Iran Pastor Is Alive!!
Mar 16, 2012 8:53:48 GMT -5
Post by baydoll on Mar 16, 2012 8:53:48 GMT -5
Breaking News! THANK YOU JESUS!!! Thank You thank You thank You for answering our prayers regarding this man!!! We praise Your Holy Wonderful AWESOME Name!!!
Iran insists that jailed Christian pastor will not be executed
Perry Chiaramonte
Switzerland
March 15, 2012
A representative of Iran may have surprised a UN committee when he stated that Iran is tolerant of all religions and has no problem with people converting away from Islam.
Under fire from a United Nations Human Rights panel, a top Iranian official claims a Christian pastor insulted Islam but denies he faces execution.
The UN Human Rights Council met in Geneva Monday, where Ahmed Shaheed, a “special rapporteur for human rights in Iran” delivered a report on human rights abuses in Iran and called for the release of Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani.
The pastor has been held in prison for nearly three years and was convicted on charges that Tehran has described in conflicting terms, first as apostasy and other faith-based crimes, then as rape and extortion.
Responding to Shaheed’s presentation, Iranian human rights envoy Mohammad Javad Larijani denied that Nadarkhani faces the death penalty, though the sentence was spelled out in a ruling handed down by Iran’s highest court last fall.
Larijani also offered a new set of charges against Nadarkhani, including preaching to youth without their parents’ permission, converting his home into a church and offending Islam.
“In the last 33 years after [the Islamic] revolution, no single person has been put to death or executed or pursued for changing his religion from Islam,” he told the council. “Hundreds of people are changing from other religions to Islam. Why we should be so sensitive about a few people to change their religion from Islam?”
“Christianity and Judaism are preached in Iran,” Larijani said. “We have a number of synagogues; we have a number of churches. But there is no need to humiliate, to offend Islam.”
Source: www.ucanews.com/2012/03/15/iran-insists-that-jailed-christian-pastor-will-not-be-executed/
Please everyone continue to pray for this man, his family and our Brothers and Sisters in Iran! Thanks, everyone!
Iran insists that jailed Christian pastor will not be executed
Perry Chiaramonte
Switzerland
March 15, 2012
A representative of Iran may have surprised a UN committee when he stated that Iran is tolerant of all religions and has no problem with people converting away from Islam.
Under fire from a United Nations Human Rights panel, a top Iranian official claims a Christian pastor insulted Islam but denies he faces execution.
The UN Human Rights Council met in Geneva Monday, where Ahmed Shaheed, a “special rapporteur for human rights in Iran” delivered a report on human rights abuses in Iran and called for the release of Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani.
The pastor has been held in prison for nearly three years and was convicted on charges that Tehran has described in conflicting terms, first as apostasy and other faith-based crimes, then as rape and extortion.
Responding to Shaheed’s presentation, Iranian human rights envoy Mohammad Javad Larijani denied that Nadarkhani faces the death penalty, though the sentence was spelled out in a ruling handed down by Iran’s highest court last fall.
Larijani also offered a new set of charges against Nadarkhani, including preaching to youth without their parents’ permission, converting his home into a church and offending Islam.
“In the last 33 years after [the Islamic] revolution, no single person has been put to death or executed or pursued for changing his religion from Islam,” he told the council. “Hundreds of people are changing from other religions to Islam. Why we should be so sensitive about a few people to change their religion from Islam?”
“Christianity and Judaism are preached in Iran,” Larijani said. “We have a number of synagogues; we have a number of churches. But there is no need to humiliate, to offend Islam.”
Source: www.ucanews.com/2012/03/15/iran-insists-that-jailed-christian-pastor-will-not-be-executed/
Please everyone continue to pray for this man, his family and our Brothers and Sisters in Iran! Thanks, everyone!