NewsMax - Worldwide Outrage Grows Over Condemned Iranian Pastor

March 5, 2012

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By Paul Scicchitano, NewsMax.com

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. . . .

“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. . . .

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