InterPressService - Iranian Man Faces Death over Religious Conversion

By Matthew Cardinale, IPSNews.net

Faith leaders in the U.S. representing 25 million citizens have expressed outrage about the case of Youcef Nadarkhani, an Iranian man who faces the death penalty if he refuses to recant his Christian faith.

Calling themselves Christian Leaders for a Nuclear Free Iran, the faith leaders sent letters regarding the matter on Jul. 8 to U.S. President Barack Obama, members of Congress, and foreign ambassadors and heads of state. The letter also called on Iran to refrain from developing nuclear weapons. . . .

"Under these legal systems, there's no way to convert, if you're Muslim, and changing faith from one to another, even if you became an atheist," Jordan Sekulow, director of international operations at the American Center for Law and Justice, told IPS. . . .

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