Worldwide Outrage Grows Over Condemned Iranian Pastor

[BlackTerrel]

http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/WorldwideOutrageGrowsOverCondemnedIranianPastor/2012/03/03/id/431293

The U.S. House, Donald Trump, worldwide Christian and human rights groups, a Brazilian soccer legend, and Twitter users in 198 countries have created a growing international coalition of millions trying to stop Iran from executing a modern-day Christian martyr who refuses to renounce his faith and embrace Islam.

Dr. Richard Land, a leading figure in the influential Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), tells Newsmax that Youcef Nadarkhani is still alive today only because of the worldwide outpouring of support.

“The only thing that has kept this dear pastor from being executed already is the cold, public light of world opinion being focused on Tehran,” he said.

Nadarkhani, the father of two small children, was sentenced in 2010 to death by hanging, and has now been imprisoned for more than 873 days in northern Iran. His case has ignited a maelstrom of outrage that has reached more than 960,000 Twitter users around the world and done something that few thought possible in Washington, D.C. — unite Republicans and Democrats in an election year.

“People are working together that probably never thought they would work together because you can put a lot of differences aside versus such a basic right and such an abuse of power,” declared Jordan Sekulow, executive director of the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), which launched the Twitter campaign to overturn Nadarkhani’s death sentence on a charge of apostasy.

The ACLJ also heard from more than 180,000 Americans who urged the House to approve Thursday’s resolution condemning Iran for its continued “persecution, imprisonment, and sentencing” of Nadarkhani, something it did by a margin of 417-1.

In this case, apostasy is interpreted as abandoning Islam. The original indictment against Nadarkhani, an evangelical pastor who became a Christian at age 19, also accused him of organizing evangelistic meetings, sharing his faith, trying to convert Muslims to Christianity, running a house church, and rejecting Islamic values.

Iranian officials amended the indictment last fall to include allegations of rape, extortion, and threats to national security, as well as Zionism. Critics viewed the additional charges as trumped-up allegations by Iran to counter international outrage over the case.

A couple things I think warrant mentioning here that I bolded:

1. The ONLY thing that has kept this Pastor alive is public opinion. Iran still cares about how they are perceived in the outside world and that is why his death sentence has been pushed back a number of times. Not threats of war or sanctions but public opinion. If we do go to war - I assume that will no longer matter to them and this guy will be executed.

2. The House vote was unanimous. The sole nay vote was a democrat who claims she voted against it by accident. So I assume Ron voted for it as well?

 

[oyarde]

417 - 1 . WHAT WAS THE ONE ?

 

[BlackTerrel]

417 - 1 . WHAT WAS THE ONE ?

I looked it up because I immediately wondered/worried if it was Ron. It was a female Democrat who claimed she did it by accident. It was later amended to 418-0.

 

[oyarde]

voting FOR things on accident could explain alot ( the ones they do not read ) in the past 46 years or so, not buying voting against

 

[moderate libertarian]

Is the outrage even more worldwide than that over 16 year old semitic US citizen that was assasinated by Iran Obama's agencies few months ago without due process of law?

 

[James Madison]

Where's the outrage for all the innocent civilians killed by Predator drones?

 

[ExPatPaki]

Is the outrage even more worldwide than that over 16 year old semitic US citizen that was assasinated by Iran Obama's agencies few months ago without due process of law?

He was a Muslim, therefore it's okay to kill him without a trial.

 

[ExPatPaki]

Where's the outrage for all the innocent civilians killed by Predator drones?

There is no outrage because they are Muslims. Muslims are okay to kill without trial according to BlackTerrell.

 

[Travlyr]

Where's the outrage for all the innocent civilians killed by Predator drones?

And the outrage for Patricia Cook, Jose Guerena, and all the other innocent civilians killed by police in America?

 

[Johnny Appleseed]

You would think the Iranians would understand the concept of "blow back"

 

[Barrex]

[h=2] Worldwide Outrage Grows Over Condemned Iranian Pastor [/h]
Not in Croatia or Bosnia and Herzegovinia.... Never heard of it.

 

[Acala]

Thousands of Americans languishing in rape cages because they had the temerity to own a substance the government chooses to prohibit. Where is the international outrage? An awful lot of Christians think that is a GOOD thing.

 

[flightlesskiwi]

sooo, this is aimed at making the evangelicals here foam at the mouth when it comes to Iran even more.

propaganda is as propaganda does.


(i don't mean to sound cold-hearted about his situation... the man made a choice to follow Christ and his sticking by it even under threat of losing his life should, at the least, make most american christians, myself included, question what it is they truly value in this world. it's just the politics of it and the way it's being spun in light the increasing loudness of the war drums is disgusting to me.)

 

[Johnny Appleseed]

I would think as a Christian dying for your faith on the public stage would put you in the front row in heaven not to mention the number of conversion that would come about from such a testament of faith. Plus I think a person sees glory before the moment of impact and are transcended before they even feel a thing.

 

[JuicyG]

He was a Muslim, therefore it's okay to kill him without a trial.

Then let`s kill all who convert to Islam. Would be fair judging by your lack of logic.

 

[ExPatPaki]

Then let`s kill all who convert to Islam. Would be fair judging by your lack of logic.

Go ahead and do it. I'm not going to stop you.

 

[Travlyr]

Then let`s kill all who convert to Islam. Would be fair judging by your lack of logic.

This is what I hear from Christians. Radical Islamists are intent on taking-over America and installing Sharia law. They hate us for our freedoms, and if Iran gets a nuclear weapon, then they will destroy us all.

I don't agree with it at all, but I think that concept is reinforced by Sean Hannity and many Christian churches here in America.

 

[oyarde]

He was a Muslim, therefore it's okay to kill him without a trial.

Yeah , but was he really a Mulim ? , the evidence supports that he never participated in religion before , his parents are Muslim though , so is that it ?

 

[oyarde]

Is the outrage even more worldwide than that over 16 year old semitic US citizen that was assasinated by Iran Obama's agencies few months ago without due process of law?

Good point.

 

[oyarde]

You would think the Iranians would understand the concept of "blow back"

Giving them too much credit , I think .