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Lay Pastor May Face MartyrdomChristianity Today Thursday 5 May 2005, 6:26 pmKeywords: Christian Topics , News Articles Convert from Islam accused of evangelizing Muslims by Compass Direct Iranian Christian Hamid Pourmand, a former Muslim, faces possible execution, the first religiously motivated death sentence in Iran since 1990. Arrested last September when security police raided a church conference he was attending, the Assemblies of God lay pastor faces charges of apostasy from Islam and of proselytizing Muslims. Both "crimes" are punishable by death. http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2005/006/3.22.html Articles
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