Archive | August 12, 2012
Iran. Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani will face another court hearing.

Iran. Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani will face another court hearing.

Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani is imprisoned since October 2009. In September 2010 the Revolutionary Tribunal of Gilan Province found him guilty of apostasy and sentenced him to death – a verdict upheld by the Supreme Court in July 2011. In September 2011 he faced further court hearings during which he refused to recant his Christian faith. [...]

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Nigeria. Boko Haram demanded that Christian president convert to Islam, or resign.

Nigeria. Boko Haram demanded that Christian president convert to Islam, or resign.

In an online video released last week, the militant Muslim group Boko Haram demanded that Nigeria’s Christian president either convert to Islam, or resign. Haram head Abubakar Shekau told President Goodluck Jonathan to “repent and forsake Christianity,” otherwise Shekau’s followers would continue their violent campaign, but presidential spokesman Reuben Abati dismissed the demand. “When Nigerians [...]

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