Pressure and bad publicity are mounting for Iran as Yusef Nadarkhani faces execution at any time for refusing four times to recant his conversion to Christianity and return to Islam. And so they have piled on more allegations, and more excuses to kill him, as Nadarkhani’s lawyer says the deputy governor’s remarks were the first […]
Iranian pastor and apostate from Islam refuses for a fourth time to renounce Christianity to avoid death penalty
Youcef Nadarkhani could be executed at any time. An update on this story. “Iranian Pastor Sentenced to Death: Nadarkhani Refuses to Convert,” from International Business Times, September 29 (thanks to Kenneth): Iranian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, who is facing the death penalty, again refused to convert to Islam to save his life. Nadarkhani was arrested in […]
Iranian court upholds apostasy conviction and death sentence for convert from Islam to Christianity
International pressure got the hikers freed; theirs was a fashionable cause in the mainstream press and among prominent left-wing figures. Would Hugo Chavez, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Cindy Sheehan, Noam Chomsky, and Sean Penn care to stand up for Yousef Nadarkhani’s human rights? An update on this story. “Christian Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani faces potential execution,” by […]
Iran’s Blatant Hypocrisy
Today on Hudson NY (via RaymondIbrahim.com) I discuss yet another example of Muslims in authority openly and unabashedly persecuting the innocent and weak, only to complain to the international community about the need for “human rights,” when it serves their purposes: In a globalized world where debate and diplomacy predominate, there is one sure way […]
Norway: Christian convert tortured with boiling water: “Return to Islam or we kill you”
After having watched “Achmed, the dead suicide bomber” quite a few times, it is often difficult for me not to smile when a Muslim says “I kill you!” But this is quite serious: Tortured in asylum center At HÃ¥ asylmum centre, “Ali” had boiling water poured over him after converting to Christianity and not fasting […]
Malaysia: Misunderstanders of Islam demand law against apostasy
Muslim spokesmen such as Salam al-Marayati, M. Cherif Bassiouni, and Ali Eteraz assure us that Islam has no death penalty for apostasy, despite Muhammad’s words, “Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him.” If al-Marayati, Bassiouni and Eteraz and others like them were sincere, they would be working to ensure that Malaysia enacts no anti-apostasy […]
Uganda: Father tortures daughter for converting from Islam to Christianity
Muhammad said, “If anyone changes his religion, kill him.” All Susan Ithungu’s father did was torture her. He must be a moderate. Seriously, however, evidently Beya Baluku, Susan’s father, belongs to the Hanafi school of Islamic jurisprudence (madhhab), which differs from its three Sunni counterparts in teaching that a female apostate should not be executed, […]
India: Muslims strip and beat convert to Christianity, disrupt prayer meeting and threaten to burn down her home
Apostasy is forbidden under Islamic law. According to Muhammad’s own command, the penalty is death. That is why one observes violent responses against ex-Muslims and the denial of their freedom of conscience in areas geographically far removed from one another. “Muslim Extremists in India Attack, Threaten Christian Women,” from Compass Direct News, August 6 (thanks […]
Iran’s Supreme Court misunderstands Islam, calls for death penalty for Christian convert from Islam
It is stories like this that make the smooth deceptions of Muslim spokesmen such as Salam al-Marayati, M. Cherif Bassiouni, and Ali Eteraz so dangerous. They assure us that Islam has no death penalty for apostasy, despite Muhammad’s words, “Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him.” If al-Marayati, Bassiouni and Eteraz were sincere, they […]
Iran opts for procedural delay of death sentence for apostasy
Yusef (also spelled “Youcef”) Nadarkhani has been asked to “repent” again, and for the moment, the case has been sent back to the court in his hometown. Perhaps the case was becoming too much of an occasion for bad publicity for Iran. In any case, the courts have adopted a stalling tactic without implementing any […]