Home Office quotes bible verses to ‘prove’ Christianity is not a religion of peace as it rejects asylum bid by Iranian convert

Mar 21, 2019 by

By Joe Middleton, MailOnline.

The Home Office turned down a Christian convert’s bid for asylum in an ‘unbelievably offensive’ letter quoting bloodthirsty passages from the bible to prove Christianity is not a religion of peace.

The Iranian national claimed asylum in 2016, but was turned down, with Home Office officials saying his conversion from Islam was ‘inconsistent’ with his claim Christianity was a peaceful religion – by highlighting violent passages from the bible.

In the refusal letter six passages are listed and a claim is made that Revelations is filled with ‘images of revenge, destruction, death and violence.’

Immigration caseworker Nathan Stevens posted excerpts from the letter on Twitter and said he was ‘genuinely shocked’ to read such an ‘unbelievably offensive diatribe.’

He added: ‘Whatever your views on faith, how can a government official arbitrarily pick bits out of a holy book and then use them to trash someone’s heartfelt reason for coming to a personal decision to follow another faith.’

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