IRAN: Youcef Nadarkhani re-arrested on Christmas Day
IRAN: Youcef Nadarkhani re-arrested on Christmas Day
ARCHBISHOP CRANMER
http://archbishop-cranmer.blogspot.com/2012/12/youcef-nadarkhani-re-arrested-on.html
December 27, 2012
His Grace has followed the plight of this Iranian Christian pastor for the past few years - through worry and despair to joy and elation. He had been imprisoned in Iran for (allegedly) converting from Islam to Christianity, and was released in September having been acquitted of apostasy.
In an unexpected twist, the Pastor was re-arrested on Christmas Day and returned to Lakan Prison in Rasht, where he spent almost three years on death row. According to Fox News, the charge is 'that he must complete the remainder of his sentence', which is no charge at all: it is a summary sentence meted out in pure spite (reinforced by the timing of the arrest to cause maximum pain to his wife and young children).
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
ARCHBISHOP CRANMER
http://archbishop-cranmer.blogspot.com/2012/12/youcef-nadarkhani-re-arrested-on.html
December 27, 2012
His Grace has followed the plight of this Iranian Christian pastor for the past few years - through worry and despair to joy and elation. He had been imprisoned in Iran for (allegedly) converting from Islam to Christianity, and was released in September having been acquitted of apostasy.In an unexpected twist, the Pastor was re-arrested on Christmas Day and returned to Lakan Prison in Rasht, where he spent almost three years on death row. According to Fox News, the charge is 'that he must complete the remainder of his sentence', which is no charge at all: it is a summary sentence meted out in pure spite (reinforced by the timing of the arrest to cause maximum pain to his wife and young children).
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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