Iranian revolutionaries initiated in 1978-79, ending the malignant historical cycle of Islamic terrorism that largely started in Iran. Here is a link to the referenced article on the program: Iran’s Brewing Volcano Has World Shattering Implications.
Foreign Affairs Analyst, IQ al-Rassooli is an Iraqi exile, Arabic speaker, scholar, and author, and a weekly columnist here at America Out Loud⏤joins Malcolm on The Voice of a Nation for an eye-opening discussion.