Posts Tagged ‘christian’
Defending Christian Leadership for Christian Groups
Liberty Alerts, American Center for Law and Justice This week the ACLJ filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court in support of a cert petition filed by a Christian fraternity and a Christian sorority asking that the Court grant them the right to exist at San Diego State University. The University de-recognized the groups because they [...]
Under Pressure Pastor Youcef Refuses to Recant Faith
Liberty Alerts, American Center for Law and Justice Iran is continuing its relentless attempt to force persecuted Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani to recant his faith in Jesus Christ. New reports state that Iranian officials are still pressuring the pastor, who has been sentenced to death for his Christian faith, “to renounce his faith in [...]
821 Days: Youcef Languishing While Iran Lies
Liberty Alerts, American Center for Law and Justice Iranian judges promised that by mid-December, if Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, did not respond to their court’s request for comment, they would publish a written decision on the apostasy charges made against Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani. Neither the court nor the Supreme Leader [...]
Youcef Nadarkhani: A Face of the Persecuted
Liberty Alerts, American Center for Law and Justice Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani has become a face of the persecuted around the world. Since 2009, the Iranian regime has imprisoned Pastor Nadarkhani under the threat of death for his faith in Jesus Christ. His story has illuminated the plight of so many others who also face persecution for their [...]
Rescued American Christian Missionary from Jail
Liberty Alerts, American Center for Law and Justice After working with orphans in the ravaged nation of Haiti for eight years, American Christian missionary Danny Pye was detained and falsely imprisoned without explanation or any formal charge against him. For over five months, Danny sat in the inhumane conditions of prison in a third world [...]
Iran Delays Again – Pastor Youcef in Jail for Christmas
Liberty Alerts, American Center for Law and Justice We have just received word from our sources in Iran that a decision on the fate of Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani - the Christian pastor who faces execution for his faith in Iran - has been further delayed. As we reported last month, the Court of Gilan Section 11 said that it would [...]
Clinton Calls for Pastor Youcef’s Release Unconditional
Liberty Alerts, American Center for Law and Justice In a major development in the fight to save the life of Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani who faces execution for his faith in Iran, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called for his unconditional release. Sixty-three years to the day after world leaders first gathered at the United [...]
Support for Pastor Youcef Grows as Iran Threatens Churches
Liberty Alerts, American Center for Law and Justice The situation of Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani – who remains on death row in Iran for his faith – is gaining increased international attention. The Mexican Senate is the latest international body to take a stand for Pastor Youcef, stating that it “condemns the death sentence [...]
Iran’s Threat to Pastor Youcef and the World
Liberty Alerts, American Center for Law and Justice Iran poses one of the greatest threats to freedom in the world today. One needs to look no further than the latest news headlines to come to this realization. However, Iran – which doesn’t hesitate to brutalize its own people and terrorize the world – is still a threat that can be [...]
Attention on Iranian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani’s Case Helps Persecuted Christians
Liberty Alerts, American Center for Law and Justice With your effort, both through your prayer for Pastor Youcef and by urging for his release, we are making a difference in Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani’s life and for other persecuted Christians in Iran. This morning, ACLJ attorneys confirmed with Pastor Youcef’s attorney in Iran, Mohammad Ali [...]
Emerson: The Christian Teacher
American Thought On Sunday evening, July 15, 1838, Ralph Wald Emerson delivers an address before the senior class in Divinity College, Cambridge, in which he finds what he calls the Cultas—relying on established worship rather than on personal faith—faulty. It stirs controversy in religious circles. The question returns, What shall we [...]
Setting the Record Straight – Pastor Youcef’s Life Still Hangs in the Balance
Liberty Alerts, American Center for Law and Justice This article is co-written by Jordan Sekulow, ACLJ Executive Director. As you know, we have been working on an international case involving life and death – the case of Youcef Nadarkhani – a Christian pastor in Iran who faces the death penalty because of his faith. In recent weeks, [...]
Iranian Ayatollah’s “Secret Security” Pressure Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani
Liberty Alerts, American Center for Law and Justice New developments for Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, the Christian pastor sentenced to death in Iran, may be an effort by Ayatollah Khamenei to entrap him. Our contacts have notified us that agents of the Ministry of Intelligence and National Security of Iran, commonly referred to as Iran’s Secret [...]
United Nations – Silent No More about Pastor Youcef
Liberty Alerts, American Center for Law and Justice Exactly two weeks after we submitted our request for U.N. Special Rapporteur Ahmed Shaheed to intervene on Pastor Youcef’s behalf, Mr. Shaheed publicly asked before the United Nations’ General Assembly’s third committee that Iran release Pastor Youcef. Presenting his interim report to [...]
International Pressure Keeping Pastor Youcef Alive
Liberty Alerts, American Center for Law and Justice The increasing international pressure on Iran to spare Pastor Youcef’s life and release him is having a tremendous impact. It has now been three weeks since Iran could have carried out the death sentence for Pastor Youcef, yet he is still alive, and his case has been sent to Iran’s Supreme [...]
Youcef’s Attorney: No Retrial – Keep Pressure on Iran
Liberty Alerts, American Center for Law and Justice Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani’s attorney in Iran, Mohammad Ali Dadkhah, who we have been working with closely on this case, has just confirmed to the ACLJ that there has been no retrial ordered by the Iranian Supreme Court. As we have been explaining, the media’s reports about a [...]
Youcef Case Still in Ayatollah’s Hands – No New Trial Ordered
Liberty Alerts, American Center for Law and Justice In June, the Iranian Supreme Court issued an order requiring the appeals court in Gilan province to conduct what is now being called a "retrial" in the press for, “further investigat to prove that from puberty (15 years) to 19 was not Muslim by his acquaintances, relatives, local elders, [...]
Media Confuses Timeline – Pastor’s Case Still Before the Ayatollah
Liberty Alerts, American Center for Law and Justice Two confusing reports by Reuters, one released today and one almost two weeks ago, both misstate the procedural timeline of Pastor Youcef’s case. Reuters, citing the state-funded Iranian Student’s News Agency, is reporting that Iran’s Supreme Court has remanded Pastor Youcef’s case for [...]
Americans Support for Pastor Youcef Overwhelming
Liberty Alerts, American Center for Law and Justice Today, we are hand-delivering a petition directly to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on behalf of over 156,000 Americans, urging Secretary Clinton to engage Iran at the highest levels to secure Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani’s release. We are also asking Secretary Clinton to work [...]
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei to Decide Pastor Youcef’s Fate
Liberty Alerts, American Center for Law and Justice Breaking news reports out of Iran provide that the state court of Gilan, which recently demanded that Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani recant his faith or face execution, has delayed its written decision. As we predicted last week, the judges have sent the case to the Supreme Leader [...]
Senator Blunt Joins Call to Save Pastor
Liberty Alerts, American Center for Law and Justice Senator Roy Blunt (MO) has prepared the following statement to be entered into the Senate record when the Senate comes back into session on Tuesday. We thank him for his support for Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani and commitment to religious liberty around the world. I would like to take [...]
Calling on United Nations to Save Christian Pastor’s Life
Liberty Alerts, American Center for Law and Justice The ACLJ has sent a letter to the United Nations (U.N.) calling for pressure to be placed on Iran to spare the life of Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani and secure his immediate and unconditional release. We submitted this letter on Pastor Youcef’s behalf through our international [...]
Major Bipartisan Support in Congress for Pastor Youcef
Liberty Alerts, American Center for Law and Justice There is a major development today in the fight to put pressure on Iran for Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani’s release. Congressmen Joe Pitts (PA-16) and Heath Shuler (NC-11) are leading a bipartisan effort to save Pastor Youcef. They are sending a letter to Secretary of State Clinton [...]
Saving Christian Pastor, Your Voice is Being Heard
Liberty Alerts, American Center for Law and Justice As Jordan has said, last week almost no one had heard about Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, who faces execution for being a Christian in Iran, but now – in large part due to your efforts – Pastor Youcef’s story is being told. His case has been broadcast throughout major international media, [...]
New Contradictions and Lies from Iran
Liberty Alerts, American Center for Law and Justice Today, there are new disturbing and conflicting falsehoods being spread by Iranian state-funded Press TV. The latest report from this Iranian controlled media states that the Judiciary Chief Mohammad-Javad Heshmati of the Gilan Province, where Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani’s apostasy [...]
Iran Takes Note of Efforts to Save Pastor – Spreads Lies
Liberty Alerts, American Center for Law and Justice It is clear that our efforts to put international media and political pressure on Iran to release Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani – who is facing execution for his faith – are having a tremendous impact. The Iranian government has taken note of these efforts and has reacted by [...]
Victory for a Moroccan Christian Convert
Liberty Alerts, American Center for Law and Justice We are glad to inform you that our client, a former Muslim from Morocco, has been granted asylum in the United States. Our client, Z, whose name has been kept confidential for security reasons, is a young Christian who grew up in a wealthy and strong Muslim family in Morocco. After his [...]
Troubling Development in Fight to Save Pastor’s Life in Iran
Liberty Alerts, American Center for Law and Justice In a troubling development, Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani's attorney, Mohammed Ali Dadkha, has acknowledged the possibility of the charges against him being changed. Recall, throughout the last two years and most recently at the Iranian Supreme Court, Pastor Nadarkhani was on trial for [...]
Congressional Support for Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani Grows
Liberty Alerts, American Center for Law and Justice On behalf of Pastor Youcef, the ACLJ wishes to publicly thank the following elected officials for their statements this week calling on Iran to grant Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani an unconditional release: Speaker of the House John Boehner Congressman James Lankford Congressman Randy [...]
Christian Pastor’s Attorney: Pressure Iran for Release
Liberty Alerts, American Center for Law and Justice Today, ACLJ attorneys confirmed with Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani's attorney in Iran, Mohammad Ali Dadkhah, that the death sentence still stands. Mr. Dadkhah stated that at the end of yesterday's hearing, three of the five judges appeared to be leaning toward annulling Pastor Youcef's sentence. [...]
Troubling News – Death Sentence Still Imminent for Christian Pastor in Iran
Liberty Alerts, American Center for Law and Justice Early this morning, the ACLJ received this troubling news from Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani's attorney in Iran, Mohammad Ali Dadkhah. Mr. Dadkhah firmly denies that the court has agreed to overturn Pastor Youcef's death sentence. He believes this is a lie spread by the Iranian secret [...]
Breaking: Iranian Christian Pastor Death Sentence may be Overturned
Liberty Alerts, American Center for Law and Justice We have just received a report from our source in Iran that a judge has agreed to overturn Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani’s death penalty sentence. However, at this time, ACLJ representatives have not received official notice from the court and are working to confirm this report. By no [...]
Iran Upholds Christian Pastor’s Apostasy Conviction: Execution as Early as Wednesday
Liberty Alerts, American Center for Law and Justice Just days after Iran released two Americans accused of spying in Iran, an Iranian court has upheld the apostasy conviction and execution sentence of Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani. The 11th branch of Iran’s Gilan Provincial Court has determined that Pastor Nadarkhani has Islamic [...]
Terrorist Responsible for Norway Attack is Not a Christian
Liberty Alerts, American Center for Law and Justice In the wake of his depraved, ruthless murder of at least 76 innocent men, women, and children Anders Breivik has been called a “Christian fundamentalist,” “Christian terrorist,” and “Christian extremist.” In fact, Susan Brooks Thislethwaite – a Senior Fellow at the [...]
We Started Out a Christian Nation — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, My goodness; but my last article, Mother Earth Rights - A Rose by Any Other Name , set off a firestorm of controversy. My Facebook account went off like a Roman Candle trying to “set me straight” for having expressed my summation of historical facts. Here’s what got some folks upset, enough to waggle a finger in [...]
Mother Earth Rights/A Rose by Any Other Name — TF Stern
By T.F. Stern, For all the marbles here in America, the communist agenda must first eradicate the widely accepted idea; rights come from God and are bestowed to individuals while powers are granted unto government by the governed. If this one thought is ever lost in the shuffle then communism will have won out and government will [...]
Elton John may be the most dangerous person in the world for America
By Gary Brown To some, this suggestion may come as a surprise. Admitedly, there are many candidates who qualify for this title. Two that immediately come to mind are “Wikileaks” founder Julian Assenga and Ossama Bin Laden. But no, the evil that Americans must fear is not one that seeks to destroy America from without, but from [...]
My Story: Doing What I Have Never Done
By Gary Brown The responses I received to the “My Story” series are encouraging; Kudos to each and every one of you who have stayed with me through the re-launch of the IVA. There is so much more to tell and in the future I will. Should I write an autobiography, the title will be something like this; “My Story: Doing What I Have [...]
Got A Leader For You
Liberty Alerts, Gun Owners of AmericaSeems as if Americans today are constantly complaining about the lack of leadership -- someone to lead us out of the political and moral mess in which we now find ourselves. No doubt about it, there's a batch of political figures clamoring and posturing for the job, but as yet -- no one stands out [...]
Political DNA Expanded — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, Every now and then somebody drops a challenge into the comment section of an article which begs for more than a simple reply. One such entry was left at my blogsite after posting “Political DNA?” under the moniker “h8”. The article suggested recent “scientific” evidence has identified, ‘“the liberal gene,” DRD4 [...]
Principal Punishes Christians; Suspends Them for Gift-Giving
Liberty Alerts, Liberty Counsel Roswell, NM – A New Mexico School principal has retaliated against three Christian students by suspending them for giving fresh Krispy Kreme Doughnuts with Bible verses to each of their teachers. This school is already named in a pending lawsuit filed by Liberty Counsel on behalf of families and students who [...]
The Second Great Awakening
American Minute with Bill Federer The largest town in Kentucky had less than 2,000 people, yet 25,000 came to Cane Ridge, Kentucky, AUGUST 7, 1801, from as far away as Ohio and Tennessee, to hear Barton W. Stone and other Baptist, Methodist and Presbyterian ministers. Part of the Second Great Awakening, these "camp meetings" were described by [...]
Obedience and Prosperity: The Promise
American Scripture I remembered the words of the Lord which he spake unto me in the wilderness, saying that: Inasmuch as thy seed shall keep my commandments, they shall prosper in the land of promise. Source: 1 Nephi 4:14, Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ.
My Immigration Debate with Matt Staver — Bryan Fischer
By Bryan Fischer I devoted the final hour of my program Friday to a lively discussion with Mat Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel, over the evangelical approach to immigration. The debate can be viewed by going to our Facebook page (American Family Radio - Focal Point) or by going to RightlyConcerned.com. Mat is the author of a [...]
That Eternal Immutable Law Obligatory Upon All — Alexander Hamilton
American Minute with Bill Federer He intentionally fired into the air, but his political rival, Aaron Burr, took deadly aim and fatally shot him in a duel JULY 11, 1804. Born in the West Indies, he fought in the Revolution and was aide-de-camp to General Washington. He helped write the Constitution and convinced States to ratify it by writing [...]
God-given Privileges — David O. McKay
Prophet Statesmen, David O McKay Next to life we express gratitude for the gift of free agency. When thou didst create man, thou placed within him part of thine omnipotence and bade him choose for himself. Liberty and conscience thus became a sacred part of human nature. Freedom not only to think, but to speak and to act is a God-given [...]
Bringing Our Children to Christ by Example — Cheryl Lant
A Way of Life, Cheryl C. Lant Speaking on the pattern and process of bringing our children to the Savior Jesus Christ, Cheryl C. Lant notes: "e must become worthy examples. This is also a process. If we want our children to come to Christ so that they might see His face, it is important that we seek to see it as well. We have to know the way in [...]
Hawaii’s Motto: The Life of the Land is Perpetuated in Righteousness — American Minute
American Minute with Bill Federer Hawaii became a U.S. Territory JULY 7, 1898, as President McKinley signed the Treaty of Annexation. Discovered by Captain James Cook in 1778, the islands were united by King Kamehamaha. After his death in 1819, his wife and son abolished the pagan religion which practiced human sacrifice. The next year the [...]
If We Are Faithful In Christ
American Scripture And we know that if we are faithful in Christ, we shall rid our garments of the blood of all men, and be found spotless before the judgment seat of Christ, and shall dwell with him eternally in the heavens. Excerpt from The Testimony of Three Witnesses regarding the coming forth of this modern, second, even new world witness [...]
Hold On Thy Way — Donald L. Hallstrom
A Way of Life, Donald L. Hallstrom If you feel you have been wronged—by anyone (a family member, a friend, another member of the Church, a Church leader, a business associate) or by anything (the death of a loved one, health problems, a financial reversal, abuse, addictions)—deal with the matter directly and with all the strength you have. [...]
