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By Jonathan Clark

The disturbing Chinese-Iranian alliance

China pledged support for Iran last week during the BRICS Summit in Russia. 

BRICS is an intergovernmental organization comprised of the countries of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Other affiliated countries include Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia and the United Arab Emirates.

Chinese President Xi Jinping stated, “No matter how the international and regional situation changes, China will unswervingly develop friendly cooperation with Iran.”

International Christian Concern warns, “China and Iran are known persecutors of Christians, and their mutual support could lead to increased persecution as both countries work to eliminate the practice of Christianity within their borders.”

Growing Evangelical presence in Spain

The Observatory of Religious Pluralism in Spain released a report on evangelical places of worship.

There are 4,455 evangelical places of worship in Spain this year, up about 1,000 from 10 years ago.

With atheism and agnosticism on the rise in the country, many religious groups are shrinking or just maintaining their numbers. Evangelicals are among the few groups seeing growth in the historically Catholic nation.

Transit workers win lawsuit after being denied religious accommodation

In the U.S., transit workers won a $7 million lawsuit after being denied religious accommodations for the COVID shot during the pandemic.

The Pacific Justice Institute represented the former employees of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. The public transit service provided no accommodations for the workers’ religious exemption requests. 

Kevin Snider, Chief Counsel with The Pacific Justice Institute, said, “The rail employees chose to lose their livelihood rather than deny their faith. That in itself shows the sincerity and depth of their convictions. After nearly three years of struggle, these essential workers feel they were heard and understood by the jury and are overjoyed and relieved by the verdict.” 

Supreme Court: Non-citizens in Virginia should be barred from voting

The U.S. Supreme Court sided with Virginia yesterday in the state’s attempt to keep noncitizens from voting.

Virginia officials had removed over 1,600 voter registrations of noncitizens over the last couple months. The Biden administration sued Virginia, and a federal court ordered many of the registrations reinstated.

However, conservative justices on the Supreme Court granted an emergency appeal to Virginia’s Republican administration. 

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares