IBTimes - Iranian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani Execution Delayed, But For How Long?

By Daniel Tovrov, IBTimes.com

"This recent move appears to be an attempt to buy the Supreme Leader additional time before issuing what could be a precedential decision," said Jordan Sekulow, the Executive Director of the American center for Law and Justice.

"If the Supreme Leader, who is charged with providing the official interpretation of Shariah law, decides that Pastor Youcef is not an apostate, that decision could be used as persuasive evidence in future apostasy cases. This outcome may be exactly what the regime fears and is trying to avoid," he added.

In the new four month period, Ayatollah Khamenei will have to decide if Nadarkhani is guilty of either converting from Islam to Christianity when he was a teenager of if Nadarkhani ever attempted to convert other Muslims to Christianity....

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