Source: www.vomusa.org
Date: October 7, 2026
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Finding the Love of Jesus
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| The first time Arman stepped into a church, he did it purely out of spite. He had grown up with Muslim parents who were strict, controlling and cruel. He described their religion as “without any knowledge, without any purpose and without any love.” “Some of the extreme treatment hurt me a lot,” he said. Twice, driven to despair because of his home life and the brutalities of the hardline Shia Islamic theocracy of Iran, Arman tried to take his own life. He begged Allah for help but heard nothing but silence. So he channeled his frustrations, disillusionment and anger into political protest against the government. When he finally fled Iran at the age of 29, he carried with him a burden of bitterness toward his parents and the harsh Islam they represented. “I hated them,” Arman said, “and before I left Iran I told them, ‘I will not forgive you, never.’” He considered what might cause them the most pain, and going to a Christian church seemed to be just the thing. “It was the first motivation,” Arman admitted, “but after that I found the love of Jesus.” Read Arman’s full story, adapted from the October issue of The Voice of the Martyrs’ magazine.
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