Iranian Pastor Awaits his Possible Execution as International Tension over Iran Grows
By Jamie Dean
2/26/2012 Iran (World Magazine) – More than two years after Iranian authorities imprisoned Christian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani on charges of apostasy, the pastor’s attorney delivered sobering news on Feb. 21: An Iranian court may have upheld a death sentence against the 34-year-old husband and father of two sons.
As the attorney worked to confirm the reports, it wasn’t immediately clear if Nadarkhani could appeal such a verdict. Many feared that Iranian officials would carry out the execution sentence—death by hanging—before the pastor offered a final appeal.
Authorities arrested Nadarkhani in 2009, charging him with apostasy, or renouncing Islam. As pastor of a Christian church with several hundred members in the town of Rasht, Nadarkhani refuted the charges, saying that he had never embraced Islam.
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Due to the country’s blasphemy laws and an anti-Christian worldview that has gripped the nation, the majority of Pakistani Christians live in extreme poverty and endure threats of incarceration, violence, and even death simply for believing in Jesus.
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Di bawah tekanan hukum penodaan agama, para martir Kristen terus berjatuhan. Semoga Allah menumbuhkan bagiNya jemaat yg setia mencintaiNya di Pakistan dari benih darah para martir itu di masa depan yg masih panjang.
But the world points fingers at Israel. Tired of the hypocrisy.