Ever since I first heard of Yousef Nadarkhani, the Iranian Christian pastor held captive in that horrible subnormal nation by its rulers for the crime of apostasy, I’ve had as my homepage at work the American Center for Law and Justice website which had been counting the days of his incarceration.
That count has ended.
While I was out of town this weekend with my partner and away from the news, Pastor Nadarkhani was released by the court that had originally sentenced him to death. The charge of apostasy has been reduced to that of evangelizing, and his punishment to time served.
There is so much to say that if I did would look like gift-horse material. For now, let’s all just say a prayer of thanksgiving that he has been delivered from these savages and is currently back in the embrace of his family.
Let’s also further pray that now that he’s out of jail he will find safety. All to often in places like Iran, prisoners of conscience are released from official bondage only to be torn apart by the mobs that populate such backward countries.
If you’d like to know more about Pastor Nadarkhani and his trials, check out the link to the ACLJ above.
-Nick (ColoradoPatriot, from HHQ)
Thanks Nick! Great post.
While this is good news; I am a bit cynical as I think this was a move on Iran’s part to help Obama with the election. They might be hoping that this will sort of put a feather in his cap. My guess would be that the Iranians are a bit afraid of Romney who would, without doubt, support Israel if/when they take out Iran’s nuclear operations (again).
Thank you for posting this Nick…. Now they need to get he and his family out of the country… Interesting and thoughtful comments from poster 2…
Nick, thanks for posting this. I wasn’t aware of the situation. It’s stuff like this that keeps me engaged with blogs, especially when I’m tiring of politics.
Kaye, I respectfully disagree with you although I certainly understand where you’re coming from. Like Nick said, there is so much to say and its hard to know where to begin, but turning tail and running is not what you do when you believe in your cause, whatever the cause is.