By Aysha, a writer and film-maker from the Middle East, who was forced to leave her home country after she came to faith in Christ. She now lives in the UK, where she works with SAT-7 and other Christian networks on various communications projects. Jesus’ ministry was marked by persecution, culminating darkly in His crucifixion. On the morning of the […]
“This story is a microcosm of a world of injustice and wrong that is perpetrated against the girls and women of my nation.” As we mark one year since the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody in Iran, SAT-7 presents the true story of an Iranian woman that highlights the mistreatment and suffering of women and girls in the country. **This […]
A year ago this week, a 22-year-old Iranian woman left her hometown in the west of Iran to go shopping with some relatives in the country’s capital, Tehran. She never came home. As she left a train station in the afternoon, she was forced into a van belonging to the ‘morality police’, accused of wearing her hijab incorrectly. She was […]
by Dr Terence Ascott, SAT-7 Founder and President As we explore the top issues facing the Middle East, it is important to note that generalisations about the region do not work! The countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are as different to each other as the countries of Europe. So, this brief overview needs to be read […]
Christian TV and media network SAT-7 is responding to the continuing nationwide protests and government crackdown in Iran by joining a global two-week campaign of prayer. From Friday 21 October, SAT-7’s Persian language channel, SAT-7 PARS has dedicated the first five minutes of every live programme to praying for Iran and its people. Additional special broadcasts and social media prayer […]
A new Free to Believe? campaign was launched at the New Wine festival this week by Christian satellite TV and digital media network, SAT-7, with the support of Egyptian Archbishop Angaelos of the Coptic Orthodox Church. Christians attending New Wine were urged by Archbishop Angaelos and SAT-7 Founder and President, Dr Terence Ascott, to become advocates for Freedom of Religion […]
“My life is not safe. It wasn’t safe when I was in Afghanistan and it isn’t even now that I am in [another country].” These words from a SAT-7 PARS viewer and journalist came in response to an episode of Insiders that explored the importance of press freedom. The writer continued: “I work for an official online news site [for […]
SAT-7 has called on Christians across the Arab world to join in prayer for Sudan by airing prayers for peace from an interdenominational church service in Khartoum. Below: watch clip of Pastor Hafiz Fassaha and of worshipping congregation in Khartoum A week-long series of clips were shared on social media beginning 20 January. This followed street protests on 17 January […]
SAT-7-sponsored panels on the fringes of the Labour and Conservative Party conferences have highlighted both the centrality of the right to freedom of religion or belief and the continued need for collective action to defend it. Fiona Bruce, the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB), spoke in an online panel during the Conservative Conference (4 […]
“The Taliban have completely taken over everything and our hope is cut off,” says Tahmsab* a viewer in Afghanistan, speaking to the SAT-7 PARS Audience Relations team. Through programs and the Audience Relations teams, SAT-7 PARS continues to hold out an unbreakable hope to viewers in Afghanistan. The situation in Afghanistan is going from bad to worse. Women and girls […]
