S3 09: Standing in the Face of Persecution With Tehmina Arora
The Strong Women Podcast
Sarah Stonestreet
2.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 1 March 2023
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
India is ranked 10th on the World Watch List of countries where Christians face the most persecution—but there is a strong woman living faithfully in the midst of it all. Do you ever wonder what you would do in the face of the toughest persecution? Tehmina Arora has asked herself the same question and seen first-hand what people of faith do: They stand. Today, she shares her journey to God and how He invited her to view the suffering around her with His heart, compassion, and justice. During this conversation, we learn from Tehmina about what our brothers and sisters in India face. As a lawyer focused on religious rights in India, she sees story after story of God’s faithfulness in the toughest of situations.
ADF India Website
ADF International Website
Morning Star News covers persecution across the globe
Majoritarian State: How Hindu Nationalism is Changing India by Christophe Jaffrelot; Angana P. Chatterji; Thomas Blom Hansen
Series of Essays C.S. Lewis audiobook C. S. Lewis: Essay Collection and Other Short Pieces Audio CD – Unabridged, January 15, 2014 by C. S. Lewis
Shackled: One Woman’s Dramatic Triumph Over Persecution, Gender Abuse, and a Death Sentence by Mariam Ibraheem and Eugene Bach
Savitribai Phule - article on the first female Indian teacher
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Strong Women podcast, where each week we explore a deeper understanding of the humanity, value, intellect, and creativity of women. |
| 0:11.1 | I'm Sarah Stone Street. |
| 0:12.7 | And I'm Erin Kunkel. Glad you're here. |
| 0:19.9 | India is ranked 10th on the world watch list of countries where Christians face the most persecution. |
| 0:27.2 | And there's a strong woman in the middle of it all. |
| 0:31.3 | Do you ever wonder what you would do in the face of the toughest persecution? |
| 0:34.6 | Well, our guest today has asked herself the same question and seen |
| 0:39.7 | this firsthand from Christians facing persecution, and she's realized what they do is they stand |
| 0:45.2 | strong because they have a strong God. Today she shares her journey to God and his invitation |
| 0:51.5 | to her to see the suffering around her with his heart, his compassion, |
| 0:56.6 | and his justice. During this conversation, we learned from Tehemena about our brothers and sisters |
| 1:03.9 | in India and what they are faced with every day. As a lawyer focused on religious rights in India, |
| 1:10.5 | she sees story after story of God's |
| 1:14.0 | faithfulness in the toughest situations. So, Tehmena, I am thrilled to have you on. Thank you so |
| 1:21.6 | much for agreeing. Yes, thank you so much for having me on Tanana. So to Himana, you are our first guest from India and listeners. She's in India right now, |
| 1:32.3 | and Sarah and I are, of course, in California and Colorado in the United States. So it's |
| 1:37.3 | early morning for us and I think you stayed up late to be on the podcast with us, to Himina. Am I I right about that? And it's about 1040 in the evening. |
| 1:47.4 | All of our guests, we love to start at the beginning of their lives because we know how we grow up |
| 1:52.9 | and the homes we grow up in are so formative. And I'm excited to hear about your home. Of course, |
| 1:59.0 | you grew up in another country than what Sarah and I and |
| 2:03.0 | most of our listeners are used to. So tell us about your growing up time and the home you grew up in. |
| 2:10.3 | Yeah, thank you. I was born in Delhi. In India, we have a large middle class, so we were |
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