The Iranian Christian pastor who had been imprisoned in Iran for converting from Islam to Christianity was taken into custody again on Christmas Day, according to several Iranian media sources and individuals close to the pastor and his family.
Youcef Nadarkhani, 35, had been summoned to return back to Lakan Prison in Rasht, the facility where he served time and was then released, based on the charge that he must complete the remainder of his sentence, according to several reports and confirmed by those close to Nadarkhani in Iran.
In September, the pastor was acquitted of apostasy, but the court maintained his three-year sentence for evangelizing Muslims. As he had already served close to three years, the pastor was freed after posting bail. The court had then stated that the remainder which equaled roughly 45 days, would be served in the form of probation
Oh, no! Prayers for Pastor Nadarkhani. I do not trust the judicial system. The games that they have played against him in the past have been so twisted and prolonged.
Orthodoxy SUCKS.
"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with senses, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use and by some other means to give us knowledge which we can attain by them."- Galileo Galilei
Too bad he wasn't given asylum when he traveled to London in November. I don't have a good feeling about this turn of events. He was probably released to take the media pressure off.
Quote: steph wrote in post #4Too bad he wasn't given asylum when he traveled to London in November. I don't have a good feeling about this turn of events. He was probably released to take the media pressure off.
I've never been able to understand their judicial and prison system completely.
They have these prisons where prisoners are treated horribly. They are abused. But in these same prisons they have released pictures where the images looked like they were decorated with streamers and colorful ribbons used for a children's party. The pictures made it look like a happy place where the prisoners were comfortable. Like that's believable.
The prisoners are abused. They go to the hospital. They convalesce. They go home for a bit to be with family. They return to prison. They have "breaks" in their sentences.
And then there are times when they have served their full sentence, but they are picked up on another charge involving the previous crime and it is like they are re-tried for the crime that they already served a sentence for.
Here we would call that double-jeopardy. Our judicial system cannot do that to us.
In Iran there is no protection against double jeopardy. At least not that I know of.
It's confusing and hard for me to understand. When I have tried to question it and find out about it, I get some shrugging of the shoulders because the answer is that their system is so bizarre and what I am trying to do is apply logic to insanity.
Orthodoxy SUCKS.
"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with senses, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use and by some other means to give us knowledge which we can attain by them."- Galileo Galilei
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