Iranian Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani has been charged, convicted and sentenced to death for apostasy – becoming a Christian. When Iranian officials demanded that he recant his faith in Jesus Christ or die, he responded, “I cannot.” He has been illegally imprisoned and separated from his wife and two boys since 2009. We are fighting to save his life and win his freedom. We need your voice in this fight; please lend us your voice for Pastor Youcef today
The ACLJ’s Tweet for Youcef social media campaign is growing exponentially as Pastor Youcef’s situation has become more dire. As reported sources in Iran believe the execution order for Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani – the Christian pastor convicted and sentenced to death for his faith – may have been issued.
Yet, it is more critical now than ever that Pastor Youcef’s story – more than 860 days illegally imprisoned for his faith – be told around the globe to increase the pressure on Iran to release him. And Tweet for Youcef is helping accomplish just that. It has been about a month since we launched the Tweet for Youcef campaign, where the ACLJ sends out one tweet a day through users Twitter accounts on behalf of Pastor Youcef. Here is what it is accomplishing:
~ 1,795 individuals have signed up to Tweet for Youcef.
~ 422,063 Twitter accounts are reached each day.
~ 162 of the 193 UN member nations have been reached through Tweet for Youcef (more than 83% of the world’s nations).
~ 22 other countries and territories, including the Palestinian territory, have been reached.
~ 33 nations that are majority Muslim or are under some form of Shariah (Islamic) law have been reached for Pastor Youcef, including Iran, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Syria.
~ Several people in Iran, including in Tehran, have tweeted calling for Pastor Youcef’s release.
He is still alive today because of international pressure on Iran – people worldwide raising their voices, demanding that his life be spared. We need to keep that pressure on. Will you join us in being a voice for him by allowing us to tweet once a day about Pastor Youcef through your twitter account?
Please tweet the following:
#Christian Pastor #Nadarkhani is facing death in #Iran http://t.co/Qywj4Zki I just signed up to tweet for him, you should too & Please RT
Praise God for our religious freedoms in our country!
That's horrible! I signed up to tweet. Thanks for sharing. What an amazing man. And it's another reminder for us to be thankful for our freedoms that we so often take for granted.
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