I've been following this story over the past couple of weeks. An Iranian pastor, married with two children, was arrested while trying to register his church, and his charges were shortly changed from "protesting" to "apostasy" (converting from Islam) and "evangelizing Muslims." Both of those charges carry the death penalty.
The verdict has been appealed, and most recently the court, while investigating if he was a Muslim after the "age of accountability" which in Sharia is fifteen, commanded him to "repent" and return to Islam. It was discovered that he was never a practicing Muslim adult, but his condemnation was upheld on the grounds that he had "Muslim ancestry."
Section 6 – 225 of Iran's controversial legislation says “when a person's parents were Muslims at the moment they were trying to have a baby, and he or she converts to another religious without claiming to be Muslim, he or she is a national apostate,” [advocacy group director Jason DeMars] added.
Pastor Nadarkhani has refused to convert to Islam, and says he is happy in that his faith is strong. If nothing changes at the moment, he could be hanged as early as this Thursday.
Read more here.
The verdict has been appealed, and most recently the court, while investigating if he was a Muslim after the "age of accountability" which in Sharia is fifteen, commanded him to "repent" and return to Islam. It was discovered that he was never a practicing Muslim adult, but his condemnation was upheld on the grounds that he had "Muslim ancestry."
Section 6 – 225 of Iran's controversial legislation says “when a person's parents were Muslims at the moment they were trying to have a baby, and he or she converts to another religious without claiming to be Muslim, he or she is a national apostate,” [advocacy group director Jason DeMars] added.
Pastor Nadarkhani has refused to convert to Islam, and says he is happy in that his faith is strong. If nothing changes at the moment, he could be hanged as early as this Thursday.
Read more here.
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