Contents tagged with faith
Filed in: Iran | by Jordan Sekulow | 3:38 PM Apr. 25, 2012
Christians Tried on Easter in Iran for Their Faith
Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani is just one example of the rampant persecution of Christians going on around the world. Now, there are new reports that another Christian Pastor, Reverend Matthias Haghnejad, has been tried in Iran for his faith. Even worse, eleven members of his Christian congregation, including his wife, were also tried and are now awaiting a verdict. Iranian prosecutors charged these Christians with "crimes against the order," a charge often leveled as a cover for religious persecut Continue Reading...
Filed in: Iran | by Matthew Clark | 12:48 PM Apr. 17, 2012
Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani Sees His Family
Last week Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani spent his 35th birthday in prison in Iran, illegally detained and facing execution for his faith. What we were unable to tell you last week is a rare piece of good news for the persecuted pastor. Our sources in Iran have confirmed to the ACLJ that Pastor Youcef was allowed to see his entire family on his birthday. This was a rare family reunion in the jail where he has been held for more than two and a half years since he was arrested for questioning the Musl Continue Reading...
Filed in: Iran | by Tiffany Barrans | 1:25 PM Apr. 11, 2012
Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani Spends 35th Birthday Behind Bars
Today, is Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani’s birthday, and our sources in Iran confirm that he is still alive. Thirty-five years ago, on the 23rd of the Farvardin month of the Persian Calendar, Youcef was born in Iran. This is the third birthday that Pastor Youcef has been forced to celebrate behind bars, condemned to death in Iran for apostasy – becoming a Christian in a regime governed by Shariah (Islamic) law. Tomorrow, marks exactly two and a half years of imprisonment – 913 days Continue Reading...
Filed in: Iran | by Jordan Sekulow | 6:26 PM Feb. 28, 2012
Youcef Nadarkhani’s Case Unites People Around Religious Liberty
The fight to save the life of Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, who has been sentenced to death in Iran for his faith, is truly uniting people of all faiths - atheists too - and political persuasions across the world. We have seen statements calling on Iran to release this persecuted pastor from President Obama’s White House, Secretary Clinton’s State Department, and Republican presidential campaigns. Governor Mitt Romney was one of the first political leaders to call for Pastor N Continue Reading...
Filed in: ObamaCare | by Geoffrey Surtees | 1:12 PM Feb. 15, 2012
Obama Stonewalls on Abortion Drug Mandate as Senate Votes
Later today, the Senate is expected to vote on an amendment that would revoke the provision of President Obama’s mandate that forces religious and prolife institutions to violate their religious beliefs by providing insurance coverage for abortion drugs. The Administration’s ongoing and repeated claims that opposition to the contraceptive mandate is playing politics is nothing short of ironic, not to mention disingenuous. Indeed, what the President and his administration pulled last Continue Reading...
Filed in: ObamaCare | by Matthew Clark | 4:11 PM Feb. 10, 2012
What President Obama’s “Accommodation” of Religious Liberty Accomplished
Nothing. In reaction to the outcry of the American people over the Obama Administration’s decision to force religious institutions to violate their religious beliefs by providing insurance coverage for abortion pills for their employees, President Obama unveiled an “accommodation” that was anything but. President Obama began by calling the religious liberty objections raised by many Americans, the “cynical desire on the part of some to make this into a political footbal Continue Reading...
Filed in: Iran | by Matthew Clark | 4:51 PM Jan. 16, 2012
Under Increased Pressure Pastor Youcef Refuses to Recant Faith in Christ
Iran is continuing its relentless attempt to force persecuted Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani to recant his faith in Jesus Christ. New reports state that Iranian officials are still pressuring the pastor, who has been sentenced to death for his Christian faith, “to renounce his faith in Christ and accept the prophet Muhammad as his savior.” Pastor Youcef, has once again refused, remaining steadfast in his faith. Remember, Iran previously demanded on at least three separate occasi Continue Reading...
Filed in: Iran | by Jordan Sekulow | 1:30 PM Dec. 16, 2011
Iran Delays Again – Pastor Youcef in Jail for Christmas
We have just received word from our sources in Iran that a decision on the fate of Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani - the Christian pastor who faces execution for his faith in Iran - has been further delayed. As we reported last month, the Court of Gilan Section 11 said that it would issue its decision by mid-December if it did not receive the advice it sought from the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei. Early this week, as the deadline loomed, Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani, the head of the Irani Continue Reading...
